/Swertia.] lxxxvii. gentiane.e (baker and brown). 573 



branches f-l^ in. long, each ]-3-flowered and sometimes with an 

 axillary flower besides; pedicels :J-j in. long; flowers r>-merous. 

 Sepals 2-8 lin. long, |-1 hn. broad at the base, ovate-lanceolate, tai)er- 

 ing to a long acuminate very acute point. Corolla-lobes 4-4i lin. 

 long, 21 lin. broad, elliptic, obtusely rounded at the apex, min"utely 

 erose-denticulate around the margins, with 1 large circular densely 

 fringed nectary near the base. Stamens 3 lin. long. Ovary ovate- 

 lanceolate, narrowed into a style about J lin. long ; stigmatic lobes 

 small, transversely oblong. Capsule C-8 lin. long, much loDger than 

 the corolla, lanceolate, acute. 



mxozaxub. Blst. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; above Maranpn, 9100 ft.. 

 Vol kens, 1870 ! 



3. S. kilimandscharica, Ungl. Hochgehirgsfl. Trojj. Afr. 330. A 

 tall herb, probably up to 2 ft. or more high. Stems ^^y-^ in. thick, 

 slightly 4-angled, with internodes 2-5 in. long. Stem-leaves ^^-2^ in. 

 long, \-l\ in. broad, sessile, broadly ovate, giadually tapering from 

 near the base to a very acute point, broadly rounded or subcordate and 

 overlapping the opposite leaf at the base. Panicle rather narrow, 

 elongate, many-flowered, |-] ft. or more long, 3-7 in. broad; branches 

 erect or ascending, trichotomously or subumbellately 3-10-flowered ; 

 flowers 5-merous ; pedicels J-1 in. long. Sepals 4-5 lin. long, |-1 lin. 

 broad, lanceolate, attenuate to a fine point. Corolla-lobes 5-(i lin. long, 

 2J-3 lin. broad, elliptic, obtuse, white, with one round fringed nectary 

 near the base. Stamens 3-o| lin. long; anthers green. Ovary naiicwly 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, but scarcely with a style ; stigma subsessile, small, 

 J lin. broad; lobes much broader than long, subtruncate, not decuirent. 

 Capsule 10-11 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, lanceolate; valves acute. — 

 S. Schimj^ieri, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Ib'oc. ser. 2, ii. 342, not of Oriseb. 



XMEozaxnb. Hist. German East Africa: Kiiimiinjaro, 8000-11,000 ft., c7^r>///Kv/on, 

 27 ! Thomson ! Meyer, 227 (ex Engler). 



4. S. Schimperi, Griseh. in DC. Prod. \x. 563. Perennial; st^ms 

 one or many from the root, J-H ft- ^oi^g* simple or branched, faintly 

 4-angled. Root-leaves lanceolate, acute, narrowed into a short petiole ; 

 stem-leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, sessile, acute or subobtuse, \-\ 

 in. long, J- J in. broad. Cymes few-flowered, often laxly panicled ; 

 pedicels moderately long. Flowers pentamerous. Calyx \-^ in. long ; 

 tube very short ; segments ovate-lanceolate, very acute. Corolla 

 purplish (ex Richard), whitish or yellow in the dried state, 5-0 lin. long ; 

 lobes ovate-oblong, acute with a single ciliate nectary near the base. 

 Stamens 3-3| lin. long. Style \-\ lin. long ; stigma minute, simple. 

 Capsule h in. long, linear-oblong," acute, terminated by the slender 

 style.— A^ Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 5G ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 

 128; Engl. Hochgehirgsfl Trop. Afr. 330. Ophelia Jhnhriata, Hochst. 

 and Monoboiho'iicni jSchimperi, Hochst. in Flora, 1^^44, '2>^. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia: Samen ; on Mount Hachit, near Dv\\\crV\, ScMmprr, 

 1241! Begemeder; Mount Guna, Schiwper, 1543, p«rtly ! and without prtrise 

 locality, Schimper, 1047 ! 



