Swertia.] lxxxvii. gentiane^e (baker and brown). .>81 



Leaves 2-5 lio. long, j-2 lin. broad ; basal much smaller than the re.^t, 

 ovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, subpetiolate ; upper sessile, distant, 

 ovate-lanceolate, tapering to an acute point,. more or less folded length- 

 wise, spreading. Flowers in terminal 4-1 1 -flowered umbels, 5-merous ; 

 pedicels J-l in. long. Sepals l-2i lin. long, J- J lin. broad, lanceolate 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute. Corolfa-lobes '^-4^ lin. long, lJ-2 lin. 

 broad, elliptic to obovate-oblong, acute or obtuse, with 2 fimbriate 

 nectaries near the base. Stamens 1 j-2 lin. long. Ovary ovoid-oblong, 

 scarcely narrowed to the large sessile stigma ; stigmatic lobes broader 

 than long, obtuse. 



nCozaml). Dist. German East Africa : Ukwama Mountains, Kinga (Livinp- 

 stone) Range, 8200 ft., Ooetze, 913 ! 



28. S. Mannii, Hook.f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 20G. Annual ; 

 stems slender, erect, 4-9 in. long, 4-angled. Stem-leaves distant, 

 sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, spreading, J-J in. long, i-H lin. broad. 

 Cymes simple or copiously panicled ; pedicels 2^-7 lin. long, erect. 

 Flowers pentamerous, white. Calyx ^ in. long { segments narrowly 

 lanceolate, acute. Corolla white ; lobes 3-3 J lin. long, 1 lin. broad, 

 narrowly oblong, very obtuse, with a pair of small oblong fimbriated 

 nectaries near the base. Stamens 2 lin. long ; anthers orbicular- 

 oblong. Ovary narrowly lanceolate, tapering to the stigma, but not 

 forming a distinct style; stigmatic lobes longer than broad, oblong, 

 obtuse. Capsule 3-4 lin. long, narrowly lanceolate, acute. — Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 339. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000-10,000 ft., Mann, 

 2000 ! Johnston, 90 ! 



29. S. stellarioides, /^mZAo, PL Uteis, 225. Plant ^-1 ft. high, 

 annual. Stem simple or branched above ; branches ascemling, corym- 

 bose. Radical leaves J-J in. long, H— 2 lin. broad, lanceolate, obtuf:e, 

 narrowed into a short petiole at the base ; stem-leaves ^-1 in. long, 

 |-2 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate to linear, obtuse, ascending, the upper- 

 most spreading. Cymes simple or panicled, subumbellately 3-}^- 

 llowered. Flowers 5-merous. Pedicels J-1 in. long. Sepals unequal, 

 1J-3J lin. long, |—§ lin. broad, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute. 

 Corolla-lobes 3J-5 lin. long, 1^-lf lin. broad, oblong-obovate, obtuse, 

 white, with purple lines inside, with 2 oblong ciliate nectaries near the 

 base. Stamens 2 lin. long. Ovary oblong, scarcely narrowed to the 

 very broad obtuse sessile 2-lobed stigma, which is broader than long. 

 Capsule-valves obtuse. — Hiern, Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 711. <V. 

 Welwitschii, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 330. Adenopogon 

 stellarioides, Welw. Syn. Explic. 27. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; in damp i)astures in Mono de Lojo'-lo, 

 5200-5600 ft,, Wehoitsch, 1515! banks of the River Palanca, near Huiniuita, 

 Netvton, 160! Cunciie, Johnston / 



30. S. Sharpei, A^. E. Jir. Annual, l]-2 ft. high, em-t, 

 branched above ; branches ascending or somewhat spreading, forming a 



