i)^'2 LXXXVII. GENTIANE.E (bAKER AND BROWn). [Swertia. 



corymbose or rounded panicle of several-flowered cymes. Leaves in 

 many distant pairs, erect or ascending, J-2 in. long, l-2-|- lin. broad, 

 linear, acute, sessile, scarcely or not at all narrowed at the base. 

 Flowers 5-merous ; pedicels -|— J in. long. Sepals 2-3 lin. long, g-J 

 lin. broad, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla-lobes 37^-4^1 

 lin. long, 1J-2J lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic with acute 

 complicate slightly spreading tips and 2 oblong fringed nectaries near 

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

 the tup ; stigma sessile ; lobes usually longer than broad, obtuse. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount ZomLa, Shavpe, 

 157 ! Nainasi, Cameron, 13 ! sontli of Lake Shirwa, Meller ! foot of Mount Sochi, 

 KirJc ! Mang mja Hif^hlands, 3000 ft., iu damp places, KirTi ! Shire Highlands, 

 abundant in marshes, Buchatmn, 461 ! 



A specimoi collected in swamps on hills between Unangu and Lake Shire in 

 Portuguese East Africa by Archdeacon Johnson (10), appears to belong to this 

 species, but the corolla-lohes are rather less acute. 



31. S. pleurogynoides. Baker iii Kew Bulletin, 1808, 158. A 

 glabrous annual. Stems slender, erect, 1 ft. or more long, branched 

 upwards; branches very erect, parallel with the stem. Leaves in 

 distant pairs, sessile, linear, f-lj in. long, ^-1 lin. broad. Cymes 

 many, few-flowered, terminal and axillary, forming a long very narrow 

 panicle. Flowers 5-merous; pedicels 1-8 lin. long. Sepals Hn ear, 

 acute, 21-6 lin. long, J lin. broad. Corolla-lobes 3^-4 lin. long, l^-lj 

 lin. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, furnished with a pair of 

 nectaries at the base, yellow in the dried state. Stamens li-l| lin. 

 long. Anthers small, oblong or subquadrate. Ovary compressed, 

 elliptic; stigma sessile and decurrent to nearly half-way down the 

 ovary, obtuse. Capsule 31-41 lin. long, 2 hn, broad, compressed, 

 elliptic ; valves obtuse. 



Mozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland; between Kondowc and 

 Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte ! Shire Highlands, Buchanan ! 



32. S. tetrandra, Eochst. in Flora, 1844, 28. A very small 

 annual, 11-3 in. high; stem slender, branching upwards. Leaves 

 very small, 21-31 lin. long; lower about 1 lin. broad, sub- 

 spathulate or ovate, obtuse, abruptly narrowed into a short petiole ; 

 upper J-| lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute. Flowers in umbellate 

 clusters of 3-5 at the ends of the stem and branches, tetramerous. 

 ('alyx-scgments l.i-2^, lin. long, | r lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, very 

 acute, unequal, as long as or longer than the corolla. Corolla white ; 

 lobes IJ-lf lin. long, l lin. broad, oblong, unequally 2-5-toothed at 

 the apex, with a pair of minute ciliate nectaries at the base. Stamens 

 1 lin. long. Ovary ellipsoid-oblong; stigma sessile; lobes obtuse. 

 Valves of the capsule obtuse. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 57; 

 Griseb. in DC. Prod. ix. 563. 



*rile Iiand. Abyssinia, near Adown, Schlmper ! Shirch Province, Qiiarlin 

 Dillon (ex liic/iard)^ and without precise loc;dity, Schlmper (ex Hoc hate tier). 



