Limnaiithemum.] lxxxvii. gentiane^ (haker and brown). 585 



J lin. in diam., J lin. thick, compressed-globose, subcarinate, apiculate at 

 the basal end, smooth, opaque, light ochreous. 



Xlle Xiand. Abyssinia : witliout precise locality, Schimper, 1358 ! 



3. L. Whytei, iV. E. Br. Leaves '^\-^\ in. in diam., otherwise 

 as in L. Rautaneni. False petioles 1-1 J lin. thick, with lo-SO flowers 

 in a cluster, 1-3 lin. below the leaf-blade. Pedicels 1J-2| in. long, 

 \-\ lin. thick. Sepals 2^3 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, subobtuse. 

 Corolla yellow ; lobes ciliate and covered with long hairs. Fruit 

 globose, shorter than the sepals, about 5-9 -seeded. Seeds almost 

 globose, I lin. in diam. and almost as thick, rather densely covered 

 with very numerous small tubercles, whitish. 



xrile Iiand. British East Africa : north of Mombasa, to Lauui and Witu, 

 Whyte, 40 ! 



4. Ij. Kirkii, K. E. Br. Leaves 1^-2 in. long, lj-2| in. broad, 

 orbicular or reniform, with a deep acute or very broad obtuse sinus at 

 the base. False petioles J-1 lin. thick, bearing 4-18 flowers in a 

 cluster 1-3 lin. below the leaf-blade. Pedicels -2-IJ in. long, \-h lin. 

 thick. Sepals 2-2| lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse. 

 Corolla-tube with 5 tufts of hairs above the middle ; lobes oblong, 

 acute, with numerous hairs on their inner face. Hypogynous glands 

 subquadrate, very minutely ciliate. Fruit ellipsoid or globose, as long as 

 the calyx, 6-10-seeded. Seeds | lin. in diam., rather more than h lin. 

 thick, slightly compressed-globose, densely covered with minute 

 papilla-like tubercles. 



Mozamb. Bist. Zanzibar, Kirk, 2 ! Hildebrandt, 1995 ! 



5. L. niloticum, Kotschy I- Peyr. PL Tinn. 'IS, t. 0, A. Leaves 

 l-i\ in. in diam., orbicular, with a deep acute sinus at the base, thin, 

 membranous. False petioles J-1 lin. thick, bearing 4-S flowers in a 

 cluster, 1-2 lin. below the leaf-blade. Pedicels 1-2^ in. long, \-\ lin. 

 thick. Sepals 2-2^ lin. long, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse. Corolla yellow ; tube with 5 tufts of hairs at the middle ; 

 lobes ciliate with long hairs, but without hairs on the disk. Hypo- 

 gynous glands subquadrate, ciliate. Fruit subglobose, about equalling 

 the calyx, 7-10-seeded. Seeds compressed-globose, subcarinate, j-1 

 lin. in diam., J-f lin. thick, thinly covered with small tubercles. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Xupc ; in small lakes, Barter, 1329 ! 



Iffile land. Bongo : Gurfala, Schiveinfurih, 2270 ! in the River Jur, 

 Heuglin, 35. 



In Barter's specimen the corolla-lobes ai)i)car to be frinfjoJ only alonp one 

 margin, and the flowers are 10-14 in a cluster, but otherwise it appears to be the 

 same as the Bongo plant. — N. E. Br, 



('.. L. Rautaneni, N. E. Br. Leaves 1-3 in. in diam., orbicular, 

 with a deep acute, but rather open, sinus at the base, thin, membranous. 

 False petioles J-J lin. thick, bearing 8-lH flowers in a cluster, 1-3 Im. 



