Dissotis.] lvii. melastomace^: (hooker). 451 



long" as the tube, rather membranous, oblong, obtuse, pectinate with 

 long' bristles, hardly deciduous ; mouth thickened, contracted, 4-gonous, 

 Petals ^ in. long, purple, broadly obovate, bristle-pointed. Anthers of 

 long stamens J in., equalling the slender connective ; appendage sub- 

 clavate, flattened, truncate ; connective of short stamens shortly pro- 

 duced, 2-tubercled in front. Capsule subglobose, with an apical crown 

 of bristles and 4 subterminal valves. 

 Upper Guinea. Moist places, Nupe, Barter ! 



10. D. phaeotricha, Hook. f. Stem 6-8 in., subsimple, erect or 

 ascending from a short woody base, strigosely hispid, obtusely 4-angled. 

 Leaves sessile, rather coriaceous, l|-2in. by |-| in., oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, subacute, margin cartilaginous, obscurely serrate, 3-5-nerved, 

 hispidly hairy on both surfaces. Flowers 4-merous, capitate between 

 the uppermost leaves, very shortly pedicelled; bracts small, about 

 equalling the pedicels, oblong, obtuse, membranous, pectinate with 

 bristles. Calyx-tube subglobose, § in., strigosely bristly, and with 6-8 

 appendages crowned with stellately arranged bristles round the mouth ; 

 lobes 4, ovate-oblong, obtuse, shorter than the tube, pectinate with 

 long bristles, persistent ; mouth contracted, thickened, 4-angled. Petals 

 obovate, purple. Anthers of short stamens ^ in., shorter than the 

 connective, appendage short, 2-fid, connective of smaller stamens 2- 

 tubercled at the base. Capsule subglobose, with an apical crown of 

 bristles and 4 valves at the top. — Osbeckia phceotricha, Hochst. in PI. 

 Krauss. ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 519. 



Mozamb. Distr. Muata Manga, Dr. Kirk! 



This solitary specimen differs slightly from the Natal ones, in the stem being scabrid 

 chiefly at the angles, and the shorter bristles on the calyx-lobes and its appendages. 



11. D. (Heterotis) laevis, Benth. Fl. Nigr. 348. Nearly glabrous. 

 Stems 1-2 ft., procumbent, rooting; branches ascending, obtusely 4- 

 gonous, flexuous, with a very few bristles here and there and some long" 

 straight ones at the nodes. Leaves long-petioled, membranous, ^— f in., 

 orbicular- ovate, apiculate, glabrous or sparsely setose above, 3-nerved, 

 ciliate on the margins and nerves beneath, petiole very slender, \-\ in. 

 Flowers solitary, shortly peduncled, |-f in. diameter; bracteoles 2, ob- 

 long, obtuse, ciliate, spreading \ in., subpersistent. Calyx- tube cam- 

 panulate, \ in., sparsely laxly setose ; lobes linear-lanceolate, as long 

 as the tube, ciliate, persistent. Petals purple. Anthers of large sta- 

 mens ^ in., equalling the connective, appendage 2-fid ; connectives of 

 short stamens shortly produced, 2-tubercled. Capsule ovoid, crown 

 setose, 5-valved at the top. 



Upper Guinea. Nun river, T. Vogel! 



12. D. (Heterotis) antennina, Benth. in Fl. Nigr. 349. Stem 

 slender, decumbent, rooting, acutely 4-gonous, very sparingly ciliate, 

 mottled with purple-brown ; branches slender, tlexuous, ascending ; 

 nodes bristly. Leaves 2—3 in. by f— 1J in., membranous, lanceolate or 

 elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at both ends, 5-nerved, hirsute on both 



