NeSWa.] L-VIII. LYTHRACEiE (hiern). 473 



or obovate, blunt, not cordate at base, not an inch long*, J-J in. wide, 

 feebly penninerved with anastomosing continuous and marginal veins, 

 sessile, opposite or near base subopposite. Internodes, except near 

 base, shorter than leaves. Cymes subsessile, bearing from 1-9 dowers ; 

 pedicels \~t^ * n ' ^ on %> sender. Bracts subulate, short, at base of 

 pedicels. Calyx less than ^ in. long, urceolate, with 8 greenish ribs 

 and 4 depressed deltoid lobes one-third depth of calyx, and 4 patent 

 cornua. Petals 4 (?), obovate, lilac (in dried state), longer than calyx. 

 Stamens 8, exserted. Ovary sessile, oval, 2-celled ; style very long, 

 tortuous, coloured at the apex. Capsule not or scarcely exceeding the 

 calyx, 2-celled. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Dr. Kirk I 



6. N. Candollii, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 307. Erect, glabrous, 

 with subligneous stem at base and quadrangular upper branches, 1-2 ft. 

 high. Leaves lanceolate-linear, acute, or lower ones sometimes nar- 

 rowly elliptic, sub-1 -nerved, rigid, opposite or subopposite, sessile, semi- 

 amplexicaul, usually longer than the internodes, |-1^ in. long by T V~J 

 in. wide. Peduncles rather shorter than the flowers or rarely rather 

 longer, 1-3-flowered. Pedicels about half the length of the peduncle. 

 Bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, longer than the pedicel, caducous. 

 Calyx campanulate in flower, urceolate in fruit, 4~i i Q - l° n o> w ^ 

 6 or rarely 7 deltoid lobes and as many patent short cornua. Petals 

 6, longer than the calyx, obovate. Stamens 12 or rarely 14, exserted, 

 arising from base of calyx in two rows. Ovary 4- or 5-celled, ses- 

 sile, ovoid, with 4 (or 5) longitudinal depressions ; style long, curved. 

 Capsule 4- or 5-valved, dehiscing septifragally, equalling the calyx ; 

 placenta central, 4- or 5-lobed. — Ammannia dodecandra, DC. Prod. iii. 80. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Heudelot I Perrottet ! fl. from Sept. to Dec. 



7. N. andongensis, Welw. mss. Biennial with creeping rhizome ; 

 erect, with spreading tetragonal opposite subptiberulous branches, red- 

 dish at base, 2-6 in. high. Leaves opposite, deep green, subglauces- 

 cent, ovate or ovate- oblong, wide near base or cordate and acute at 

 apex (very rarely the lower leaves are obovate and cuneate at base), 

 subsessile, spreading, ^-lj in. long by about half the width, obscurely 

 veined, slightly rough ; margins somewhat thickened, recurved, whitish, 

 sublepidote. Cymes usually 3-flowered; common peduncle short, or 

 ^o~i in. long, with caducous leaf-like bracts at base. Pedicels short, 

 with 2-4 bracteoles at base. Bracteoles linear-subulate or linear- 

 lanceolate, short or equalling the calyx. Calyx 8-veined, with 4 shortly 

 deltoid lobes at apex, and 4 cornua ciliate-horned at apex, in fruit 

 erect with incurved apex and longer than the lobes. Petals 4, obovate- 

 spathulate, of a deep rose-colour, longer than the calyx, very fugacious. 

 Stamens 4, inserted near base of calyx-tube and exceeding it ; anthers 

 yellow. Style distinct, persistent on top of the 4-celled ovary. Cap- 

 sule included in calyx-tube, dehiscing by separation of roundly 4-sided 



vol. n. Q 



