Oldenlandia."] lxx. rubiacej; (hiern). 55 



limb ^ in. diameter ; lobes ovate, subobtuse ; throat thinly pnbesci^nt. 

 Anthers subexserted. Fruit tonghly coriaceous, subglobose, shining, 

 T2"8^ in. diameter, subdidymous, at length bursting from the apex 

 loculicidally. Seeds obtusely angular. — 7ie<:?//o^2'5 (Kohautia) decunibcvs^ 

 Hochst. in Flora 1844, p. 552 ; Send, in Harv. and Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 

 p. 11 ; U. {Kohautia ?) fugax, Vatke in Oesterr. Bot. Zeitschiift xxv. 

 p. 232 (1875) ; Kohautia longiflora, E. Mey. ex Sond. Z.c, non DC. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Rivers, Mann! Niger (Lagos), Barter! 

 Xiower Guinea. Congo, Chr. Smith! Monteiro! Si>yaiix ! 

 nSozamb. Distr. Zanzibar Island and coast, Hildebrandt ! (suffruticose) ; Kon- 

 gone mouth of the Zambesi, also on the right bank of the Luabo, Kirk ! 

 Occurs also in Natal and Madagaiscar (ISto. Marie, Boivin). 



6. O. laslocarpa, Hiern. Erect robust dichotomously branched 

 annual, 2-2^ feet hi^h, somewhat scabrous with short puberulence. 

 Branches subterete. Leaves linear-lanceolate or lanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse or subacute, apiculate, attenuate at the sessile base ; §-2^ by 

 y^5— i in., the uppermost ones smaller ; stipules shortly sheath- 

 ing, 2-3-cuspidate. Flowers tetraraerous, -^—1 in. long, slender, 

 1-2 together, subsessile or shortly pedicellate, in pedunculate 

 sessile terminal 2-3-chotomous cymes ; branches of the inflo- 

 rescence spicate in fruit. Calyx shortly pubescent in flower, 

 yV-g ^°- ^^^S 5 ^obes lanceolate-subulate, about as long as the tube. 

 Corolla salver- shaped, glabrous, several times exceeding the calyx ; 

 lobes lanceolate-linear, rather obtuse {fide Klotzsch). Capsule 

 depresso-globose, ^ in. long, subdidymous, puberulous or nearly 

 glabrate, crowned vrith the short lanceolate persistent calyx-teeth, at 

 length bursting at the apex loculicidally. Seeds angular, imbedded in 

 the corrugations of the placentas. — Kohautia lasiocarpa, Klotzsch in 

 Peters Mossamb. p. 206. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Rios de Sena, Peters ! ; Shiramba, Kirk ! 



6. O. rlg'ida, Hiern. Nearly glabrous, smooth, subglaucescent, 

 rigid, branched, apparently perennial herb, more than a foot high. 

 Branches rather divaricate, often fasciculate or verticillate, terete. 

 Leaves few, linear, obtuse, |-1^ in. long ; stipules sheathing, short, 

 truncate, terminated by two short teeth, soon obliterated. Flowers 

 f— ^ in. long, slender, subsessile and pedicellate, in corymbose cymes, 

 tetramerous. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube many times the length of 

 the calyx ; limb \ in. diameter ; lobes oblong, obtuse ; throat glabrous. 

 Capsule subglobose, ^ in. diameter, at length bursting from the apex 

 loculicidally. Seeds obtusely angular. — Kohautia riijida^ Benth. ! in 

 Hook. Niger Fl. p. 402. 



]Lower Guinea. Elephant's Bay?, Curror! 



7. O. Schimperl, T. Anders, in Jotirn. Linn. Sac. Loiid. v. Snppl. i. 

 p. 21. An ascending or decumbent rigid, glandular-scabrons peren- 

 nial or annual, 1-3 feet high. Branches virgate, leafy at the base, 

 sparingly so above, terete. Leaves linear (narrowly or broadly ko), 



