Oldenlandia.'] Lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 57 



Hb. Seneg. n. 9. Cfr. Eohautia stricta, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 430, excl. 

 syn. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Siehcr ; Boger ! ; Lejprieur and Perrottet! ; 

 Park .' ; Ni^er, Nupe, Barter ! 



Wile Iiand. Cordofan, Kotschy ! ; Schimper ; Gallabat, Schwcinfurth ! ; Soturba, 

 Schweinfurth I ; Sennaar, Kotschy ! 



10. O. noctiflora, Hiern. Erect slender lucid nearly glabrous 

 and smooth annual, 1-1^ feet high, unbranched below the inflorescence. 

 Stem terete below, obtusely quadrangular and sulcate above. Leaves 

 linear, the npper ones narrowly so, acute, narrowed towards the sessile 

 base, 1-2 in. long; stipules short, truncate, bicuspidate. Flowers 

 tetramerous, white, f-^ in. long, opening in the evening and by night ; 

 pedicels some very short, others ranging np to ^ in., arranged in a lax 

 oblong 2-3-chotomons somewhat leafy cyme. Calyx |-^ in. long ; 

 lobes lanceolate, acute, longer than the tube. Corolla-tube rather 

 slender; lobes ^ in. long by y\^ in. broad, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate. 

 Capsule not seen. — Kohautia noctiflora^ Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, 

 ii. n. 827 ; Hedyotis grandijlora, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 363, excl. 

 syn. DC. 



xrile Xiand. Abyssinia, near Selasquilla, Schimper f ; in sterile places, 5000 

 feet alt. Schimper! 



11. O. g-randiflora, H/em. Erect annual, 1-4 feet high, branched 

 from the base throughout, glabrous smooth or slightly scabrous. 

 Leaves narrowly lanceolate or the upper ones almost needle-shaped, 

 taper-pointed, narrowed to the sessile base ; the longer ones 1 i-3 by 

 y^2— i" ^^- 5 stipules short, sheathing, truncate, 2-3-cuspidate. Flowers 

 tetramerous, ^— | in. long, subsessile or pedicellate, red, numerous, in a 

 corymbose cyme; branches closely umbellate at the top. Calyx 

 y^p-;g- in. long ;' lobes lanceolate-subulate, acute, about as long as the 

 ovary, more or less. Corolla salver- shaped ; tube slender, sometimes 

 curved ; throat glabrous ; limb J-§ in. diameter ; lobes oval, finely 

 apiculate-acuminate, ^^ in. long by ^-i in. broad. Anthers included. 

 Fruit subglobose, J in. diameter or rather more, crowned by the per- 

 sistent calyx- teeth, at length bursting loculicidally at the apex. Seeds 

 angular. — Kohautia grandijlora, DC. Prodr. iv. p. 430 ; Hedyotis (Ko- 

 hautia) Quartiniana, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. p. 362. 



ITpper Guinea. Senegambia, Bacle, Perrottet and Leprieur ! Dr. Shies ! Roger ! 

 Bldjem ! Ingram ! Whiffidd ! Niger, Barter ! ; Sierra Leone, Purdie I 



"WTile Iiand. Fayohel, Kotschy! Gallabat, Schweinfurth ! Abyssinia, not far 

 from the city of Gondar, Quartin Dillon. 



12. O. abyssinica, Hiern. Erect or ascending annual, \-l ft. 

 high, simple or branched, slightly scabrous. Leaves linear or lanceo- 

 late, acute, narrowed at the sessile base, ^1 by ^^-\ i"- '■> stipules 

 sheathing, 1-5 setose. Flowers tetramerous, red, ^ in. long, mostly 

 subsessile on simple or usually branched terminal spikes. Calyx 

 ^-| in. long; teeth linear-subulate, ^\^ in. long. Corolla shortly 

 salver- shaped; tube little exceeding or scarcely twice the length of 

 the calyx-teeth ; lobes ^^-^ in. long, oval, obtusely pointed ; throat 



