Old&nlandia.'] lxx. RUBiACEiE (hiern). 61 



shortly ciliate, as long as the somewhat turbinate ovary. Corolla half 

 cleft ; tube about equalling the calyx-teeth ; limb funnel-shaped, hairy 

 at the throat, lobes oval, obtuse, puberulous inside. Style exserted, 

 with two short spreading branches. Capsule subglobose, crowned with 

 tbe erect calycine lobes, loculicidally bi-valved. — Hedyotis monantlios^ 

 Hochst. in Hb. Schimp. Abyss, ii. n. 1370 ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 359. 

 ITile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimjper! ; alt. 8400 ft., Petit. 



21. O. caespltosa, JSTierri. A ceespitosely branched dwarf procum- 

 bent leafy annual, puberulous towards the extremities. Leaves linear- 

 oval or oblong, obtuse, somewhat narrowed to the sessile base, ^J in. 

 long; stipules sheathing, membranous, truncate, setose- ciliate. Flowers 

 very small, tetramerous, white, pedunculate, solitary ; peduncles 

 slender, about J in. long, from the upper axils. Calyx-segments lanceo- 

 late, acute, and as long as the tube in flower, in fruit ovate. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, shortly exceeding the calyx. Capsule subglobose, 

 slightly compressed, about ^^ in. diam., dehiscing loculicidally at the 

 apex. Seeds obtusely angular. — Oldenlandia herbacea ? var. ccesiniosa^ 

 Benth. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 403. 



Upper Cruinea. Cape Palmas, Th. Vogel ! 



22. O. tenuisslma, Hiern. A densely csespitose very slender 

 annual, about an inch high, simple or but little branched dichotomously. 

 Stem sparingly puberulous. Leaves linear or subspathulate or the upper- 

 most and lower ones narrowly oval, obtuse, somewhat narrowed towards 

 the sessile base, sparingly scabrous, ^— J in. long or those towards 

 either extremity smaller ; margins recurving ; stipules shortly sheath- 

 ing, ovate, apiculate or bidentate, not spinose. Flowers solitary, 

 subterminal and in the upper axils, pedunculate, very small, tetra- 

 merous ; peduncles slender, scarcely glabrous, ranging up to ;} in. 

 Calyx somewhat turbinate, not quite glabrous ; segments lanceolate- 

 subulate, as long as the tube. Corolla funnel-shaped, about the length 

 of the calyx-teeth ; lobes ovate, subobtuse. Stamens included ; anthers 

 short. Capsule subglobose, slightly compressed, furrowed down the 

 broader sides, dehiscing loculicidally at the apex, membranous, ^^ in. 

 diam. ; base somewhat turbinate. Seeds obtusely angular. 



South Central. Island at Victoria Falls, Kirk ! 



2^. O. lanclfolia, Schwei/nf. mss. inHb. Herbaceous annual, simple 

 or branched near the base. Stem or branches elongated, slender, gla- 

 brous, smooth or slightly scabrid, creeping or prostrate. Leaves linear 

 or narrowly lanceolate, narrowed at both ends, glabrous, 1-2 in. long, 

 sessile; margins rather scabrid; stipules shortly sheathing, truncate 

 or apiculate, bicuspidate with subulate or filiform diverging or distant 

 teeth. Flowers very small, solitary, on long slender axillary alternate 

 and opposite pedicels of ^— | in., divaricate in fruit. Calyx-lobes 4, 

 lanceolate, acute, as long as the tube. Corolla shorter than or scarcely 

 exceeding the calyx, campanulate. Capsule globose, somewhat com- 

 pressed, marked with a furrow down each of the broader sides, ^-^ in. 



