Einpogona.] t xx RURUCEiE (hiern). 115 



densely bearded at. the throat; limb 5-partite ; lobes ovate-laneeolnte 

 reflexed, as long as the tube, dextrorsely contorted in bud (as seen from 

 inside). Stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the corolla; anthers 

 linear, glabrous, STibsessile, exserted, reflexed with the corolla-limb; 

 connective produced beyond the anther-cells into a linear-spathulate 

 tip. Disk annular, inconspicuous. Ovary 2-celled ; style filiform, 

 exserted, with two short divaricate branches, glabrous ; ovules in 

 pairs, in one cell sometime? solitary, impressed on the surface of the 

 fleshy placentas, peltately attached. Fruit unknown. — A small hoary- 

 velvety shrub with leafy branches, small opposite leaves, ovate cuspi- 

 date stipules, and small axillary pedunculate nodding flowers. 

 A monotypic genus. 



1. B. ILirkil, HooJ(. /. in ^ooh. Ic. t. 1Q91. Shoots dark-ashy, 

 rather thickened at the crowded nodes. Leaves oval, subacute, obtuse 

 at the base, very shortly petiolate, chartaceous, hoary-velvety, without 

 conspicuous lateral veins, f-lg- by ^—^ in. ; stipules |~^ in. Peduncles 

 ^-^ in. long, 1-3 together, l-flowered ; bracts rounded scarious ; 

 bracteoles lanceolate, small, occasionally present on the midrib of the 

 peduncle. Flowers ^-J in. long. Calyx ^^ in. long. CoroDa-limb 

 ij^ in. diameter. Anthers ^ in. long. 



Mozaml). Distr. Lake Nyassa, at Cape Maclear, Kirk ! 



38. PERETIA, Del. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 95. 



Calyx-tube narrowly campanulate; limb rather uneq[ually 5-4-partite 

 (or dentate) ; segments (at least in fruit) lanceolate or oblong, apiculate, 

 glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped, nearly glabrous ; tube rather slender 

 exceeding the calyx; linab deeply 5-4-lobed ; throat puberulous (or 

 glabrous) ; lobes oval or oblong, obtuse or subapiculate, dextrorsely 

 contorted, in bud as seen from inside. Stamens 5-4, inserted at the 

 mouth of the corolla ; anthers narrowly linear, glabrous, sessile, fixed 

 by the back, spreading or recurved. Disk inconspicuous (or fleshy), 

 glabrous. Ovary 2-celled ; style slender, exserted, shortly pubescent, 

 entire or bifid (at least) at the apex ; ovules about 4 (2-4) together, 

 not immersed in nor impressed on the placentas. Fruit baccate, small, 

 globose, 2- celled, few-seeded. Seeds pendulous, somewhat compressed ; 

 testa thin, adhering to the horny albumen, punctulate-rugulose. 

 — Shrubs, puberulous at the extremities with numerous opposite 

 branches, opposite small leaves, ovate stipules, and (often) precocious 

 shortly pedunculate or subsessile (solitary or) subfasoiculate flowers, 

 axillary, usually on short lateral shoots. 



An endemic genus; if the second species really belongs to it^the ohanictor of the 

 genus must be enlarged accordingly, as indicated withia brackets. 



Peduncles very short in flower \. F. apodanfhera. 



Peduncle ^-| in 2. A ? canthloides. 



I. P. apodantbera, Del. in Ann Sc. Nat., ser. 2, xx. p. 92, t. 1, 

 f. 4. Shrub, 4-lQ feet high or more. Leaves oval, more or less narrowed 



