466 Lxxv. CAMPANULACE^ (hemsley). Lohelia. 



iniberulous pubescence ; bracts linear, very acute, not mncli overtopping 

 the flowers, adnate to the base of the pedicels. Flowers shortly pedi- 

 cellate, less crowded than in the preceding, 2-2^ in. long. Calyx-lobes 

 not half as long as the corolla, the latter only split to the base on the 

 upper side and the segments narrower. Stamens equalling the style 

 and nearly as long as the corolla ; filaments connate almost to the base ; 

 anthers connate around the stigma, the two lower ones bearded. Ma- 

 ture capsule not seen. — Tupa Schhnjjerij Hochst. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 p. 10, t. 63. 



Iffile land. Abyssinia, Mt. Aber, between the villages Addesselam and 

 Maizacholo, 8000-8300 ft., iScAmper.' 



Hochst etter's name having also been appHed by him to a true Lobelia, we have 

 .■"Ubptituted the native name, which really includes both this and L. Ehynchopctalum. 



3. Zi. coluannaris, Hoolc. fil. m Jonrn. Linn. Hoc. vi. p. 14. A 

 monocarpic (?) herbaceous plant with the habit of a Digitalis. Stems 

 about 6 ft. high, unbi^nched, tomentose, clothed with alternate some- 

 what crowded sessile narrow lanceolate acute irregularly denticulate 

 more or less pubescent leaves, 4 to 6 in. long, and terminating in a 

 dense bracteate many-flowered raceme of yellow or blue flowers. 

 Bracts pubescent, not exceeding the shortly pedicellate pubescent 

 flowers. Calyx-lobes narrow, lanceolate, acute, entire, about a third 

 of the length of the corolla, which is about 1\ in. long and divided 

 into narrow lobes about half way down. Stamens equalling the 

 corolla ; filaments united to the base ; anthers sparingly pilose, not 

 bearded as in the foregoing. Style elongating after the flowers have 

 expanded, and the stigma eventually projecting considerably beyond 

 the staminal tube. 



upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Clarence Peak, Mann! Cameroons Mountains, 

 Mann ! 



Perhaps the mainland specimen should be regarded as specifically different, but 

 the material is insufficient to determine this question. In the typical specimen the 

 leaves have a very prominently reticulated venation on the under surface, the l)racts 

 and pedicels are relatively longer, and the blue flowers are much more pubescent 

 than those of the yellow-flowered specimen from the Cameroons. 



4. ii. Deokenii, Hemsl. Apparently a relatively miniature 

 species of more slender growth and perfectly glabrous in all its parts. 

 Bracts lanceolate-elliptical, acute, not much longer than the flowers, 

 but almost concealing them. Flowers borne on short pedicels, less 

 than 2 in. in length. Calyx-lobes about a third of the length of the 

 corolla, which only splits on the upper side, and is otherwise not lobed. 

 Stamens equalling the style and exceeding the corolla in length ; fila- 

 ments united almost to the base ; the two lower anthers bearded. — 

 Tupa DecJcevii, Asch. in Bot. Zeit. 18G9, p. 71. T. Kerdenii, Yatke in 

 Linneea xxxviii. p. 725. 



ItKozamb. X>istr. Kilima-njaro, Decken, from an unpublished plate in Kew 

 Herbarium, of a part of the inflorescence, which is all either of the writers quoted 

 appear to have seen. 



5. Xi. trullifolia, Hemsl. A weak trailing or procumbent much- 

 branched plant, with slender angular herbaceous puberalous branches. 



