468 Lxxv. CAMPANULACE^ (hemsley). [Lobelia. 



9. Xi. umbrosa, Hochst. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 7, excl. syns. A 

 slender erect glabrous annual, with conspicuously winged stems. 

 Leaves membranous, ovate-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, narrowed at 

 the base, distantly and acutely toothed, 6-9 lines long, gradually pass- 

 ing into small bracts upwards. Flowers less than 3 lines long, solitary 

 in the axils of the leaves and bracts, borne on extremely slender pe- 

 duncles somewhat longer than the leaves. Calyx-lobes subulate, more 

 than half as long as the corolla, which is fissurtjd to the base on the 

 upper side ; two lower anthers bearded. 



isrile Iband. Abyssinia, 8chimj>cr ! 



Richaril refers this to the Lobelia Lavrcntia, Linn., Laurentia Michelii, A.DC, 

 but although the two plants bear a general resemblance to each other, there is no 

 doubt that our plant is a true Lobelia, having the corolla split to the base. 



10. Ii. Melleri, HemsL An erect glabrous much-branched an- 

 nual, about a foot high, with prominently winged branches, terminating 

 in long racemes of flowers. Leaves membranous, 1-2 in. long, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, obtuse, coarsely and irregularly crenate-dentate ; blade 

 narrowed about half way down into a winged petiole, the upper ones 

 passing gradually into linear bracts, about half as long as the slender 

 pedicels, which are from 6-9 lines long. Flowers less than 6 lines 

 long ; calyx-lobes linear-subulate, nearly as long as the corolla-tube. 

 Upper anthers hairy on the back, lower two bearded at the tip. Cap- 

 sule conical, about as long as the calyx-lobes. 



Mozamb. Distr. Dakanamaio Islands, Zambesi Expedition, C. J. Meller l 

 This should perhaps be placed under L. fervnis. but I have seen no authentic 

 specimens of that plant, and the Mozambique L. Petcrsiana, which bonder refers 

 thither and which is the only one of Peters's plants I have seen, differs very much in 

 the flowers. 



11. Xi. fervens, Tlinnh. Fl Cap. p. 183. An erect or ascending 

 glabrous annual, a foot or more high, with more or less prominently 

 winged compressed branches, terminating in long bracteate racemes of 

 blue flowers. Leaves membranous, 1-2 in. long, serrulate, lower ones 

 obovate or ovate-oblong, shortly petiolate, upper ones ovate-lanceolate 

 or lanceolate attenuate at the base, sessile. Pedicels axillary, racemose, 

 shorter or about as long as the linear bracts. Calyx-tube ovoid- 

 obconical, equalling the linear lobes. Corolla three times as long as 

 the calyx-lobes. Capsule obovoid acute at the base. — L. Fetersitmay 

 hicmih's, pterocaulon, asperulata and subidata, Klotzsch in Peters Mos- 

 samb. Bot. p. 299-302. Description chiefly from Sonder, Harv. aud 

 Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. p. 548. 



IVXozaxul). Bistr. Zanzibar and Cabaceira, Peters / Hildebrandt ! 



I have followed Sonder in writing the five species described by Klotzsch under one, 

 though I have only seen P. Petersiana, and I have not seen an authentic specimen of 

 L. fervens. 



12. &. chireensis, Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 6. An erect, somewhat 

 dichotomously branched, glabrous annual, less than a foot high, with 

 2- or 3-winged ciliate branches. Leaves lanceolate acute or obtuse, 

 indistinctly callously serrate. Flowers axillary, solitary, on peduncles 



