Lipjna.] ci. verbenace^: (hakek). 279 



1. L. nodiflora, RicJc ; Schauer in J)C. Prud. xi. 5^<."). A peren- 

 nial herb. Stems wide creeping, slender, obscurely pubescent, rooting 

 from the nodes. Leaves opposite or fascicled at the nodes, obovate, 

 shortly petioled, sharply dentate in the upper half. Spikes usually 

 solitary, on long slender peduncles, at tirst globose, \ in. diam., after- 

 wards oblong; bracts orbicular, obtuse, orob.scureiy cu.spidute, the outer 

 I in. diam. Calyx .}^ in. long. Corolla, about as long as the bract. 

 Capsule yi,y in. diam., slightly adherent to the calyx.— A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. \m ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 12(); C. B. Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. oGS. Zapania nodijiora, Lam. lllustr. i. ."»'.). 



Upper Guinea. 'Se\\Q^-A\,' Heudelot ! 



Wile Ziand. Abyssinia: near Aj^uar, iSckimjjcr, lOlOl and witiiout pit'cise 

 locality, ^ckimper, 260! 1852! British Sonialiland : Duoloo, Miss Edith Cule ! 

 Golis Range, Mrs. Lort-PhiUips ! 



Ziower Guinea. Angola, Wehoitsch, 5638 ! 5694' I Curror ! 



IVIozamb. Dist. German East Africa : East shore of Lake Tanganyika, Scott 

 Elliot, 8367! Portuguese East Alrica: Quilimaue, Kirk! Lower Zambesi; near 

 E.xpedition Island, Kirk! British Central Africa: River Shire, Elephant Marsh, 

 Kirk ! 



Also in the Mediterranean Region, South Africa, Madagascar, and the warmer 

 regions of Asia and America. 



2. L. Oatesii, Rolfe In Oates, Maiabeleland, ed. 'J, 4(.)7. An 

 undershrub with slender woody branchlets, clothed with very short 

 whitish pubescence. Leaves in threes, nearly sessile, oblong, obscurely 

 crenate, subcoriaceous, 1-1 ^^ m. long, rather rugose, subscabrous above, 

 pubescent, with raised veins beneath. Heads globose, h in. diam., in 

 fours on short peduncles from the upper nodes ; bracts orbicuhir, very 

 hairy, not cuspidate, the outer ^ in. broad. Flowers not longer than 

 the bracts. 



IVXozamb. Bist. Britisli Central Africa : South African Gold Fields, Baines ! 

 Matabeleiand, Oates! 



3. L. Radula, Baker. An undershrub o-\ ft. or more high. Stem 

 stout, shortly pubescent, not branched below the inflorescence Leaves 

 in threes, sessile, oblong, distinctly crenate, rigidly coriaceous, very 

 scabrous on the upper surface, densely pubescent, with raiseil veins 

 beneath, the lower ?)-^ in. long, 1^-- in. broad. Heads oblong or 

 ovate, h ill. l^ng, a few aggregated together at the ends of long stiti' 

 ascending peduncles so as to form an ample terminal panicle ; bracts 

 closely imbricated, orbicular, very hairy, not cuspidate, the outer ,\ in. 

 broad. Flowers scarcely longer than the bracts. 



Xile Iiand. Biiti&h East Africa: Bongo; Sabbi River, Schirtinfurth, 261«>! 



4. L. soxnalensiSy Vatke in Linnna^ xliii. .">l'7. A mucii- 

 branched undershrub o-4 ft. high, with very scabrous slender wootly 

 branchlets. Leaves in pairs, shortly petioled, obovate or orbicular, 

 obtuse, very rigid, under an inch long, crenate, scabrous and rugose 



