r)04 cm. PhANTAciNE^ (baker). [Phintafjo. 



4. P. Fischeri, £ngl. Hot. Jahrh. xix. Beihl. No. 47, 4S. An 

 acaulescent perennial herb. leaves shortly petioled, broadly ovate, 

 2-3 in. long, firm, deeply dentate, turning black in drying, truncate or 

 .slightly cordate at the base, 7 -nerved from the base, glabrous on both 

 surfaces. Peduncles long, slender, many to a rosette. Spikes long, 

 cylindrical, 3-4 in. long; bracts ovate, shorter than the flowers, with a 

 firm centre and broad white scarious margin. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 

 with a firm keel and broad scarious margin. Corolla-tube as long as 

 the calyx ; lobes ovate, acute. Stamens much exserted. Capsule ovoid, 

 as long as the calyx, 2-seeded. 



irile Xiand. British East Africa : Abori, Fischer, 512. 



XWEozamb. Blst. Geniian East Africa : Kilimanjaro : Mawenzi Peak, 8700 ft., 

 Volkens, 'J4S. Liuui Ravine, 8700 ft., J'olkens, 1901 ! 



5. P. palmata, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 11); vii. 213. 

 Perennial, acaulescent. Leaves suborbicular, cordate, thin, finely 

 hairy, shallowly, obtusely and irregularly palmately lobed ; petiole very 

 long and slender. Peduncle very long. Spike dense, cylindrical, 

 ] -5 in. long ; bracts ovate, glabrous, about as long as the calyx. Sepals 

 oblong, obtuse, glabrous, -^^ in. long, with a brown keel and broad white 

 margin. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, acute, nearly as long as the tube. 

 Stamens short. Capsule ovoid, little longer than the calyx. Seeds 2, 

 cymbiform. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 395 ; Aschers. Bot. Ost- 

 Afr. 74, t. 4. P. Kerstenii, Aschers. in Sitzb. Gesell. Naturf. Fr. Berl. 

 1868, 2?j. 



Vpper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1962 ! 

 Fernando Vo -. Clarence Peak, 7500-8000 ft., Mann, 611 ! 



UTile Xiand. Abyssinia : Begemeder : at Edda Jesus, near Debra Tabor, 9700 ft., 

 Schimper, 1233 1 Bri'tish East Africa : Mau, 7000-8000 ft., Scott- JElliot, 6826 ! 



IMCozamb. 91st. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 7000 ft., in marshy 

 places, JohnsLun, 173 ! Kersten ! and without precise locality, Hannington ! 



6. P. Psyllium, Linn. ; DecTie. in DC. Prod. xiii. 7o4. Annual, 

 caulescent, J-1 ft. high. Stems finely glandular-pubescent. Leaves 

 sessile or verticiilate from the nodes of the stem, narrowly linear. 

 Heads many to a stem, dense, globose, on ascending peduncles ; bracts 

 ovate, glandular-pubescent, the lower rather longer than the calyx. 

 Sepals oblong, L jn. long. Corolla-tube ampulliform, longer than the 

 calyx ; lobes very small, ovate. Stamens short. Capsule 2-seeded. — 

 A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 207. 



KTlle ]bancl. Abyssinia : Tigre ; near Adowa, Quarlin- Dillon / and without 

 precise locality, Schimper, 977 ! 



Spread through the Mediterranean region eastward to India. 



7. P. stricta, Schousb.; Decne. in DC. Prod. xii. 735. Annual, 

 caulescent, |-1 ft. high. Stems glabrous in the lower part, slightly 

 pubescent upwards. Leaves opposite or whorled from the nodes of the 



