6 CIV. NVCTAGIXE.K (bakeu AND WRiuiiT). [Jioerhciaria. 



terminal dichasial panicles ; partial perluncles thickly hairy, finally 

 nearly 1^ in. long; bi-acteole*? iJ to each flower, lanceolate, deciduous, 

 1 lin. long. Upper part of perianth narrowly campanulate, sparingly 

 shortly hairy outside, whitish (?), with 5 small rounded lobes ; lower per- 

 sistent part shortly ovoid, obtusely 5-angled, covered with short glandukr 

 liairs. — Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. App. iii. 6b>. 



Xiower Guinea. Clennan Soutli-wost Africa: Amholaiul; Omandong-o, ^Sr/i/or, 

 and Omuloii^^a, Sc/unz, 7-11 ! 



Vars. villosa and aitgtistafa, Helinorl, I.e., arc founded on imperfect specinu-ns 

 collected in Hereroland by Luderit/. 



G. B. verticillata, Poir. Encycl. v. 50. Stems tall, much- 

 branched, diffuse, glabrous. Leaves distinctly petioled, broadly ovate, 

 acute or obtuse, 2 in. long, H- in. wide, entire or slightly repand. 

 Flowers in a lax panicle of distant o-5-flowered whorls above tlie leaves ; 

 pedicels very short; bracts very minute. Upper part of the perianth 

 broadly funnel-shaped, 1 lin. long, shallowly lobed ; accrescent base 

 clavate, 2 lifl. long, with large globose stalked glands around the apex. 

 Stamens 2, slightly exserted. — Choisy in JJC. Piodr. xiii. ii. 464 ; 

 Aschers. <fe Schweinf. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aetliiop. 1G1>; Schweiuf. 

 in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. ii. IC.G; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 710. 

 B. repanda, Kotschy ex Choisy, I.e. Ii. stellata, Wight, Ic. t. 875. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, 7? c^/e)- / Leprieur ! 



Xile Land. Nubia: Sotnrba Mountains, at Mirsa Klei, SchweivftirlJi, 2437! 

 and sea-coast about 21'' N., Bent ! \\'adi S.in-auib, Sc/uveinfurt/i, 234- I ^\'adi 

 ()-:Marco-, Schweivfurth^ Scr. 3, 123 ! Singa, .S'r//it.v/»/Vo-///, 21U! Kordofan : Kir 

 Sodari, rfuncl, 185 ! Arasbkol Mountain, Kofschy, 144 ! Kthio))ia, Ko/sr/it/, lO'J ! 

 110 ! 272 ! Kritrea : Monkullo, near Massown, Scliv^einfurth c^- Riva, 238 I Keren, 

 Steuduer, 680 1 near Kilet (Ailet), Ehrenherg. Abyssinia: in rocky places near 

 Gageros and (Jursarfa, 3000-5000 ft., Schiwj>er, 2223 ! Sonialiland : Adda Galla, 

 James ^' Thrvpjt ! and without i»recise locality, Mrs. Lurt PhiUijjs! Aj/pfefon ! 

 Thomson ! Drake Brockman^ 352 I 



Ziower Guinea. Aufjola : Loanda, Gossweiler, 292 ! 



Mozamb. Bist. (Icrnian Kast Africa: l's;inibaia ; Uniba \'alley, Smilli ! 



Also in Tropical Asia. 



7. B. fallacissima, lleimerl in Verhandl. Hot. Ver. Braudtuh. 

 xxxi. '2'2o. Habit of ]>. j^liunbca/hiea. Lower leaves cordate-ovate, 'i 

 in. long, 1^ in. wide; upper leaves ovate or cordate, acute, \^ in. loDij, 

 1 in. wide ; petiole short. Flowers in i^-o whorls towards tlie end of 

 the branchlets; pedicels longer than the flowers; bracteoles linear- 

 lanceolate, 2 lin. long. Upper part of the perianth shortly tubular, 'Jl 

 lin. long; lower persistent part clavate, with about 10 hemispherical 

 glands near the top. Stamens 2, slightly exserted. 



Ziower Guinea. German !South-\vest Africa : Hereroland, ZHC?e/v7c, 171 ! 



8. B. pluxnbaginea, Car. Ic. t. 112. Stems tall, erect, glabrous 

 or hairy. Leaves distinctly petioled, broadly ovate, thin, entire, usually 

 obtuse. Flowers in whorls on a lax ample (usually terminal) panicle ; 



