362 cxix, LOiiANTUACE^ (sprague). [Larcmthiui. 



unilaterally 7-8 lin. down, basal swelling usually ellipsoid, 2^-21 lin. 

 long, 1 j-2 lin. in diam. ; lobes refiexed, narrowly spathulate, 8-4^ lin. 

 long. Filaments inserted J- J lin. below the base of the corolla-lobes, 

 inflexed, 2J-2| lin. long, tooth J- J lin. long ; anthers narrowly oblong 

 or linear-oblong, truncate or very slightly emarginate, IJ-H lin. long. 

 Disc i-J lin. high. Style skittle-shaped above, thickened part 2J-3J 

 lin. long, neck l-lj lin. long ; stigma depressed-globose or obovoid, 

 f lin. long, J lin. in diam. — Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 54 ; 

 N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, l!)09, 185 ; De Wild. PI. Nov. Herb. Hort. 

 Then. t. 78. L. namaquensls, var. liyustrif alius ^ Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 XX. 120. L. Meyer I, Presl, Bot. Bemerk. 76, name only; Engl. & Gilg 

 in Warb. Kunene-Samb. Exped. '12^ ; var. ligustrifolius. Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. i. 932 ; var. inachabe'risis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xl. 535. 

 L. olecpfoliuSy E. Meyer ex Harv. in Harv. k Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 577, not 

 of Cham. & Schlecht. L. bumbensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 933. 

 Tapinanthtis immaquensis, Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xlii. 267. 



lower Guinea. Angola: Benguella; between Benguella and the Catumbella 

 lliver, on Acacia elhaica, Schweinf., Welwitsch, 4882 1 Mossamedes ; in sandy 

 places by the Boro Kiver, on Gossi/jnttm or an allied genus, Welwitsch, 4858 ! near 

 C'avalheiros, on Cordia sp., Weltvitsch, 4859; by the banks of the ^Maiombo lliver, 

 on Mimosa spp., &c., Weltvitsch, 4860 ! on Ximenia americana, Linn., WelicifscJif 

 4861 ! on Tamarix orienfalis, VonU., Weltvitsch, 4855 ! on the mountainous parts 

 of Caziniba not far from the Maionibo River, on Mimosa spp., WelwitscJi, 4876; 

 near Pedra de Sal, on OlacinecB, Welicitsch, 4856! Bumbo; near Bumbo, on 

 Acacia spp., Wehvitsch^ 486i ! by the Coroca River, above Garganto do Diabo, 

 1000 ft., on Acacia definens, Burdi., Bavm, 10 ! by the Kubango River, on Salix 

 iuhserrat<i, Willd., Gossweiler, 1983! Gennan South-west Africa: Amboland; 

 Oshilieke, Schinz, 286 ! Omulonga, Sckiiiz, 285 ! Omupanda, Wulfhorsf ! Onkumbe, 

 Schinz, 290! Hereroland ; Garubib, on 2'amarix sp., Schenck, 427! lAideriiz J 

 2iels ! Pot Mine, Fleck, 71 ! 434 ! Kuisib Valley, Fleck, 682 ! Haikamcliab, on 

 Acacia OiraffcB, Willd., A. alhida, Delilc, Tamarix, Euclea, Nicotiana, &c., OaljHH 

 ^ Pearson, 7461 ! 7604! Windhoek, Buder, 881! 



Moxamb. Bistr. Rhodesia : A'ictoria Falls, 3000 ft,, on Salix sp., Rogers, 

 5391 ! 7225 ! Bechuanaland : Keria, on Pltichea sp., Lugard, 1 ! Ngamilaud : 

 Kwebe Hills, on Acacia spp., Mrs. Lugard, 228 I Kobis to North Shaw Valley, 

 Baines I Chansis, Fleck, 363a ! 



Also in S. Africa. L. namaquensis, as here understood, embraces a great 

 variety of forms, some of which have been considered as distinct species or varieties 

 by previous authors. L. Meyeri, var. inachahensis, Englei*, is merely a narrow- 

 leaved form of namaquensis ; and var. ligustrifolius, Engl., is connected with the 

 tv]ie by small-leaved forms from Bechuanaland and Ngamiland. L. humhensis, 

 Hiern, which at first sight seems distinct, is hardly separable from the large-leaved 

 form of namaquensis collecttd by Rogers in Rhodesia. Any successful attempt at 

 segregation would have to be based on a study of the living plants. 



100. I«. quinqnangnlus, Emjl. d- Schinz ex Schinz, PL Menyharth, 

 43. Young branchlets minutely pubescent or puberulous, older ones 

 glabrous, pallid, rather densely lenticellate, lenticels rather inconspicuous ; 

 internodes J-1 J in. long. Leaves opposite, ovate or elliptic, rounded at 

 the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, 1 J-2 in. long, j-lj in. broad, 

 cciiaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 2-4 on each side, rather oblique, 



