202 CLi. LEMNACEiE (brown). [^Lemua. 



Cap. vii. 40. Telmatojjhace gibbuj Schleid. in Linnsea, xiii. 391 ; Kunth, 

 Enum. iii. 6. 



Wrile Ziand. Eritrea : Asmara, 7800 ft., Schweinfurtk, 444 ; Lalamba Lake, 

 near Keren, 5800 ft., Schweinfurth, 989 ; and Mai-Mafales, Deinbelas, 5500 It., 

 Schweinfurth, 123 (ex Schweinfurth) ; Mga Hermasi, Schweinfurth (ex HegeU 

 maier) ; near Aerur, 6200 ft., Schweinfurth Sf Siva, 764 ! Gorge of Degerra, near 

 Saganeiti, 7000 ft., Schweinfurth ^ Riva, 899 ! above the Lava Valley, 4500 ft., 

 Schweinfurthy 1609 (ex Schweinfurth) . 



Also in extratropical Africa, and widely distributed in Europe, Asia and America. 



3. Ii. minor, Linn. aS>. PL ed. i. 970. Fronds J-21 lin. long^ 

 J-lJ lin. broad, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or somewhat obovate, rather 

 thin, nearly flat on both sides, bright green ; young fronds sessile. 

 Root solitary from the under surface of each frond ; root-sheath nob 

 winged ; root-cap obtuse. Ovary flask-shaped, with a distinct curved 

 style. Ovule solitary, semi-anatropous. — Kunth, Enum. iii. 4 ; Reichb. 

 Ic. Fl. Germ. vii. 8, t. 14 ; Engl. Bot. ed. 3, ix. 21, 1. 1395 ; Hegelmaier, 

 Monogr. Lemn. 142, t. 9, 10, and in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 291 ; Sanio in 

 Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxv. 87 ; Durand & Schinz, Conspect. 

 Fl. Afr. V. 484 ; Schweinfurth in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 53, 105 ; 

 Engl. &Prantl,Pflanzenfam.ii. iii. 164, 154, fig. 101, B, 161, fig. 107, A, B, 

 and 162, figs. 108-9, A; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 133; N. E.Br, in Dyer, 

 Fl. Cap. vii. 40. L, ovata, A. Braun ex Krauss in Flora, 1845, 

 344. 



Uile l^and. Eritrea : near Halai, 8400 ft., Schweinfirth, 124 ; near Hauati, 

 7400 ft., Schweinfurth, 125 ; at Ferfer, 3000 ft., Schxoeinfurth, 126 ; Halibaret, at 

 Baloa, east of Anseba, 4900 ft., Schxoeinfurth, 127 ; and near Ailet, Schiceinfurth, 

 471 (all ex Schvwivfurth) . Abyssinia, Decandolle (ex Hegelmaier). 



Widely distributed through the warm and temperate regions of the earth. 



4. L. paucicostata, Hegelmaier, Monogr. Lemn. 139, t. 8. Fronds 

 ^-IJ lin. long, J-1 lin. broad, oblong or elliptic, often somewhat oblique 

 at the basal end, rather thin, nearly flat on both sides, bright green ; 

 young fronds sessile. Root solitary from the undersurface of each 

 frond ; root-sheath winged on each side ; root -cap acute. Ovary flask- 

 shaped, with a distinct more or less curved style. Ovule solitary, semi- 

 anatropous. Fruit ellipsoid, longitudinally ribbed. — Engl. & Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. ii. iii. 164, ICO, fig. C, and 161, fig. C, D; Hegelmaier in 

 Engl. Jahrb, xxi. 294 ; Rendle in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. ii. 91 ; Martelli, 

 Florul. Bogos. 89 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 422 ; Durand & Schinz, 

 Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 485. L. minor, Hegelmaier in Jouru. Bot. 1865, 

 112, not of Linn. 



Wile Xiand. Eritrea: Bogos, Beccari (ex Hegelmaier). Kordofan : Tulah 

 Habsce, Pfund, 430 ! White Nile, near Jebel Nyemati, Schweinfurth, 101 1 ! and at 

 the mouth of the Bahr-el- Jebel, Schweinfurth, 1127 ! Abyssinia, Martelli (ex 

 Hegelmaier). British East Africa : Jur ; Kurshook-Ali's Seriba, Schweinfurth, 

 17251 Mpororo district, Stnhlmann (ex Hegelmaier); Fimbine, near Rabai, Hilde- 

 hrandt (ex Hegelmaier). 



Xiower Guinea. Angola : Ambriz ; in the Lagoa de Quizembo on the right 



