Lkjldfoolia\ Lxxiii. campanulace/E. 631 



G. L. gracilis Alph. DC, I.e., p. 330; Hemsl., I.e., p. 47G. 



HuiLLA. — A little imnual herb, 3 to 4 in. high ; stem corymbosely 

 branched towards the apex ; flowers clear blue. In swampy somewhat 

 peaty pastures near Humpata ; fl. Jan. 18G0. No. 1151. 



7. L. exilis Alph. DC, I.e., p. 330 ; HemsL, I.e., p. 47G. 

 Huir.LA. — A tender, little, annual herb, 3 to 5 in. high ; stem 



patently branched ; flowers from milky to bluish ; corolla-limb patent 

 at the time of the flower, soon flaccid-collapsing. In moist pastures 

 on the Humpata plateau, in sandy-earthy places with short herbage, 

 very plentiful ; fl. April 18G0. No. 1152. 



8. L. debilis Alph. DC, I.e., p. 331 ; Hemsl., I.e., p. 47G. 



HuiLLA. — Habit almost of some species of Gtilhim ; flowers milk- 

 white. In moist pastures among low herbs and scattered bushes at 

 the outskirt of the forest near Catumba ; fl. beginning of April 18G0. 

 No. 1154. 



9. L. Welwitschii Alph. DC, I.e., p. 332 ; Hemsl., I.e., p. 477. 



PuNGO AxP()N(;(). — An annual herblet, with the habit of a large- 

 specimen of A>itevorin<in xtclhitum Hoffmansegg & Link ; primary stem 

 erect ; branches elongated, ascending, weak ; leaves cartilaginous on 

 the margin ; calyx exceeding the corolla, stellate-patent at the time of 

 the flower as are also the corolla-lobes ; corolla livid-yellowish ; style 

 clavate above, undivided or scarcely or obsoletely bilobed at the apex, 

 clear blue, not bearded ; capsule compressed-conical. In a damp 

 wooded meadow between Caghuy and Sansamanda at the river Cuanza, 

 plentiful but only in one spot, in company with Isoetes (equinoctial Is 

 Welw. herb. n. 50 and species of Ili/jwxis and Fuirena ; fl. and fr. 

 2 May 1857. No. 1149. In a moist rocky-sandy place near Catete in 

 the pra3sidium, very sparingly ; only two specimens seen, without 

 either fl. or fr. April 1857. Apparently a form of this species. No. 1148. 



5. CERVICINA Delile, Fl. Egypte, p. 150 (1812), t. 5, fig. 2, 

 & Ilhistr. p. 50. 



Wahlenherrjia Schrad. Cat. Hort. Getting. (1814) ; Benth. ct 

 Hook, f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 555. Camjmnula § Campanojjsis E,. Br. 

 Prodr. p. 561 (1810). 



1. C. huillana. 



Wahlenbergia huillana Alph. DC in Ann. Se. Nat., ser. 5, 

 vi. p. 333 (1866) ; Hemsl. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. p. 479 ; incl. 

 var. pusilla Alph. DC, I.e. Gampanopsis huillana O. Kuntze, 

 Rev. Gen. PI. (ii.), p. 379 (1891). 



HuiLLA.— An annual or occasionally biennial herb, with the habit 

 of an Alsiiie, lactescent ; stems several, ascending, much branched ; 

 flowers trimerous or tetramerous, from whitish to very pale bluish, 

 the tetramerous ones shaped almost like those of an A.tj>erula or 

 (ralium ; calyx-lobes unequal ; anthers distinct. In marshy wooded 

 places from Lopollo towards the lake of Ivantala, but met with only 

 in a few spots ; fl. Dec. 1859 and Jan. 18G0. No. 1161. Flowers 

 whitish. In the poor elevated pastures of Empalanca, with short 

 herbage, flooded in the rainy season, that is, in summer, abundant : 

 fl. end of Feb. 18G0. This contains the yhv. pusilla Alph. DC, which 

 was a young plant of the species, and according to Welwitsch is not 

 really a variety. No. 1160. 



