Trichodesjna.] lxxxix. boragine^e (baker and wright). 47 



5. T. droogmansianum, De Wild. cO Durand in Comptes-rendus 

 tSoc. hot. Belg. xxxix. 69. An undershrub ; stems glabrous. Leaves 

 sessile, opposite, elliptic, l|-2 in. long, acute, gather rounded at the 

 base, thick, with scattered white bulbous-based hairs on both surfaces. 

 Cymes terminal, 4-7-flowered; pedicels about 1 in. long, subglabrous or 

 hairy towards the top. Calyx 8 lin. long ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute, 

 24 lin. wide. Sparsely tubercled and hispid. Corolla-tube 4 lin. long ; 

 lobes broadly ovate, cuspidate, as long as the tube, 4 J lin. wide, spreading. 

 Anthers long, clothed with long white hairs on the back; awn long, 

 subulate, twisted. Ovary depressed ; style filiform ; stigma nearly 

 simple. 



South Central. Congo Free State: by the River Lualaba, Descamps. 



6. T. Schimperi, Baker. Shrubby, much branched; branchlets 

 shortly and densely hispid. Leaves opposite, shortly hispid, the upper 

 ovate, sessile, about 1 in. long, the lower oblong, rather larger, narrowed 

 to a short petiole. Cymes many-flowered ; pedicels slender, very hairy, 

 the lower 6 lin. long. Calyx densely hairy on both surfaces, 3 lin. long 

 at the flowering time ; segments ovate, cuspidate, cordate at the base. 

 Corolla-tube 3 lin. long ; expanded limb nearly 1 in. in diam. ; lobes 

 triangular, cuspidate, 5 lin. long, 2 lin. broad at the base. Anthers 

 2 lin. long, lanceolate, pilose on the back ; awns nearly as long as the 

 anthers, flat, contorted. Nuts ovoid, 3 lin. long, with a serrated inflexed 

 margin and rugose back. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Ebenat, Schimper, 1472 ! and without 

 precise locality, Roth! 



7. T. lanceolatum, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxx. 

 269. Erect, sufi'ruticose, with strigose branches. Leaves sessile, linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, acute, narrowed to the base, 1-2^ in. long, 1-4 lin. 

 broad. Cymes lax ; pedicels above 6 lin. long. Calyx at the flowering 

 time 6 lin. long ; segments lanceolate, acuminate, cordate at the base. 

 Corolla-tube 6 lin. long ; lobes broad lanceolate, cuspidate. . Anthers 

 with long awns. Nuts ovoid or ovoid-lanceolate, acute, with a deeply 

 toothed inflexed margin and glochidiate back. 



Lower Guinea. Hereroland : Otyiheveta, Schinz. 

 Also in Great Namaqualand. 



8. T. oleaefolium, Baker. Shrubby, much branched ; branchlets 

 finely pubescent, not bristly. Leaves subopposite, lanceolate, acute, 

 canescent, the upper sessile, the lower 2-3 in. long, obscurely petioled. 

 Cymes few-flowered, lax, • terminal ; pedicels strigose, 6-9 lin. long. 

 Calyx-lobes thinly strigose, lanceolate, acuminate, finally 6 lin. long, not 

 cordate at the base. Corolla-limb white with an orange spot at the base 

 of the lobes, 1 in. in diam.; lobes suborbicular with a small cusp. 

 Anthers hairy, 2 lin. long ; awn as long as the cell, flat, contorted. Nuts 

 oblong, with a narrow crenate wing. — Streblanthera olectfolia, A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 93, t. 78. 



Wile land. Abyssinia: Chelicut, Petit! 



