4 LXXXVIJI. HYDROPHYLLACE.E ( BAKER AND BROWN). [Rydrolea. 



Journ. Linn. Soc. xi., 266-279, that tlie following synonymy of the true plant may be 

 worth giving : EC. glabra, Bunks ex Smith in Rees, Encycl., xxi. (1819), under 

 Lycium ; Choisy in Ann. Sc. Nat., ser. 1, xxx., 240 (1833), ser. 2, i., 180 (1834), and 

 in DC. Prodr. x. 181. Lycium capsulare, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 308. 



Mexico, Miller. 



Smith states that the specimen in the Banksian (British Museum) Herbarium, 

 which Choisy described, is the other half of Miller's specimen in the Linnean 

 Herbarium. — N. E. Br. 



2. H. macrosepala, A. W. Bennett in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 277 ', 

 t. 1, fig. 18. Stems annual {Barter), erect, 8-24 in. high, glabrous, 

 branched in the upper half. Leaves glabrous, lanceolate or the upper 

 linear, acute, obtusely rounded or subtruncate at the base, sessile 

 or very shortly petioled, 1-2 in. long, 1^-5 lin. broad. Panicle 3- 

 12 in. long, 3-9 in. broad, very lax, glabrous in all parts; branches 

 sometimes trichotomous, but more usually alternately branched, laxly 

 few-flowered, bracteate with reduced leaves ; pedicels 1-6 lin. long, 

 slender. Sepals 2|-2-| lin. long when in flower, increasing to 3|- 

 4 lin. long in fruit, unequal, cordate-ovate, acute, the larger 1|-, 

 increasing to 2\ lin. broad, thin, green. Corolla shorter than the calyx, 

 blue; lobes \\ lin. long, f-1 lin. broad, elliptic-oblong, rounded at the 

 apex. Staminal-filaments f lin. long, filiform, slightly dilated at the base ; 

 anthers h lin. long. Styles \ lin. long. Capsule subglobose, H-2 lin. 

 long, enclosed in the calyx. 



"Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, in swamps, Barter, 902 ! 



Nile Ziand. Jur : Jur Ghattas, Schiveinfurtli, 2540! 



The sepals in Schweinfurth's specimen are roundish-cordate, broader in proportion 

 to their length (which does not exceed 3 lin. in fruit), and are less tapering to the 

 apex than in the type from which the above description is made, but I find no other 

 difference.— N. E. Br. 



3. H. sansibarica, Gilg inEngl.Pfl. Ost-Afr. G. 335. Stems 1-2 

 ft. high, erect, 1-2 lin. thick, hollow, simple and glabrous below, 

 paniculately branched and glandular-hairy above. Leaves lf-3-J- in. 

 long, \-% in. broad, lanceolate, acute, somewhat acutely narrowed at the 

 base into a petiole f-l| lin. long, spreading or ascending, glabrous on 

 both sides. Panicle 2-6 in. long, l|-5 in. broad, glandular-hairy on 

 the branches, bracts, pedicels and calyx; branches 1-2 in. long, ending 

 in many-flowered trichotomous rather compact cymes ; pedicels 1-4 

 lin. long. Sepals 1^-2 lin. long, about ^ lin. broad, lanceolate, acumin- 

 ate. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx, blue, glabrous ; lobes 1| lin. 

 long, 1 lin. broad, elliptic-ovate, rounded at the apex. Staminal-fila- 

 ments f-1 lin. long, filiform, with a broadly deltoid-ovate dilated base ; 

 anthers | lin. long. Hypogynous disk not broader than the ovary, |- 

 lin. in diam. Styles J-| lin. long. Capsule 1J-2 lin. long, globose- 

 ovoid. 



Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar : Kokotoni, Siuhlmann, i., 747 (ex Gilg), in 

 swamps, Kirk ! Hildebrandt, 994 / also coast region of the mainland, Hoist (ex 

 Gilg). 



