58 LXXXIX. BORAGINEiE (BAKER AND WRIGHT). [MyOSOtis. 



var. sylvatica, Pers. Syn. i. 156. M. graminifolia, var. trinervia, A. 

 DC. in DC. Prodr. x. 110. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, upper slopes, 8000 ft., 



Johnston, 72 ! 



Wile Land. Abyssinia : Demerki, ScMmper, 1152 ! and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 647 ! 



Also in Europe, Western Asia, the Canary Islands, and South Africa. 



2. M. abyssinica, Boiss. et Reut. Diagn. xi. 122. Annual. Stems 

 short, clothed with short spreading bristly hairs. Upper leaves sessile, 

 oblong or oblong-lanceolate ; lower obtuse, narrowed to a short petiole. 

 Racemes short, bracteate at the base ; lower pedicels shorter than the 

 calyx. Calyx 1^ lin. long ; tube campanulate, as long as the lanceolate 

 lobes, clothed with spreading bristly hairs, open in the fruiting stage. 

 Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; limb white, 1 lin. in diam. Nutlets 

 black, shining. — Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 354. M. hispida, var. 

 bracteata, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 88 ; Schweinf . Beitr. 

 Fl. Aethiop. 116. M. stricta, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 207, 

 not of Link. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 8000-10,000 ft., Mann, 

 2033 ! Fernando Po, 8000 ft., Mann, 1459 ! 



Mile Land. Abyssinia : Demerki, Schimper, 1146! Mount Sholoda, near 

 Adowa, Schimper, 1889 ! Shoa, Petit ! Wojerat, Petit ! Ankober, Roth, 159 

 (442) ! 



Mozamb. JSist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; at the foot of Kifinika 

 Volcano, 8800 ft., Volkens, 1341 1 



3. M. aequinoctialis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 29. Annual. 

 Stems much branched, \ ft. long, densely clothed with short spreading 

 hairs. Stem-leaves sessile, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate ; lower 

 obtuse, narrowed gradually to the base. Racemes bracteate at the 

 base, finally l|-2 in. long; pedicels very short, ascending. Calyx 

 densely pilose outside, divided nearly to the base, finally 2 lin. long ; 

 lobes broadly lanceolate. Corolla-tube cylindrical, as long as the calyx ; 

 limb bright blue, 1 lin. in diam. ; lobes shortly ovate. Nutlets black, 

 glossy, smooth, lenticular, f lin. long. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; by the side of streams, 

 13,200 ft., Johnston, 123 ! 



14. LITHOSPERMUM, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 860. 



Calyx deeply 5-lobed, little accrescent ; lobes narrow. Calyx-tube 

 straight, subcylindrical ; throat not closed by scales ; lobes 5, orbicular, 

 imbricate. Stamens 5, inserted in the corolla-tube; filaments very 

 short ; anthers oblong, obtuse or apiculate. Ovary with 4 distinct 

 lobes, inserted on the narrow gynobase ; style filiform ; stigma usually 

 terminal, 2-lobed ; ovules erect. Nuts 4, ovoid, smooth or rugose, 

 erect. Seeds straight ; cotyledons flat. — Annual or perennial herbs. 



