544 xcvit. fedaline.e (stapf). [Pterodiscus. 



long, half as broad ; segments lanceolate, acute, up to \ in. long, \-\\ 

 lin. broad. Corolla yellow, about \\ in. long, trumpet-shapecl, ex- 

 ternally densely glandular-mealy. Fruit up to 17 in. long, with wings 

 2 lin. broad. 



Wile land. Somaliland : Abdullah, Keller, 114 ; Tuju Steppe, Keller, 

 115. 



6. P. somaliensis, Baker. Stem eglanclular. Leaves obovate- 

 deltoid, obtuse, subentire,2-3 in. long, H-2 in. broad, more or less mealy- 

 glandular when young, soon glabrescent ; petiole up to 2 lin. long. 

 Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves ; pedicels slender, 2-3 lin. 

 long. Calyx nearly 2 lin. long ; segments lanceolate-subulate. Corolla 

 orange-coloured with a purple blotch in the throat, funnel-shaped, 

 symmetric, gradually widened from the base, 2 in. long ; tube 2 lin. 

 wide at the middle, over |- in. at the mouth, hairy within, almost villous 

 in the throat ; lobes 4 lin. long and broad. Disc small, equal or nearly 

 so. Filaments hairy at the base, the longer 4| lin. long. Ovary laterally 

 compressed, 4-angular. Ovules up to 12 in each cell, 2-seriate. — 

 Pedalium sp., Oliver in James, Unknown Horn of Africa, 321. 



WTile Land. Somaliland: Harradigit, James <$f Thrupp ! 



7. P. Ruspolii, Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma,vi\. 31. Rootstock 

 pale brown, 4-C> in. long. Stems several, ascending from the base, 

 glabrous. Leaves opposite, fleshy, spathulate, obtuse, quite entire, 

 narrowed from the middle to the petiole, clothed, especially beneath, 

 with pale grey glands, the upper 2jin. long, 10-12 lin. broad, the lower 

 smaller. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves ; pedicels \\xi. 

 long. Calyx-tube short ; lobes linear-lanceolate, very acute, 1 lin. long. 

 Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, nearly 1 in. long, violet, with white hairs at 

 the middle ; limb orange, half as long as the tube ; lobes obovate, .3 lin. 

 long and broad. — Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 112. 



KTile Land. Somaliland : near the River Daua, at Hamte, Rivet, 1657, and at 

 Sole. Rica, 1101. 



8. P. Wellbyi, Stapf- Persistent base of the stem cylindric or 

 clavate, 2-3 in. long, 3-4 lin. thick, bark papery, peeling off; shoots 

 few, 2-4 in. long, glaucous and granular-glandular like the whole plant. 

 Leaves broad-elliptic, obtuse, shortly cuneate to almost truncate at the 

 base, 1-1!- in. long, 8-10 lin. broad, subentire or remotely repand, 

 undulated, sparingly glandular above ; petioles up to 6 lin. long. Pedicels 

 almost 3 lin. long. Calyx f— 1 lin. long ; segments lanceolate. Corolla 

 orange coloured, streaked with purple in the throat ; tube slender,, 

 gibbous at the base, otherwise almost symmetric, 1 in. long, l£-2 lin. 

 wide at the middle, and over 6 lin. at the mouth, villous in the throat ; 

 limb 10 lin. across; lobes about 3 lin. long. Long filaments 5 lin. long, 

 hairy all along, short filaments bearded at the base. Ovules 2-seriate, 

 about 5 in each row. Fruit unknown. 



Nile land. Uganda: by the Turkwel River, West of Lake Rudolf, 

 Wellby ! 





