558 xcvu. pedaline.e (stapf). [S'esamum. 



foetidum, Afzel. ex Engl. Jahrb. xix. 156. Sesarnopteris radiata, DC. 

 I.e. 251, excl. syn. Endl. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Rendelot, 54-7 ! Sierra Leone : Shrrboro, 

 Scott-Elliot, 5897 ! and without precise locality, Afzelius. Liberia : Monrovia, 

 Naumann, 54. Bassa, J'ogel .' Togo: Bismarckburg, Kling, 16, 44 ; T>n\\omey, Burton I 

 Lagos! Abeokuta, Irving ! Roivland /'anil without preei.se locality Moloney '. Phillips r 

 48 T Punch! Northern Nigeria! Nupe, Barter, 1202! Asaba, Barter, 292 L 

 Cross River at Ikuse, Holland, 185 ! Cameroons : Cameroon River, Mann, 734 ! 

 Mungo, Buehholz ,■ Yaunde, Zenker, 259 ! Fernando Po, Vogel, 23 ! 



Eng'.er quotes this plant also from Jur, Schweirifurth, 2085 ; German East 

 Africa, Muansa, Stuhlmann, 4157, 4560 and Zanzibar, Stuhlmann i, 1078. I have 

 not seen any specimens from East Africa. Jt occurs occasionally as a weed in 

 various parts of the tropics. Oil is extracted from the seeds according to Zenker ;. 

 but there is no clear evidence that the plant is cultivated. 



13. S. Marlothii, Engl. Jahrb. x. 257, t. 7, Jig. I). Stem like 

 the whole plant densely glandular-hairy, 2-2J Jin. thick. Lower leaves 

 3-foliolate ; leaflets oblong, the intermediate If— 2 in. long, 1 in. broad ; 

 lateral leaflets 5-15 lin. long, 5-7 lin. broad; petioles f-lf in. long; upper 

 leaves linear-oblong, about 1 in. long, 2-2^- lin. broad, shortly petioled. 

 Pedicels at first slender, 1 J-2 lin. long, at length very stout, up to 3 \ lin. 

 long ; nectaries sessile. Calyx 3-3J lin. long ; segments linear- 

 lanceolate. Corolla obliquely campanulate, over It in. long; lobes- 

 very short. Capsule \\ in. long, 2§- lin. broad, densely glandular- 

 hairy, beak short, very acute. Seed 1^- lin. long, blackish, faces radially 

 rugose near the acute margins with a well-defined smooth central area. 



Lower Guinea, German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; by the Swakop- 

 River, 2000 ft., Marloth, 1448 ! Kann Valley, Schenck, 428. 



14. S. indicum, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, 634. Stems erect, simple or 

 branched, from a few to 6 ft. high, very sparingly and finely pubescent 

 and more or less mealy-glandular, at length glabrescent, obtusely 

 quadrangular, sulcate. Leaves very variable, usually heterouaorphic ; 

 lowest long petioled (petiole 4-6 in. long), 3-partite or 3-foliolate ;. 

 segments or leaflets ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute, deeply dentate, 

 3-6 in. long, 1-2 in. broad; upper with much shorter petioles, lanceolate,, 

 acute, attenuated at the base, 2-4 in. long, |— f in. broad, entire, rarely 

 repand, passing into the similar foliaceous bracts; intermediate leaves 

 also intermediate in shape and size ; all the leaves very sparingly and 

 minutely pubescent, more or less mealy-glandular below. Pedicels very 

 short, at length 2 lin. long, 2-bracteolate or subebracteolate at the base ; 

 nectaries sessile. Calyx 2J lin. long, finely pubescent ; segments lanceo- 

 late, acute. Corolla about 1 in. long, obliquely campanulate, whitish, 

 tinged with pink or purple. Capsule J-l in. long, ^-i- in. broad, usually 

 finely pubescent, rather abruptly contracted into a short deltoid beak. 

 Seeds pale brown or dark, 1| lin. long, faces smooth. — Bot. Mag. 1. 1688 ; 

 Endl. Iconogr. t. 70 ; Bernh. in Linnsea, xvi. 37, 42 ; DC. Prodr. ix. 250 

 and PL Rar. Gen. 18, t. 5; Wight, Illustr. t. 163; A. Rich. Tent. FL 

 Abyss, ii. 62 ; Welw. Apont. Phyto-Geogr. 551 ; Oliver in Trans. 



