Bogeria.} xcvn. pedaline^e (stapf). 549 



Leaves subentire ; capsule with 2 spines at the base 



of the back . . . . . . .2. M. longiflora. 



Leaves sinuate-dentate ; capsule with 2 gibbosities 



at the base of the back 3. R. ligibhosa. 



1. R. adenophylla, J. Gay in Ann. Sc. Nat. l re ser. i. 457. 

 Stem up to 7 ft. high, mealy-glandular in the upper part. Leaves 

 very broadly obovate, more or less 3-lobed, truncate or shortly cuneate 

 at the base, 2-4 in. long and broad, mealy-glandular particularly below, 

 glaucous, boldly 3-nerved to penninervecl ; lobes obtuse, remotely re- 

 pand-dentate ; teeth subulate, each with a double-gland at the base. 

 Flowers 3-1 in the axils of the leaves, subsessile. Calyx H-2 lin. long ; 

 segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla 1|- to almost 2 in. long; tube funnel- 

 shaped from a short slightly gibbous base, 1J-1 \ in. long, about 4 lin. wide 

 above the middle, whitish to orange, densely mealy-glandular ; limb deep 

 dull purple or maroon coloured, over f- in. across ; lobes 4 lin. long, 5 lin. 

 broad. Capsule 1— 1£ in. long with 4 spreading spines up to 3 lin. long 

 below the middle, often with 4 smaller ones alternating with them. Seeds 

 1|— If lin. long. — DC. Prodi- . ix. 256; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 

 97 ; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 796 ; Stapf in Engl, k Prantl, 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 262. Pedalium Caillaudii, Del. & .Kotschy , PI. Nub. 

 No. 151. P. Bodgeria, Decne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me ser. hi. 331. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal : near Richardtol, Bollinger ! Northern Nigeria : 

 Kuka, J'ogel, 48 ! 



Nile Land. Cordofan, Kotschy, 108 ! 290 ! Pfund, 348 ! 781 ! Sudan : 

 banks of tlie White Nile, Schweinfurth, 946 ! Arashkol Mountain, Kotschy, 

 151 ! Blue Nile, Muriel, 40 ! Nubia : Uaratab Mountain, near Sualdn, Schwein- 

 furth, 1425 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes ; banks of the Bero and Maiombo 

 Rivers, Welwifsch, 1657 ! Pedra do Rei, near Boca do Bero, Welivitsch, fruit, 42 



2. R. longiflora, J. Gay in Ann. Sc. Nat. l re ser. i. 457. Stem 

 mealy-glandular only at the very top. Leaves ovate to rotundate- 

 ovate, subentire with a somewhat wavy margin, obtuse at the apex, 

 subacute to subtruncate at the base, 2-3^ in. long, 1^-3^ in. broad, 

 mealy-glandular and glaucous below, boldly 3-nerved. Flowers 2-1 in 

 the axils of the leaves ; pedicels densely mealy-glandular, up to 2 lin. 

 long. Calyx 2 lin. long ; segments lanceolate, subequal. Corolla 

 white (Meerburg) ; tube subcylindric, more or less asymmetrically 

 widened at the base, 2-2^ in. long, 1^ lin. wide at the middle, 3 lin. 

 wide near the base, not glandular; limb l^-lj in- in diam. ; lobes 

 about 5 lin. long and broad, excepting the lowermost, which is some- 

 what longer. Fruit oblong, 2 in. long including the beak, with 1 

 recurved short spine on each side of the base. — DC. Proclr. ix. 257 

 Harv. Thes. Cap. ii. 12, t. 118 ; Stapf in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 459. B. 

 longiflora, var. triloba, Engl. Jahrb. x. 255. Martynia longiflora, 

 Royen in Linn. Syst. ed. xii. 412 ; Meerb. Afbeeld. t. vii. Pedalium 

 longijiorum, Decne in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5 me ser. iii. 331. 



Lower Guinea. Damaraland, Miss Elliott ! cliffs by the Swakop Biver, 

 2600 ft., Marloth, 1383 ! 



