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ALABASTRA DIVERSA. — Part XIV. 

 By Spencer le M. Moore, B.Sc, F.L.S. 



New or Little --known African Gamopetal^e. 



(Concluded from p. 53.) 



Gentiane^:. 



Swertia fwambensis N. E. Br. in PL Trop. Afr. iv. 574. 



In swampy ground near the Kafu River, Uganda ; Bagshawe, 960. 



S. Emini Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C. 314. 



Fort Portal, Toro, at edge of swamp ; Bagshawe, 979. 



BoRRAGINEiE. 



Cordia rubra Hoclist. ex A. Rich. Tent. FL Abyss, ii. 82. 

 Above Butiaba, Unyoro ; Bagshawe, 865. 



C. unyorensis Stapf in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxvii. 527. 

 Masinde, Unyoro ; Bagshawe, SIT. 



Ehretia angolensis, Bak. in Kew Bull. 1894, 29. 

 Fort Portal, Toro ; Bagshawe, 976. 



SOLANACE^E. 



Solatium Xanmanni Engl. Bot. Jahrb. viii. 64. 

 Toro, near Mpanga River; Bagshawe, 1120. 

 Native name u njagi." Fruit eaten. 



S. anomalum Tbonn. in Sebum. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. PL 126. 

 Kitagueta, Toro ; Bagshawe, 1122. 



Cultivated as a vegetable (the fruit). Native name "njagi." 

 The single specimen is unarmed, but Mr. 0. H. Wright, who 

 kindly examined it, agreed with me as to the determination. 



ScROPHULARIN E JE . 



Diclis ovata Benth. in Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 23. 

 Mpanga Forest, Toro ; Bagshawe, 1012. 



Sutera micrantha Hiern in FL Cap. iv. sect. 2, 263. 

 Bulawayo; Eyles, 1077. 



Stemodiopsis hum His Skan in FL Trop. Afr. iv. sect. 1, 316. 

 Matopo Hills; Eyles, Wffi. 

 Flowers white. 



Lindernia Whytei Skan in FL Trop. Afr. iv. sect. 2, 341. 

 Near Masinde, Unyoro ; Bagshawe, 878. 



Lindernia Gossweileri, sp. no v. Annua caule ascendente 

 basi ramosa aliter simplici ancipiti rarifolioso, foliis sparsis omni- 

 bus oppositis parvis sessilibus ovatis basi late amplexicaulibus mar- 

 gine distanter serrato-deutatis 5-nervibus firme membranaceis, 

 floribus ex axillis superioribus solitatim ortis, pedunculis calyce 

 brevioribus, calyce fere adusque basin partito lobis anguste lineari- 

 bus acuminatis margine ciliolatis, corollas tubo caiyci requilongo 



