Lhidernia] lxxxix. sckophulaeiace^. 76.'i 



11. LINDEK.NIA Allioni in Miscell. Taurin. iii. p. 178, t. 5, 

 fig. 1 (1766). Vandellia P. Browne ex L. Mant. PI. p. 12, n. 

 1265 (1767) ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. p. 955. 



1. L. nummulariaefolia Wettst. in. Eng]. & Prantl, Nat 

 Pflanzenfam. iv. 36, p. 79 (1891). 



Vandellia numularifolia D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal, p. 86 (1825). 

 Pijxldaria nummularifolia 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. p. 464. 



Pdngo Andongo. — An annual herblet, inhabiting marshes and 

 growing after the manner of a Rorippa ; corolla pale blue variegated 

 with yeUow ; the two anterior stamens exserted, sterile ? In pools by 

 the streams and springs of the prsesidium, near Oabondo and Catete ; 

 fl. and unripe fr. end of Dec. 1866. No. 5878. Flowers purple. In 

 open rooky places among short grass in the prsesidium ; fl. and fr 

 April 1867. No. 5873. 



Var. sessiliflora. 



Vandellia sessiliflora Benth. Scrophular. Indie, p. 37 (1835). 

 Mitranthus latifolius Hochst. in Flora xxvii. p. 103 (1844). 

 M. triflora Hochst. in Herb. Schimp. Abyss, iii. n. 1728 (U.i., 

 1844); A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 120 (1851). L. sessiliflora 

 Wettst., I.e. Pyxidaria nwmmulari folia, var. 0. Kuntze, I.e. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A dwarf, annual, erect herblet, sparingly 

 branched or simple ; leaves opposite, subsessile, as are also the purplish 

 flowers. In ocen rocky moist parts of the preesidium, sparingly : fl. 

 and fr. April 1857. No. 5878. 



2. L. diffusa Wettst., I.e., p. 80. 



Vandellia diffusa L. Mant. PI. p. 89 (1767). Pyxidaria diffusa 

 0. Kimtze, I.e. 



Sierra Leone. — An annual, branched herb ; branches prostrate, 

 rooting ; flowers milk-white. In damp muddy places by the road in 

 the ascent to the cataract of Sugar-Loaf mountain, above Freetown, 

 plentiful ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1863. No. 6924. 



3. L. senegalensis. 



Vandellia senegalensis Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. p. 416 (1846). 

 Pyxidaria senegalensis O. Kuntze, I.e., p. 465. 



Ambaca. — A herb, apparently p«)rennial with a sub-tuberous root, 

 prostrate, creeping, with the habit of Oratiola ; flowers violet-red, 

 quickly withering. By pools near springs between Pamba and Puri- 

 Cacarambola, rather rare ; fl. and fr. middle of Oct. 1866. No. 5913. 



4. L. uvens Hiern, sp. nov. 



An annual herb, 2 to 4 in. high, nearly glabrous ; stem erect, 

 simple or nearly so, tetragonal, minutely scabrid-puberulous, 

 slender, pale yellowish-green, leafy below, sparingly leafy above ; 

 leaves opposite or the uppermost floral ones alternate, ovate 

 oblong or lanceolate, obtuse at the apex or the floral ones sub- 

 acute, more or less broad at the sessile base, pale green, minutely 

 glandular-punctate and pulverulent-puberulous, J^ — j in. long, 

 minutely ciliolate on the entire margins ; flowers few, | in. long, 

 terminal and in the upper axils ; peduncles very short, at their base 

 with an ovate subacute pallid concave adpressed floral leaf of 



