Schwenkia. | XCI, SOLANACEX (WRIGHT). 261 
Nile Land. Niamviam: Nabambisso River, Schweinfurth, 3724! Jur: 
Kurshook Ali Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1752! Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2110! 
__ Gower Guinea. Lower Congo, Burton! Angola: Golungo Alto; road- 
‘sides at Sange, Welwitsch, 5902! 5898! manioc plantations near Agnas Doces, 
Welwitsch, 5901! between Trombeta and Caboudo, Welwitsch, 5903! 
_ Var. angustifolia, Schmidt in Mart. Fl. Bras. viii.i. 251. Leaves narrower than 
in the type, almost glabrous. 
Upper Guinea. Northeru Nigeria: Nupe, Barter ! 
Nile Land. Moru: Neangara, Petherick ! 
ower Guinea. Lower Congo: Lutete, Hens, A, 260! 
Also in Brazil. 
‘The whole plant is pounded and used as a fish poison.—Dawodu. 
_ 2. S. hirta, Klotzsch in Linnea, xiv. 289. <A herb, up to 2 ft. 
high. Stem densely hirsute. Leaves ovate or oblong, obtuse, 3 in. 
long, } in. wide, hirsute on both surfaces, sometimes undulate, ciliate ; 
petiole short. Panicle large, lax; branches slender. Calyx tubular, 
$ In. long ; teeth very short, triangular. Corolla pale violet or yellow, 
) lin. long, less than 1 lin. in diam.; lobes clavate, equal. Stamens 2; 
filaments sparingly pilose. Capsule } in. long, acute or mucronate.— 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 194; Schmidt in Mart. Fl. Bras. viii. i. 250. 
S. americana, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 754 partly. 
Upper Guinea. Upper Volta: Salaga, Krause! Sierra Leone, Sherboro, 
Garrett in Herb, Scott-Elliot, 5830! Talla hills, 4000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 5087a! 
Nile Land. Jur: Wau, Schweinfurth, 1670! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Gossweiler, 194! near Quicuxe and along 
nearly the whole coast as far as Ambriz, Welwitsch, 5914 ! 
A'so in Brazil and Guiana. 
OrvdeR XCII. SCROPHULARIACEZ. (By W. Botting 
Hemsley and 8. A. Skan). 
Flowers hermaphrodite, more or less irregular. Calyx inferior, 
persistent ; tube campanulate or tubular or sometimes almost none ; 
teeth, lobes or segments usually 5, sometimes 4, rarely 3, valvate, 
imbricate or open in bud. Corolla-tube campanulate, cylindric or 
ventricose or enlarged above, more or less curved or straight, some- 
times very short, in some genera with 1 or 2 spurs or sacs at the base ; 
limb 5- or 4-lobed (rarely 3- or 6—8-lobed), with the lobes more or less 
equal and all spreading, or distinctly 2-lipped ; upper lip entire, 
emarginate or 2-lobed, erect, concave or galeate, or sometimes flat and 
spreading ; lower lip 3-lobed, usually spreading, sometimes gibbous at 
the base or with a palate closing the throat of the corolla; lobes 
variously imbricate in bud, not plicate, valvate or twisted. Stamens 
usually 4, didynamous, or 2, rarely 3 or 5, the fifth or uppermost quite 
absent or reduced to a staminode ; filaments inserted in the corolla- 
tube or at the throat, filiform or slightly dilated, the lower sometimes 
appendaged at the base; anthers 1- or 2-celled, free or coherent or 
