270 XCII. SCROPHULARIACE& (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). — [ Aptosimum’ 
axillary very shortly pedunculate. Bracts 25 lin. long, lanceolate or 
linear, acute. Calyx shortly and densely glandular-pubescent : tube 
campanulate, about } in. long, almost transparent, slightly inflated in 
the middle, gradually narrowed to the base, prominently 5-nerved ; 
teeth as long as or slightly shorter than the tube, ovate- to triangular- 
lanceolate, shortly acuminate, unequal, green. Corolla blue, ? in. long, 
minutely glandular-pubescent ; lobes broadly obovate, subequal. 
Stamens all fertile ; anthers sparingly hairy. Style rather longer than 
the corolla-tube, glandular-pubescent on the lower half. Capsule 
glabrous except at the compressed pilose apex. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland, Outyo, Rautanen, 
247! 
5. A. scaberrimum, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 
185. An undershrub about 4 in. high; branches densely leafy and 
clothed with short stiffhairs. Leaves up to 1} in. long, $1 lin. broad, 
linear-lanceolate, very scabrid, with bristles directed forwards; midrib 
persistent and spinescent. Flowers sessile or shortly stalked, in 
3-flowered dichasia. Bracts linear. Calyx everywhere glandular- 
hairy; tube 24-3} lin. long ; teeth 14-2} lin. long, lanceolate, distinctly 
ciliate. Corolla about ? in. long, sparsely glandular-hairy outside; 
lobes rounded, more or less unequal. Anthers hispidly ciliate. Style 
as long as the corolla-tube. Capsule 24 lin. long, 24-3 lin. broad, 
shortly hairy. Seeds tuberculate-—Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 128. 
Lower Guinea. North of Great Namaqualand, Belch, 60. 
Also in South Africa. 
6. A. Gossweileri, Skan. A robust densely glandular-pilose 
undershrub with long procumbent many-branched stems, branches up to 
a foot long or more, terete, about # lin. in diam.; internodes }—} in. 
long. Leaves alternate or rarely subopposite, sessile or subsessile, 
lanceolate, 3-1 in. long, 4-1 in. broad, acute or sometimes obtuse, 
gradually narrowed to the apex, narrowly cuneate at the base, thick, 
soft, fleshy; midrib scarcely visible except at the base, persistent as 2. 
straight stout spine. Flowers axillary, usually 2 together, almost 
sessile, as long as or slightly shorter than theleaves. Bracts linear, 
2} lin. long, thick. Calyx } in. long, divided almost to the base; seg- 
ments linear, nearly } lin. broad, acute, densely covered with glandular 
mostly long hairs. Corolla glandular-pubescent outside; tube 74 lin. 
long ; narrowed basal part about 24 lin. long; lobes suborbicular oF 
broadly obovate, 1-2 lin. long, 14 lin. broad, very prominently veined. 
Anthers ciliate. Style as long as the corolla-tube. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; ravines and dry river beds of the 
Londy Hills, near the fazenda “ Boa Vista,” Gossweiler, 61! 
7. A. arenarium, Lgl. in Engl. Jahrb. x. 250. A glandular- 
pubescent undershrub a few inches to 1} ft. high. Branches ascending 
about 1} lin. in diam. rather densely leafy above, leafless and spinescent 
below; spines about } in. long, usually straight. Leaves sessile, 
