Anticharis.} XCI1, SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 277 
acute or somewhat acute, attenuated to the base; petiole 14-24 lin. 
long. Peduncles 24-4 lin. long; bracts minute, subulate, inserted at 
about the middle of the peduncle. - Calyx 1-1} lin. long, deeply cleft ; 
segments about 4 lin. broad, linear or oblanceolate, acute. Corolla rose- 
coloured, somewhat viscid, 34 lin. long ; lobes broad, rounded. Anthers 
free, pilose on the back ; basal lobes unequal. Style shorter than the 
corolla-tube. Capsule twice as long as the calyx, narrowly ovoid, acu- 
minate or beaked.—Endl. Iconogr. t. 93; Benth. in DC. Prodr, x. 347; 
Aschers. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, 881; Boiss. Fl. 
Orient. iv. 422; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 137. A. glan- 
dulosa, var. intermedia, Terracciano in Ann, Istit. Bot. Roma, v. 103. A. 
Schimperi, Endl. Iconogr. xv., name only. Capraria arabica, Steud. & 
Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 347. Distemon campanularis, 
Ehrenb, & Hempr. ex Aschers. l.c. 882. 
Nile Land. Nubia: Mount Uaratab, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 151; Etbai, 
on Mount Soturba, near Cape Elba, Schweinfurth, 157; Wadi O-Mareg, Schwein- 
Surth, 702! Eritrea: Ferehan Voleano, Zerracciano ; Hauakel Island, near Mas- 
sowa, Hhrenberg § Hemprich. Somaliland, Miss Edith Cole ! 
Also in Socotra and Arabia. 
3. A. glandulosa, Aschers. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, 
880. A densely long-glandular-hispid diffusely branched annual 6-9 in. 
high. Leaves up to 8 lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad, spathulate-oblong, 
oblong or oval, obtuse, attenuated at the base; petiole 2-4 lin. long. 
Peduncles 14-24 lin. long; bracts 1-14 lin. long, opposite or sub- 
opposite, subulate, inserted near the middle of the peduncle. Calyx 
2} lin. long, deeply cleft ; segments } lin. broad, linear or oblanceolate, 
acute. Corolla rose-coloured, 4—5 lin. long; lobes broad, subequal. 
Anthers free, sparingly hairy on the back. Style shorter than the 
corolla ; stigma capitate. Capsule 3-34 lin. long, about: 1} times as 
long as the calyx, narrowly ovoid, acuminate.—Vatke in Vest. Bot. 
Zeitschr. 1875, 9; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 249; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
iv. 423; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Internaz. Genova, 1892, 352. 
Meisarrhena tomentosa, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 63, name only. 
Distemon glandulosus, Ehrenb. & Hempr. ex Aschers. l.c. 881. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Saati, Penzig. Abyssinia: without precise locality, 
Salt! Somaliland: Dobar Waina, 500 ft., Miss Hdith Cole! Ahl Mountains, 
near Lasgosi, Hildebrandt, 862 ! 
Also in Egypt, Arabia, and Western India. 
4. A. ebracteata, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 187. 
A densely glandular-pubescent undershrub. Leaves 7 lin. long, 13-2 
lin. broad, sessile or shortly petiolate, narrowly lanceolate, acute or 
obtuse, attenuated at the base. Peduncles 14-2 lin. long; bracts 0. 
Calyx 1} lin. long, deeply cleft; segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla 
6 lin. long, glandular-pubescent outside ; lobes 2} lin, long, 2 lin. broad. 
Filaments 14-2 lin. long; anthers long, coherent, with a tuft of hairs 
