284 XCII. SCROPHULARIACEEZ (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). | Celsia. 
7. C. affinis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss.ii. 110. An erect branched 
undershrub ; stem covered with whitish-floccose tomentum. Cauline 
leaves petiolate, oval, subacute, cordate at the base, doubly dentate- 
crenate, everywhere (especially on thejunderside) covered with whitish- 
floccose tomentum. LBracts cordate, dentate. Pedicels and calyx glan- 
dular-pubescent. Capsule twice as long as the calyx, globose, apiculate, 
glabrous. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Shoa ; on mountains near Tinglete, Petit. 
8. ©. seabrida, Skan. A branched undershrub up to 24 ft. high, 
with stems and leaves minutely hispid-hairy, and inflorescence densely 
covered with small scabrid and glandular hairs. Leaves simple or 
rarely pinnate, petiolate or the uppermost subsessile, blade (or terminal 
leaflet) 2-34 in. long, sometimes much shorter, 7-12 lin. broad, dentate- 
crenate to denticulate, acute, somewhat cuneate at the base; lateral 
leaflets few, small, often minute. Panicle 9-12 in. long; bracts 13-5 
lin. long, about 4 lin. broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; 
pedicels 5-8 lin. long. Calyx 24-3 lin. long; segments linear to 
linear-oblong, acute. Corolla about ? in. in diam., yellow. Filaments 
all bearded ; anthers of the shorter stamens transverse, of the longer 
oblique. Style 5-7 lin. long. Capsule shorter to slightly longer than 
the calyx, subglobose, glabrous.—C. interrupta, Engl. Hochgebirgsf. 
Trop. Afr. 375, partly, not of Fresen. C. interrupta, var. pedunculosa, 
Engl. |.c., partly, not of Vatke. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Gondar, 6000-7000 ft., Schimper, 1392! Bambulo, 
Steudner, 812! and without precise locality, Plowden / 
9. C. densifolia, Hook. f. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. vii. 208, Stem 
erect, branched at the base, pubescent-tomentose, straight, stout. 
Leaves crowded, 14-24 in. long, 34-7 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 
crenulate-denticulate, rather acute, the lowermost shortly petiolate, 
densely and shortly tomentose below, sparingly pubescent and more oF 
less rugose above; upper leaves smaller, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 
sessile. Raceme 1-2 ft. long, unbranched, glandular-pubescent ; bracts 
ovate, acuminate, denticulate, nearly as long as the fruit-bearing pedicels ; 
pedicels 4-4 in, long. Calyx-segments } in. long, oblong-lanceolate or 
lanceolate, acuminate, sorhetimes with a few small teeth. Corolla 
3-3 in. in diam. Filaments all bearded ; anthers of the longer stamens 
oblique. Capsule 14 lin. longer than the calyx, oblique, ovoid, 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 8500 ft., Mann, 1453 ! 
A specimen from the Cameroon Mountain (Johnston, 9) appears to be a form of 
this. It has much less crowded leaves, which are not rugose on the upper-side, nor 
so densely tomentose on the under-side, and somewhat longer pedicels. 
10. ©. scrophularizefolia, Hochst. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 
ii, 112. An erect biennial up to 24 ft. high or more, more oF less 
covered with short greyish sometimes glandular hairs. Leaves up to 
5 in. long and 14 in. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, acute 
or acuminate, truncate at the base, irregularly crenate-dentate or 1n ; 
