Linaria.| __ XCII. SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 29 
Leaves broadly triangular, cordate or ovate. 
Peduncles 3-11 lin. long. 
Plant more or less hairy ; peduncles 3-5 lin. long . 1. LZ. Elatine. 
Plant quite glabrous ; peduncles 6-11 lin. long . 2. L. somalensis, 
Peduncles #—1 lin. long. 
Calyx 2 lin. long; leaves 4-43 lin. long, 3-4 lin, 
broad . : ; : : : : - 8. L. Bentit, 
Calyx 3 lin, long; leaves 1-1} in. long, 3-1 in. 
broad . c ; : : : c . 4 LD, nubica. 
Leaves linear, lanceolate or narrowly oblong, 
Corolla 3-5 lin, long. 
Peduncles about 1 in, long . “ . 6. ZL. hastata. 
Peduncles up to J in. long. : : : . 6, L. asparagoides. 
Corolla 9-10 lin. long 7. L. sagittata, 
1. L. Elatine, Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. viii. no. 16 (Elatina by error). 
A slender softly hairy much-branched annual ; branches up to 2 ft. long, 
prostrate or decumbent, wiry, terete. Leaves usually about } in. long 
and } in. broad, ovate, truncate, cordate or hastate at the base, minutely 
mucronate, entire or few-toothed near the base; petiole 1—3 lin. long. 
Peduncles 3-5 lin. long, axillary, solitary, slender, subglabrous or 
villous. Calyx 24 lin. long; segments linear-lanceolate or ovate-lan- 
ceolate, acuminate, somewhat unequal. Corolla (including the spur) 
about 4 in. long, pale yellow, violet on the inside of the upper lip and 
new the base of the lower lip; spur 34 lin. long, straight or curved. 
Filaments pilose ; anthers ciliate. Capsule slightly shorter than the 
calyx, globose, minutely puberulous, dehiscing by 2 oblique opercula.— 
Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 268; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 113; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 376; Almagiad in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 
vill. 138. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: near Acrur, Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 1054! and various 
localities, Terracciano & Pappi. Abyssinia: Shoa, Quartin-Dillon & Petit, 220! 
Memsach, Schimper, 40! Gunnokle, Schimper, 712! Hawash and Maki Rivers, 
Wellay ! 
Also in Europe, North Africa, Madeira, and the Canary Islands, 
There is a marked difference in the degree of hairiness of the specimens cited. 
2. L. somalensis, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 305. A very slender 
diffusely-branched glabrous procumbent perennial. Leaves 3-4} lin. 
long, 2-23 lin. broad, very thin, ovate, entire, acute; petiole 1-2 lin. 
lonz. Peduncles 6-11 lin. long, axillary, solitary, capillary. Calyx 2 
lin. long ; segments subulate-lanceolate, prominently 1-nerved, slightly 
keeled, unequal, transparent along the margins. Corolla (including the 
Spur) 44 lin. long, sparingly pubescent outside; palate glabrous ; spur 
1} lin. long, nearly straight. Filaments sparingly pilose. Capsule shorter 
than the calyx, ovoid, glabrous, dehiscing by valve-like opercula. 
a Zand. Somaliland: Ahl Mountains, near Maid, 4900 ft.. Hildebrandt, 
! 
3. L. Bentii, Skan. An erect densely glandular-pubescent under- 
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