290 XCII, SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN).  [Linavia. 
shrub, about 1 ft. high, freely branched from the base; branches }-} 
lin. in diam. at the base, terete. Leaves 4-44 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 
rather crowded, somewhat fleshy, subopposite below, alternate above, 
cordate, obscurely triangular or ovate, usually quite entire, sometimes 
slightly dentate near the base, obtuse or minutely mucronate; petiole 
1-1} lin. long. Peduncles 3-1 lin. long, axillary, solitary. Calyx 2 
lin. long ; segments subulate-lanceolate, slightly unequal. Corolla (in- 
cluding the spur) about 5 lin. long, sparingly pubescent; spur 2} lin. long, 
somewhat curved. Filaments of the longer stamens sparingly hairy, of 
the shorter glabrous. Style 1 lin. long, pubescent. Capsule 1} lin. 
long, globose-ovoid, minutely pubescent, shining, dehiscing by valve- 
like opercula. Seeds minutely tuberculate. 
Wile Land. Nubia: about 21° North lat., sea-coast to between 3000 and 
4000 ft., Bent ! 
4, L. nubica, Skan. A glandular-pubescent scandent or sub- 
scandent sparingly branched annual. Leaves opposite on the stem, 
alternate on the branches, 1-1} in. long, ?-1 in. broad, sometimes 
much smaller, broadly cordate or obscurely triangular to ovate, quite 
entire or with a few obscure teeth, broad at the apex and minutely 
mucronate or acute; petiole of the lower leaves 9-12 lin. long. 
Peduncles 1-14 lin. long, axillary, solitary. Calyx 3 lin. long; seg- 
ments subulate-linear, acute, slightly unequal. Corolla (including the 
spur) 4} lin. long, hairy; spur 2 lin. long, straight. Filaments of the 
longer stamens sparingly hairy, of the shorter glabrous. Style 1 lin. 
long, stout, somewhat hairy. Capsule 14 lin. long, ovoid, pubescent, 
dehiscing by valve-like opercula. Seeds tuberculate. 
Nile Land. Nubia: about 21° North lat., sea-coast to between 3000 and 
4000 ft., Bent ! 
5. L. hastata, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. 64, ex Benth. in 
DC. Prodr, x. 269. An extremely slender diffusely branched erect or 
ascending annual 9-12 in. high, sometimes pilose at the base, glabrous 
on the branches, leaves and peduncles. Leaves 5-12 lin. long; i 
lin. broad, linear to lanceolate, acute, hastate or rarely rounded or 
cuneate at the base, opposite below, alternate above, shortly petiolate. 
Peduncles axillary, filiform, 9-15 (usually 13) lin. long. Calyx 1} 
lin. long, glabrous or minutely glandular-hairy ; segments lanceolate, 
acuminate, slightly keeled, more or less scarious on the margins. 
Corolla (including the spur) 3 lin. Jong, apparently yellow, winute ly 
hairy; spur 1} lin. long. Stamens coherent through the intertwining 
of the woolly hairs on the filaments and anthers. Capsule 13-1} liv. 
long, ovoid, glabrous, often straw-coloured, dehiscing by valve-like 
opercula.—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 113; Schweinf. Beitr. Fi. 
Aethiop. 100; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 137. L. capillipes, 
Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 269. 
Wile Land. Red Sea: Hakeko, Lord! Eritrea: Togodele; Dalai, Ehren- 
berg! Modat; near Ailet, Schimper, 1042! Mount Maraita near Saxti, Schwetr 
