Anarrhinum.| XCIt, SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 293 
and of others ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 289, not of Desfont. Sim- 
buleta arabica, Forsk. ex Poir. Encycel. vii. 194. 8. arabica, var. 
abyssinica, Vatke in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 1875, 9. S. orientalis, Wettst. 
in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 60. 
Wile Land. Eritrea: Keren, Steudner, 793! Keren to Massowa, Beccari ; 
Hababab Bora, 7000 ft., Hildebrandt, 657b; Saganeiti; northern slope below Addi. 
Abboour, Schweinfurth & Riva, 1791! and various localities, Terracciano § Pappi, 
Abyssinia: Shireh, Quartin-Dillon ¥ Petit! Wojerat, Quartin-Dillon GF Petit, 
214! Tigre; Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 192! Semayata Mountain, Schimper, 
483! and without precise locality, Schimper, 94! 
Also in Arabia, Syria, and Mesopotamia. 
10. SCHWEINFURTHIA, A. Braun; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Pl. ii. 933. 
Calyx 5-partite ; segments imbricate, the posticous larger than the 
others, Corolla-tube subsaccate at the base; upper lip 2-lobed, erect, 
at length reflexed at the margin; lower lip 3-lobed, reflexed-spreading ; 
palate rather prominent, closing the throat. Stamens 4, didynamous, 
ascending ; filaments glandular-pilose at the base ; anther-cells diverging, 
at length divaricate, confluent at the apex ; rudiment of the fifth stamen 
small. Style filiform ; stigma minute. Ovules numerous in each cell. 
Capsule subglobose ; pericarp fragile; anticous cell many-seeded, 
dehiscing irregularly ; posticous cell much smaller or very small and 
Compressed, 3-4-seeded or empty, indehiscent or at length bursting 
irregularly, Seeds obconic-truncate, with 6 longitudinal subwinged 
ridges.—Annual or perennial diffuse glabrous and glaucous herbs. 
Leaves usually alternate, quite entire. Flowers axillary, peduncuiate, 
small. 
Species 4, in Socotra and the Comoro Islands, Arabia, Afghanistan, and Western 
India. 
Plant 6-9 in. high ; leaves elliptic-spathulate to linear- 
oblong ; peduncles 3-5 lin. long . - zs 
Plant up to 2 ft. high ; leaves usually narrowly linear ; 
peduncles 5-8 lin. long : 
1. S. pterosperma. 
2. S. aptera. 
1. S. pterosperma, Al. Brawn in Sitzb. Ges. ‘hotest es anes 
(1866) 24, & in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, 872, with plate. 
A much-branched erect annual 6-9 in. high. Leaves up to | in. long 
and 5 lin. broad, the uppermost much smaller, vy Sen pomp . 
linear-oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base ; petiole from a few scat 0 
fin.long. Peduncles solitary, 3—5 lin. long, filiform. pclae ne 
long ; segments ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute. Corol a ees in. 
long, white, rose-tinted at the throat. Capsule 3-34 lin. in ai , 
posticous cell 1-3-seeded or quite empty.—Terracciano in or : s ioe 
Bot. Roma, v. 103. <Antirrhinum ? pterospermum, A. Rich. Tent. Fi. 
aha ee Nubi ar Fula, Schweinfurth, 173! Mount Uaratab near 
Rae oe Wadi Tereb res hetivenn Suakin aod Berber, Schweinfurth. Red 
Sea, between 11° and 12° North lat., Zord/ coast region, Bent! Eritrea: Hamfila 
