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Sutera. | XCI, SCROPHULARIACEZ (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 307 
Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 377, and in DC. Prodr. x. 358; Engl. in 
Engl. Jahrb. x. 254, and xix. 150. 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: Hereroland ; Usakos, 2950 ft. 
Marloth, 1225 ; border of the Namib Plain towards Kanikontes, Guerich, 141. 
Also in South Africa. 
15. S. Maxii, Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 288. An erect viscid 
pubescent densely leafy undershrub 4 ft. high, forming a dense bush ; 
internodes usually 4—6 lin. long. Leaves opposite or rarely alter- 
nate, sessile, 4—§ lin. long, 3-5 lin. broad, broadly ovate, entire or 
remotely and obscurely toothed, usually obtuse, sometimes subacute. 
Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1 lin. long. Calyx deeply cleft, 
3% lin. long, enlarging somewhat in the fruiting stage ; segments linear- 
oblong, obtuse, slightly unequal. Corolla white, 2-1 in. long; tube 
cylindric below, incurved and slightly gibbous on the upper side at the 
throat ; limb 4—5 lin. broad ; lobes suborbicular. Stamens included; 
anthers subreniform. Style included. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 3~4 lin. 
long, obtuse, minutely emarginate, sparingly pubescent, bisulcate. 
Seeds globose, slightly rugose. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; in ravines of sandy hills near the 
fazenda “ Boa Vista” at 200 ft. Gossweiler, 60! German South-west Africa: 
Dammaraland ; on stouy ground near Ubib, Lindner ! 
Also in South Africa. 
16. S. Gossweileri, Skan. A compact densely grey -pubescent 
almost tomentose undershrub, 2 ft. high; stem terete, sparingly leafy, 
blackish in the dried state; branches short. Leaves alternate (lower 
not seen), 5-6 lin. long, 4—5 lin. broad, suborbicular to ovate, dentate, 
rather thick, acute or obtuse, cuneate at the base; petiole about 2 lin. 
long. Flowers axillary, solitary, chiefly on the branches; pedicels 3-5 
lin. long. Calyx 34-34 lin. long ; segments linear, rather fleshy, some- 
what unequal, subacute. Corolla yellow, 6-7 lin. long, minutely 
pubescent ; tube straight and cylindric below, very slightly ineurved 
and dilated on the posticous side above; limb 3 lin. in diam., rather 
deeply 5-lobed; lobes unequal, elliptic-oblong. Stamens included, 
Capsule 21 lin. long, oblong-ovoid, obtuse, somewhat compressed at the 
apex, bisulcate. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; in ravines of sandy hills near the 
fazenda “ Boa Vista,” 200 ft , Gossweiler, 62! 
17. S. Carvalhoi, Skan. An erect branched undershrub 1} ft. 
high or more; stem up to 14 lin. in diam., terete, densely glandular- 
pubescent; branches rather short, erect-spreading. Leaves opposite, 
shortly petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4-1} in. Jong, 3-7} lin. 
broad, acute, cuneate at the base, slightly puberulous on the nerves 
beneath, serrate-crenate, with the teeth numerous?nd small. Flowers in 
a loose terminal pyramidal raceme ; bracts similar to the leaves : pedicels 
2-3 lin. long. Calyx 4—44 lin. long, rather densely glandular-pubescent ; 
lobes linear-lanceolate, 34-33 lin. long, about #? lin. broad, acute. 
Corolla-tube 84-94 lin. long, 1 lin. broad below, slightly enlarged an‘ 
