322 XCII. SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN).  [Joniera. 
4. M. pubescens, Skan. A rather stout apparently erect sparingly 
branched herb, glandular-punctate, minutely pubescent on the younger 
parts of the stem, on the young leaves, peduncles and calyx; stem 
quadrangular, ribbed in the dried state. Leaves sessile, broad at the 
base and semiamplexicaul, ovate-lanceolate, 1? in. long, 24-3} lin. 
broad, entire, somewhat revolute on the margins, scarcely acute. 
Flowers like those of H. calycina, but the peduncles are densely and 
minutely pubescent, the calyx pubescent, with thicker and less distinctly 
reticulate segments. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: marshy ground by the Falaba River, Scott- 
Elliot, 5451 ! 
5. M. floribunba, 7’. Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay, ii. 286. An erect 
slender branched herb 4-11 in. high, scabrid, glabrous or sparingly and 
minutely puberulous, glandular-punctate. Leaves sessile, linear, linear- 
lanceolate or narrowly oblong, $—24 in. long, 3-24 lin. broad, entire, 
scarcely acute, narrow at the base or semiamplexicaul. Flowers 
axillary, usually solitary ; peduncles 1-2 lin. long; bracts setaceous, } 
lin, long. Calyx minutely puberulous and glandular-pulverulent ; 
posticous segment ovate, 2? lin. long, 1} lin. broad, apiculate; anticous 
rather narrower, acute; lateral lanceolate, acuminate, 14 lin. long. 
Corolla blue or violet, sulphur-yellow at the throat, 13 lin. long; upper 
lip emarginate; lower lip eyually 3-lobed. Capsule ellipsoid, 1} lin. 
long, glabrous.—Herpestis floribunda, R. Br. Prodr. 442; Benth. in 
DC. Prodr. x. 400; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 120; Hook. f. FI. 
Brit. Ind. iv. 273; Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 307. Bacopa floribunda, 
Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 77; Engl. Pfl. Ost- 
Afr. C. 357. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Perrottet! Northern Nigeria: Nupe, Barter, 
1011! Borgu, Barter, 785 ! 
Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 2588! Bongo; Gir, Schwein- 
oe 7 Uganda: Madi, Speke & Grant! British East Africa : Mombasa, 
ajer . 
PP adele Dist. Pemba Island, Bojer! Zanzibar, Kirk! Hildebrandt, 
Also in Madagascar, Tropical Asia and Australia. 
6. M. occultans, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i.760. An erect herb 
3-6 in. high, branched from the base; stems quadrangular, about 1 lin. 
in diam., sparingly pubescent chiefly on the upper part; internodes 
2-5 lin. long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1-1 in. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 
obtusely acuminate, semi-amplexicaul, entire or remotely denticulate 
near the apex, densely glandular-punctate, glabrous except fora fewshort 
hairs on the midrib. Flowers axillary, solitary or a few together ; 
peduncles } lin. long; bracts ovate, 4-1 lin. long, concave. Calyx- 
segments glandular-punctate; posticous segment ovate, 14-2 lin. long, 
14-1} lin. broad, obtuse; anticous ovate, obtuse, slightly narrower; 
lateral ovate-lanceolate, 1} lin. long, membranous, obtusely acuminate, 
with a single row of rather long thick hairs on the keel. Corolla white, 
