Ilysanthes.] | XC, SCROPHULARIACE& (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 349 
long and broad; lateral lobes ovate, about 4} lin. long; median lobe 
obovate, nearly 1 lin. long and broad. Staminodes very minute, fili- 
form. Capsule narrowly oblong, about 3 lin. long.—J. andongensis, S. 
Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 190, not of Hiern. 
Nile Land. Uganda: near the River Rufua, Bagshawe, 519 A! 
9. I. gracilis, Skan. An erect slender minutely and _hispidly 
pubescent herb 3-5 in. high; stem quadrangular, simple or freely 
branched in the upper part; branches ascending. Leaves sessile, 
oblong-linear or lanceolate-oblong, 3-5 lin. long, 3-14 lin. broad, obtuse, 
entire or obscurely few-toothed. Flowers solitary in the axils of the 
upper leaves ; peduncles 3-5 lin. long, ascending in flower and fruit. 
Calyx 14-13 lin. long ; teeth ovate-lanceolate, somewhat unequal, about. 
3 lin. long, acute. Corolla 3 lin. long; upper lip ovate, 1 lin. long, 
bifid, with short broad acute lobes ; lobes of the lower lip suborbicular. 
Staminodes gibbous, with short filaments minutely capitate at the apex. 
Capsule oblong-linear, 34-4 lin. long, ? lin. broad, acute, with divergent 
valves, 
Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria: Nupe: Jeba on the River Quorra (Niger), 
Barter/ 
Welwitsch 5879, a tiny solitary flowered specimen, should probably be referred 
here. 
10, I. andongensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 765. An. 
erect usually much branched glabrous or minutely pubescent herb, 
2-3 in. high; stem and branches quadrangular. Leaves sessile, 
linear-oblong, usually 2—4 lin. long, obtuse, entire or slightly repand. 
Flowers solitary, axillary; peduncles 2-6 lin. long. Calyx 1-1} lin. 
long ; teeth oblong, about } lin. long, rounded at the apex. Corolla 
about 2 lin. long, purple; tube about as long as the calyx ; upper lip 
scarcely ? lin. long, bifid, with short acute lobes; lower lip scarcely 1 
lin. long and broad ; lateral lobes shortly oblong, $ lin. long; median 
lobe broadly obovate, about 4 lin. long and broad. Staminodes linear, 
flattened, about } lin. long, without a gibbosity at the base. Capsule 
oblong or linear-oblong, about 3 lin. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in damp pastures between 
Candumba and the River Cuanza, Welwitsch, 5871! 
Welwitsch, 5879, is distinct from the above and is probably J, gracilis. 
11. I, trichotoma, Urban in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 1884, 450. 
A diffuse glabrous trichotomously branched herb, about 3} in. high ; 
Stems quadrangular. Leaves sessile, linear-oblong, }-} in. long, acute, 
entire. Peduncles alternate in the axils of the upper reduced leaves, 
2-34 lin. long, deflexed in fruit. Calyx 1} lin. long, 5-toothed ; teeth 
Scarcely 1 lin. long, semi-ovate, acute. Corolla blue, 2-5 lin. long ; 
upper lip slightly emarginate ; lower lip deeply 3-lobed. Staminodes 
entire, subsessile. Capsule 2-2} lin. long, ellipsoid, acute.— Bonnaya 
trichotoma, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 121, t. 122 B. 
Wile Land, Uganda: Madi, on rocky ground, Speke & Grant! Mumias, 
4500 ft. Whyte ! Entebbe, 3900 ft., Brown, 249! 
