Veronica.| XCII. SCROPHULARIACER (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 359 
pressed, pilose or rarely glabrous, —-3 lin. shorter than the calyx.—A. 
Rich. Tent. FJ. Abyss. ii. 127; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 490; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 379 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 358; Engl. in 
Ann, Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 26. V. petitiana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 
127. V. africana, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 208. V. montana, 
Avetta in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 59, not of Linn. f. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1263! 
1997! 7000-9000 ft., Johnston, 15! 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; Wojerat, Petit; Samen, Riippel/ ; Begemeder : 
Reb Valley, 7500 ft., Debra Tabor, and Jan-Meda, 9100 ft. Schimper, 1154! Shoa ; 
Quartin-Dillon; Ankober, Roth, 467! Antoto, Ragazzi; and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 462! Somaliland : between Harar and Addis-Albeba, Wellby ! 
between Biddume and Alghe, Riva, 1248. Uganda: various localitiis between 
Nandi and Mau Plateau, 6000-9000 ft., Whyte! Mau; Masai River, 6000 ft, 
Scott-Elliot, 6795! Johnston! Ruwenzori; Kasamaga (? Kasagama), 5300 tt., 
Scott-Elliot, 7600! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 4900-8900 ft., Volkens, 
732! 1836! 
We have followed Engler in uniting V. petitiana and V. africana with TV’ abyssinica. 
Though this seems the best course, it should be noted that some slight differences can 
be detected between the material from the Cameroons (V7. africana) and that from 
Eastern Africa. In the former the petioles are usually longer, the leaves have 
smaller teeth, the flowers are said by Johnston to be pinky-white, and the style is 
shorter. Moreover, two of the Abyssinian specimens (Schimper, 1154) named V. 
petitiana at Kew, differ from the rest of the East African material in having shorter 
petioles, suborbicular crenate leaves, and broader calyx-segments, These hardly 
agree with Richard’s description of V. petitiana. An examination of the types ot 
V. abyssinica and FV. petitiana, which are not accessible to us, might suggest that 
the plant from the Cameroons and the doubtful Abyssinian one shculd cunstitute 
two varieties of V. abyssinica. 
d. V. glandulosa, Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 482. A 
perennial glandular-pilose or sometimes nearly glabrous herb; stems 
creeping and rooting and much branched at the base, then ascending ; 
branches leafy, elongated, usually bifariously pilose. Leaves very 
shortly petiolate, ovate or sometimes elliptic-ovate, $-1} in. long, 
24-8 lin. broad, obtuse, rounded or cuneate at the base, minutely and 
Sparingly serrate, glabrous or sparingly glandular-pilose. Flowers 
solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; pedicels 1~1} lin, long, glan- 
dular-pilose. Calyx 2}-23 lin. long, more or less glandular-pilose, 
4-partite ; upper segments oblong, 1} lin. long, obtuse ; lower broadly 
oblong, 2} lin. long, obtuse. Corolla 23 lin. long. Style 1-1} lin. 
long. Capsule obcordate, compressed, very sparingly glandular-ciliate, 
3-} lin. shorter than the calyx—A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 125; 
Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 101; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 380. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia: Demerki, Schimper, 568! 1149! Mount Silke 
Schimper, 198; Mount Guna, 10000-11000 ft., Schimper, 1460! and without’ 
Precise locality, Schimper, 1052! 
6. V.Mannii, Hook f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vi. 19. A glandular- 
pilose perennial herb; stems creeping and -rcoting at the base, then 
