Alectra.] | XCII. SCROPHULARIACEX (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 365 
about fin. long, dusky purple, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes lanceolate- 
oblong, rather obtuse, shorter than the tube. Corolla about $ in. long, 
longitudinally striate ; tube very short, not constricted; limb 5-lobed ; 
lobes spathulate, somewhat concave, spreading. Filaments densely 
bearded ; anther-cells not apiculate Melasma Welwitschii, Hiern in 
Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 769. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Mossamedes; in sandy places by the River Bero, 
near Cavalheiros, Welwitsch, 5812! 
Description partly from Hiern, 
3. A. Bainesii, Hemsi. A parasitic almost leafless, nearly 
glabrous herb about 6 in. high, turning black in drying. Stem of the 
only specimen seen having two lateral branches; scales few and very 
small, Flowers small, crowded on the upper half of the stem, subsessile. 
Bracts ovate, obtuse, 3-4 lin. long. Bracteoles oblong- spathulate, 
shorter than the calyx, obtuse. Calyx hispid, campanulate, nearly equally 
5-lobed, about 4 lin. long ; lobes deltoid, obtuse, shorter than the tube. 
Corolla glabrous, 4—5 lin. long, deeply 5-lobed ; lobes spathulate, rounded 
at the top, undulate, strongly veined, three times as long as the tube, the 
two upper larger than the others. Stamens nearly equal ; filaments 
very short, bearded close under the anthers; anther-cells oblong, slightly 
unequal, obtuse. 
Mozamb. Dist. Bechuanaland: Ngamiland; Koobie (Kobis) to North 
Shaw Valley, Baines ! 
_ 4. A. kilimandjarica, Hemsi. An almost leafless, puberulous, 
slightly hispid root-parasite, changing black in drying. Stems slender, 
erect, puberulous, 5-15 in. high, few-flowered, simple or with two or 
three erect branches from near the base. Leaves mostly scale-like and 
very small, hispid, largest } in. long, lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, obscurely 
toothed. Racemes loose when fully grown out. Floral leaves or bracts 
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, shorter than the almost sessile flowers. 
Bracteoles linear, shorter than the calyx, persistent. Calyx hispid, 
about } in. long, 10-ribbed, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes triangular, 
rather obtuse, more hairy on the margin, posterior largest. Corolla 
about twice as long as the calyx, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, 
Shorter than the tube, 3-veined. Stamens nearly equal, inserted near 
the middle of the tube; filaments slender, slightly bearded ; anthers 
nearly equal and parallel. Ovary glabrous ; style clavate, recurved.— 
Melasma orobanchoides, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 359. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Amboni, Holst, 2803! 
Lake Chala, Volkens, 325! 
This may possibly prove not to be specifically different from A. orobanchoides, 
Benth., but we prefer to avoid further confusion. The type of the latter is different 
in aspect, has smaller flowers, and relatively shorter bracteoles, and there may be 
other differences which better material would bring to light. 
Under the name of Alectra orobanchoides (Melasma orobanchoides, Engler) 
botanists have included about half a dozen forms which we regard as distinct species. 
A, orobanchoides, Benth. (DC. Prodr. x. 340) was founded on specimens collected 
