366 XCII, SCROPHULARIACEX (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). [ Alectra. 
by Drége, near Durban, at an elevation of less than 100 ft. It has slender, simple 
stems (or is only branched from the base). bearing few, very small flowers ; besides 
presenting other differences. The only other specimen we have identified with this 
species is Galpin’s No. 847, from near Barberton, Transvaal, at an elevation of 
2800-3000 ft. Among the extratropical South African specimens referred to 
A. orobanchoides there are perhaps one. or two other distinct species. A. pumila, 
Benth., from numerous localities, is uniformly dwarf and tufted. The Abyssinian 
A. parasitica, Rich., which has also been referred to A. orobanchoides, differs 
entirely in habit and in having glabrous filaments. 
5, A. parvifolia, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. (1890) 
195. An almost Jeafless, hispid root-parasite, changing black in drying. 
Stems simple or slightly branched from near the base, sometimes. 
clustered, about a foot high. Leaves few, distant, opposite in the lower 
part of the stem, but mostly alternate, sessile, rather thick, ovate- 
oblong, largest about 4 in. long, obtuse. Flowers numerous, crowded, 
distinctly pedicellate ; lower pedicels } in. long. Bracts similar to the 
leaves, shorter than the flowers. Bracteoles filiform, about half as long 
as the calyx. Calyx hispid, about 3-4 lin. long, 10-costate, nearly 
equally 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, obtuse, hairy on both sides. Corolla 3 in. 
or more across, 15-nerved ; lobes nearly equal, rounded. Stamens nearly 
equal; filamentsall strongly bearded; anther-cells nearly equal, slightly 
oblique, obtuse.—Celsia parvifolia, Engl. Jahrb. x. 252. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Ambriz, Monteiro! Damaraland : near Usakos, 
3000 ft. Marloth, 1273! Upingtonia, Schinz, 12! 
Specimens collected in Ngamiland by Mrs. Lugard, 186, and Captain E. J. Lugard, 
171, may also belong to this species. 
6. A. Kirkii, Hemsi. An erect, almost leafless, or slightly hispid 
pubescent, parasitic herb, changing black in drying. Stem 1~2 ft. high, 
straight, }-} in. thick at the base, usually bearing a few slender, short 
branches about the middle, floriferous two-thirds of its length. Leaves 
few, alternate, mostly-scale-like; lower adpressed, rounded; upper 
narrow, lanceolate, somewhat acute, longest about 3 in, Flowers numer- 
ous but not overlapping; lower distinctly pedicellate. Bracts similar 
to the leaves, adnate to the base of the pedicels, shorter than the 
flowers. Bracteoles linear, shorter than the calyx, persistent. Calyx 
thin, hispid, less than } in. long, 10-nerved, almost equally 5-lobed; 
lobes deltoid, scarcely acute, shorter than the tube. Corolla less 
than $ in. long. Filaments all hairy; anther-cells nearly equal, 
obtuse, 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa ; Usambara, Scheffler, 131! Umba 
Valley, Smith! Zambesi Delta: Kongone River, Kirk! British Central Africa: 
Nyasaland ; Plateau of Mount Zomba, 5000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 
This is one of several species that have been referred to A. orobanchoides, Benth., 
from which it is quite different in habit and larger flowers. 
7. A. parasitica, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 117. An almost 
leafless root-parasite, changing black in drying. Stems slender, erect, 
