Alectra.} | XCII. SCROPHULARIACEX (HEMSLEY AND SKAN), 367 
puberulous, 8-16 in. high, flowering part 3-9 in. long; branches few 
from near the base, erect. Leaves mostly scale-like and very small, 
hispid, largest 4 in. long, lanceolate-oblong, acute. Racemes rather 
loose. Floral leaves or bracts linear, acute, shorter than the shortly 
pedicellate flowers. Bracteoles subulate, }-} the length of the calyx, 
persistent. Calyx slightly oblique, } in. long, 10-ribbed, nearly equally 
5-lobed ; lobes shorter than the tube, deltoid, acute. Corolla about } in. 
long, glabrous; lobes nearly equal, rotundate, rather longer than the 
tube, 3-veined. Stamens nearly equal; filaments short, slender, 
glabrous; anther-cells slightly unequal, parallel, obtuse.—Glossostylis 
parasitica, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. F]. Abyss. ii. 117. 
Mile Land. Abyssinia: Tacazze Valley, Schimper, 1464! 
This has also been referred by some botanists to 4. orobanchoides, Benth. 
8. A. hirsuta, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 221. 
Herbaceous, erect, hispid in nearly all parts. Stem short, angular as 
well as the branches. Leaves opposite, or alternate in the inflorescence, 
sessile, rigid ; lower oblong, obtuse, nearly entire, narrowed to the base, 
1} in. long, } in.wide ; upper lanceolate, 3 to 1} in. long, } to } in. wide, 
subacute, sparsely toothed. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper 
leaves or bracts, pedicellate. Bracteoles leaf-like, narrow, oblong. 
Calyx obliquely campanulate, 5-lobed; lobes ovate, somewhat obtuse. 
Corolla globose, campanulate, bright yellow veined with purple; limb 
obliquely 5-lobed with obtuse lobes. Stamens and style included. 
Ovary glabrous. Valves of the open capsule bifid. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Sena, Peters, 
We have seen no authenticated specimens of this species, but Gossweiler’s 666 
from Cazengo, Angola, may perhaps beloug to it. 
9. A. hippocrepandra, Hemsl. An erect, branched or simple, green 
parasitic hispid herb, 1-2 ft. high. Root tuberous with orange-cinnabar 
rootlets. Lower leaves scale-like ovate. Stem-leaves nearly sessile, 
opposite or alternate, ovate or oblong, the largest 1 in. long by 4 in. 
broad, usually with a few small teeth on each side. Flowers nearly 
sessile, solitary in the axils of alternate bracts, in dense terminal 
racemes, 6 in. long, or more. Bract lanceolate, obtuse, longer than the 
calyx. Bracteoles 2, minute. Calyx hispid, campanulate, about } in. 
wide and long, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes triangular. Corolla gla- 
brous, longitudinally striate, not much longer than the calyx ; tube not 
distinctly constricted at the top; limb oblique, of 5 spreading spathu- 
late lobes. Stamens 4, included ; filaments filiform, glabrous ; anther- 
cells obtuse, horseshoe-shaped, pilose on the back. Ovary globose, gla- 
brous; style thicker, clavate, recurved.—Melasma hippocrepandrum, 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 768. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Golungo Alto; infecting crops of Arachis, Wel- 
witseh, 5900 ! 
Description mainly from Hiern. 
10. A. lancifolia, Hemsl. An “annual,” erect, slightly hispid 
