Alectra. | XCII. SCROPHULARIACE# (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 371 
pubescent, thin, indistinctly 10-nerved, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes 
broadly triangular, somewhat obtuse, about as long as the tube. Corolla 
veined longitudinally, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes shorter than the 
tube, rounded. Stamens 4, nearly equal ; filaments filiform, all bearded ; 
anther-cells equal, apiculate. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Loanda, Gossweiler, 378! 
18. A. senegalensis, Benth. in DC. Prod. x. 339. An erect 
more or less hispid, apparently annual herb. Stems slender, simple or 
with a few erect branches, 6 in.to 2 ft. high. Leaves opposite, except in 
the inflorescence, very shortly stalked, rather thick, very variable in 
shape; lower smaller, orbicular or ovate; upper ovate or lanceolate, }—1 in. 
long, rounded, obtuse or acute, entire or with a few teeth, 3-nerved. 
Flowers not very numerous, about } in. long, very shortly pedicellate ; 
bracts or floral leaves mostly longer than the flowers; bracteoles fili- 
form, or broadest at the tip, almost as long as the calyx, ciliate. Calyx 
campanulate, distinctly 10-nerved, ciliate on the margin and along the 
nerves, nearly equally 3-lobed; lobes as long as the tube, acuminate, 
acute. Corolla about a third longer than the calyx. Stamens very 
unequal; filaments filiform, the longer ones bearded; anther-cells nearly 
equal, apiculate.—Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 209. Melasma 
indicum, Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, reprint 58 and 65 ; Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 381; not Alectra indica, Benth. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur, 9, 10! Heudelot, 787! Gambia, 
Brown-Lester, 7! 27! Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 5000-7000 ft., Mann, 
1262! 1985 ! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, Holst, 8945! British 
Central Africa : N yasaland ; Namasi, Cameron, 52! 
19. A, cordata, Benth. in DC. Prodr, x. 339. An erect herb, 
4-8 in. high, slightly roughly hairy. Stems very slender, simple or 
having one or two pairs of branches. Radical leaves not seen. Stem 
leaves all opposite, sessile or very shortly stalked, thin, cordate-ovate or 
cordate-elliptic, obtuse or rotundate; upper ones ovate-lanceolate or 
lanceolate, acute; all 3- or 4-toothed on each side, $1} in. long, 3- 
nerved. Flowers very shortly pedicellate. Floral-leaves or bracts 
longer than the flowers. Bracteoles linear, acuminate, nearly as long as 
the calyx, coarsely hairy. Calyx nearly equally 5-lobed, 10-ribbed, ribs 
and margins furnished with a few coarse hairs; lobes deltoid, about 4 
in. long, acute, margins thickened. Corolla scarcely longer than the 
calyx. Filaments and anthers of the longer stamens bearded ; anther- 
cells apiculate.—Glossostylis cordata, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 
ii, 116. Melasma cordatum, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 358. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre; near Gafta, Schimper, 1229! 
The Indian specimens formerly referred to this species prove to be A. indica, 
th. 2 
20. A, melampyroides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 339. An erect, 
pilose, slightly hispid, apparently annual herb. Stems slender, very 
