Buchnera.]  XCI1. SCROPHULARIACEA (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 383 
14. B. subcapitata, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 71, t. 3, fig. Q. 
Stem simple, many-leaved, densely hispid; internodes 14-1} in. long. 
Leaves lanceolate, 10-15 lin. long, 1} lin. broad, acute, the upper alter- 
nate, densely clothed with short hairs thickened at the base. Spikes 
short, capitulum-like (superficially resembling those of a Scadiosa) ; 
bracts linear-lanceolate, about 34 lin. long and 1 lin, broad, clothed on 
the margin and midrib with hairs thickened at the base. Calyx only 
2 lin. long, sparingly pilose ; teeth triangular, about } as long as the 
tube. Corolla-tube 5 lin. long, } lin. broad, glabrous; lobes obovate, 
1} lin. long. 1} lin. broad, the lower somewhat larger than the others.— 
De Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 122. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lunda; Mussumba, Pogge, 275 ; Katanga; 
Lukafu, Verdick, 371. . 
15. B. pulchra, Skan ex S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 
190. An erect pubescent scabrid herb 1-2 ft. high, drying green or 
brown ; stem usually branched chiefly in the upper part, rather thick, 
moderately leafy ; leaves opposite or the upper alternate, oblong-lanceo- 
late, 2-1} (rarely up to 2)in. long, 3-4 (rarely 6) lin. broad, 3-nerved, 
minutely mucronate, somewhat narrowed at the base ; uppermost leaves 
smaller. Flowers in capitate or subcapitate terminal spikes }—1 in. long 
and jin. thick ; bracts ovate- or elliptic-lanceolate, 4-4} lin. long, 14 
lin. broad, slightly keeled, pilose and ciliate, acuminate or setose ; 
bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 3? lin. long, otherwise as the bracts. Calyx 
tubular, 33-43 lin. long, sparingly pilose; teeth ovate-lanceolate to 
linear-triangular, 1 lin. long, setose or acuminate. Corolla rose- purple 
in the dried state; tube straight, somewhat funnel-shaped, 4-5 lin. 
long, pruinose, pilose at the throat inside; lobes 5, subequal, obovate, 
2 lin. long, 17 lin. broad. Anthers acute at the apex, obtuse at the 
base. Style 14 lin. long. 
ss Poe Land. Uganda: east side of Albert Edward Nyanza, Scott-Elliot, 
! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 
7476 | 8203! Ruchigga, Bagshawe, 402, Between Lakes Tanganyika and Rukwa, 
6000 ft., Nutt! British Central Africa: Kambole, south-west of Lake Tanganyika, 
Nutt / Nyasaland ; between Mpata and commencement of Tanganyika Plateau, 2000- 
3000 ft., Whyte! Nyika Plateau, 7000 ft.. Whyte! Masuku Plateau, 6500- 
7000 ft., Whyte if 
. Scott-Elliot’s specimens, the inflorescences particularly, have turned nearly black 
in drying. The calyx-teeth vary considerably in length and breadth, and are 
longest and narrowest in Scott-Elliot’s 8041; the bracts in this are also very long 
and narrow. 
16. B. attenuata, Skan. An annual herb about 1 ft. high; stem 
extremely slender, simple or slightly branched, terete, glabrous, leafless 
xcept a pair of small linear leaves 2-4 in. from the base. Basal leaves 
broadly ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 4-9 lin. long, 14-44 lin. broad, 
obtuse, entire or few-toothed, pilose, scabrid. Flowers in a somewhat 
loose narrow terminal spike, $-} in. long; bracts ovate, 1} lin. long, 
# lin. broad, acuminate, minutely pubescent, ciliate, concave ; bracteoles 
linear-lanceolate, 1} lin. long, otherwise as the bracts. Calyx 24-24 
