392 XCII, SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). — [Buchnera. 
linear, acuminate, 24-3} lin. long, sparingly ciliate. Calyx 44-5 lin. 
long, glabrous except the sparingly ciliate teeth, somewhat scarious, 
irregularly 10-nerved, 5-toothed; teeth ovate-triangular to _linear- 
triangular, acuminate or setaceous at the tips, }—-1} lin. long, the upper- 
most smallest, and the lateral approximate in pairs. Corolla white, 
glabrous outside; tube curved from base to throat, cylindric, }—} in. 
long (not longer or only a little longer than the calyx), about } lin. 
broad ; lobes oblong, 2-23 lin. long, 3—1 lin. broad, usually flat. Anthers 
acute. Style 14-2} lin. long. Capsule linear-oblong, 3} lin. long, 1} 
lin. broad. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Gentral Africa: Nyasaland : between Kondowe and 
Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte! Mount Mlanji, Whyte ! 
39. B. Lastii, Hngl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 359, An erect undershrub 
1-1} ft. high, drying black; stems 2 or more arising from a short 
thickened woody rootstock, simple or rather freely branched chiefly 
near the base, terete or somewhat angular, }—1 lin. thick, bifariously and 
minutely pubescent ; internodes 3-1} in. long. Leaves mostly opposite, 
sessile, lanceolate, 7-14 lin. long, 14-22 lin. broad, acute, glabrous, 
rather thick, entire or minutely denticulate. Spikes terminal, slender, 
3-6 in. long; lower flowers in distant pairs (8-18 lin. apart) and the 
upper pairs much closer and imbricate in bud ; lowermost bracts like 
the upper leaves ; upper bracts broadly lanceolate, 3-5 lin. long, 1-l2 
lin. broad, acute, concave, very sparingly ciliate; bracteoles very 
narrowly linear, 24 lin. long, very sparingly ciliate. Calyx 33-3} Jin. 
long, scarious, glabrous except the ciliate teeth, unequally 9- or 10- 
nerved, 5-toothed ; teeth very irregular, lanceolate or narrowly tl 
angular, acuminate, the longest 1} lin. long, the shortest about 4 lin. 
long. Corolla yellow-green or brown when dry, glabrous outside ; tube 
curved from base to throat, 44-4} lin. long, slightly and equally dilated 
near the apex; lobes oblong, 1} lin. long, 4 lin. broad. Anthers acute. 
Style 1} lin. long. Capsule narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, about 2 lin. long. 
—B. kingaensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 404. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kinga Mountains; south-west slope of 
the Pikurugwe ridge, 8200 ft., Goetze, 1242! Portuguese East Africa: Makua 
Country; Namuli Hills, Last / 
40. B. fulgens, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 478. A rather 
slender erect branched herb about 1% ft. high, shortly and hispidly 
pubescent ; stems leafless at the base, terete ; internodes 3-2 in. long ; 
branches often very slender and elongated, ascending. Leaves opposite 
or the upper subopposite, sessile, narrowly linear to linear-lanceolate, 
1-10 lin. long, }-1 lin. broad, obtuse, much narrowed at the base- 
Inflorescence a lax few-flowered terminal spike or raceme ; flowers 
alternate, opposite or subopposite ; bracts broadly lanceolate, 1-1} lin. 
long, concave, shortly acuminate, almost glabrous on the back, ciliate ; 
pedicels 0-2 lin. long; bracteoles linear, $—1 lin. long. Calyx 34-43 
lin. long, strongly 10-ribbed, sparingly and minutely pubescent outside, 
rather densely pubescent on the teeth inside ; teeth lanceolate-triangular, 
