406 XCII, SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). [Striga. 
8. S. Barteri, Zngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 514, ¢. 12, fig. H. An 
erect parasitic densely and finely pubescent herb, 6-8 in. high, with a 
perpendicular scale-bearing rhizome; stem freely branched or some- 
times simple, about ? lin. thick, slightly sulcate. Leaves opposite or 
alternate, linear to linear-lanceolate, 5-10 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, 
entire, subacute, scabrid. Spikes up to 54 in. long, those terminating the 
stems much longer than those terminating the branches ; flowers usually 
in pairs about 2 lin. apart; bracts linear or sometimes lanceolate, } in. 
long below, about }-1 in. long above, finely pubescent, thick ; bracteoles 
similar to the bracts but somewhat shorter. Calyx 4-4} lin. long, 
rather densely and finely pubescent, 5-nerved (the uppermost nerve 
much thinner than the others), 5-toothed, scarious between the nerves, 
teeth subulate, 14-14 lin. long (except the uppermost which is much 
smailer and sometimes minute), thick, acute. Corolla lilac or white ; 
tube about 4 in. long, rather densely glandular-pubescent above, much 
inflated and sharply curved about 14 lin. from the apex; upper lip about 
1 lin. long and ? lin. broad, emarginate; lobes of the lower lip porrect, 
linear-oblong, scarcely 3 lin. long and } lin. broad. Style 2 lin. long. 
Capsule oblong, 2 lin. long, 3 lin. broad, apiculate. 
Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria: Nupe, on stony hills, Barter, 1170! 
Parasitic on the roots of grasses.— Barter. 
9. S. glandulifera, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 514, t. 12, figs. 
H—J. A much-branched erect herb, 6-8 in. high, everywhere shortly 
and finely pilose, very scabrid, leafy; stems and branches slender. 
Leaves opposite and subopposite, narrowly linear, up to 1} in. long and 
3 lin. broad, acuminate. Spikes terminal, up to 4 in. long, with the 
flowers usually in pairs 2-3 lin. apart; bracts lanceolate, 24 lin. long, 
acuminate, densely pubescent; bracteoles similar to the bracts but 
shorter and narrower. Calyx 3} lin. long, 5-nerved, 5-toothed (the 
uppermost nerve very faint and the uppermost tooth minute), densely. 
pubescent; teeth narrowly deltoid, about 1 lin. long, acute. Corolla 
deep rose; tube about } in. long, slightly curved and much inflated 
near the apex, densely glandular-pubescent above; upper lip 14-24 lin. 
long, 14-2 lin. broad, very slightly emarginate; lobes of the lower lip 
porrect, oblong, 1} lin. long, $ lin. broad. Style 3 lin. long. Capsule 
oblong, 1} lin. long, 3 lin. thick. 
Wile Land. Niamniam : Mbala Ngia Mountains, Schweinfurth, 2931 ! 
10. S. canescens, Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 361. An erect very rigid 
annual herb, 10-15 in. high, densely covered with short fine hispid 
closely adpressed hairs; stem simple or branched, quadrangular. 
Leaves small, in distant pairs, linear-subulate or lanceolate-subulate, 
2—5 lin. long, acute or acuminate, closely adpressed. Spikes terminal, 
slender, up to 4 in. long; flowers mostly in pairs 1}-24 lin. apart; 
: bracts similar to the leaves, hispidly ciliate and covered with adpressed 
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hairs; bracteoles subulate, 1} lin. long. Calyx 2 lin. long, scarious, 
5-nerved, 5-toothed (the upper nerve very faint and the upper ae 
much smaller than the rest), adpressed-pilose chiefly on the nerves an 
