416 XCII. SCROPHULARIACEE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). [C'ycniopsis. 
Leaves acute or subacute, cuneate at the base; 
corolla-tube gradually enlarged from the curve 
totheapex . < . . c . 3. C. minima, 
1. C. humifusa, Lngl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 233. <A very small 
perennial prostrate herb, branched from the base; branches very 
slender, creeping, often short, but sometimes nearly 1 ft. long, more or 
less strigose. Leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, oblong-elliptic or some- 
times lanceolate, 3-5 lin. long including the very short petiole, 3-1} 
lin. broad, obtuse, sparingly strigose on the underside of the midrib 
and along the margins, somewhat horny along the margins. Flowers 
few, axillary at the base of the branches; peduncles }—} lin. long; 
bracteoles 2, ovate-spathulate, obtuse, about 3 lin. long and 1 lin. broad. 
Calyx tubular, 6-7} lin. long, about 14 lin. broad, 10-ribbed or -nerved, 
very sparingly strigose chiefly along the margins of the lobes, slightly 
curved ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 24-3 lin. long, ? lin. broad. 
Corolla-tube 11-15 lin. long, 3 lin. broad below, slightly curved and 
inflated at the apex, rather densely-glandular pubescent, densely 
bearded at the throat inside; limb 3-1 in. in diam., rather firm in 
texture, 4-lobed; lobes broadly obovate, 44-7 lin. long, 4—8 lin. broad, 
densely and prominently veined, the upper slightly emarginate and 
broader than the others. Anthers oblong, about } lin. long ; filaments 
glabrous. Style 3-1 in. long, clavate at the apex. Capsule oblong, 
somewhat compressed, subtruncate, as long as the calyx.— Browallia 
humifusa, Forsk. Fl. Aigypt.-Arab. 112. Buchnera humifusa, Vahl, 
Symb. Bot. iii. 81. Striga humifusa, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 
Mag. i. 362. S. humilis, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 101; A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl, Abyss. ii. 131. Rhamphicarpa humilis, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 
101, and ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 504. Cyeniuwm humifusum, 
Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 969; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 383. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Samen; near Enjedeap, Schimper, 1000! Bege- 
meder; near Debra Tabor, 6500 ft., Schimper, 1384! Shoa, Petit! 6550 ft., 
Ellenbeck, 1540; and without precise locality, Plowden! Schimper, 84! 
Also in South-west Arabia. 
2. C. obtusifolia, Skan. A small slender perennial prostrate 
herb, branched from the base; branches about } lin. thick, from a 
few lines up to 8 in. long, strigose ; internodes 2}—3} lin. long. Leaves 
opposite, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 13-3} lin. long, 14-2} lin. broad, entire, 
obtuse, rounded at the base, very shortly petiolate, covered especially on 
the upper side with hairs thickened at the base, often scabrid. Flowers 
subsessile, axillary along the branches from the base upwards, 1 to each 
pair of leaves. Bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, 2 lin. long, } lin. broad, 
somewhat obtuse, hispidly hairy on the margins and on the underside 
of the midrib, Calyx tubular, 34-5} lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. broad - 
the base, 13-1} lin. broad above, 10-ribbed, hispidly hairy, 5-lobed ; 
lobes narrowly oblong, 1}-2 lin. long, $-} lin. broad, obtuse or acute. 
Corolla apparently white; tube 84-12 lin. long, $-} lin. broad in the 
