422 = XCII. SCROPHULARIACEH (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). | Rhamphicarpa. 
long, 54 lin. broad. Capsule obliquely ovoid, } in. long including the 
short acute beak, 3} lin. broad, dehiscing along the upper suture only. 
Seeds oblong, somewhat angular, } lin. long, tuberculate—R. Meyeri, 
Schweinf. in Héhnel, Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, ii. 357. Cyenium 
Meyeri-Johannis, Eng]. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 361, not of Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 383. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 6500-15,700 ft., Teleki, 
Meyer, 266, Hihnel, 139, Volkens, 1919! 
5. R. Albersii, Skan, An erect branched undershrub upwards of 
1ft. high; stem obscurely quadrangular, 14 lin. thick or more, glabre- 
scent below, rather densely covered with short slender spreading hairs 
above ; upper internodes ]-11 in. long; branches opposite, subterete, 
pubescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, very shortly petiolate, 
cuneate-oblong, 2 in. long, }—} in. broad, obtuse, shortly white-pilose 
especially on the nerves beneath, entire below the middle, crenate- 
serrate above, rather thick ; teeth 3-5 on each side. Flowers few, in 
the axils of the uppermost leaves. Pedicels about 1 lin. long; brac- 
teoles linear, 14 lin. long, acute. Calyx campanulate, 3} lin. long, 
10-ribbed, sparingly hispid chiefly on the ribs; lobes narrowly deltoid, 
4-1f lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad at the base, acute, erect. Corolla pale 
lilac ; tube 12-13 lin. long, puberulous, slightly gibbous about 2} lin. 
from the apex ; limbabout 3 in. in diam. Ovary obliquely ovoid, 1} lin. 
long, 1} lin. broad, compressed; style 24 lin. long, somewhat clavate 
above.—Cyenium Albersii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 231. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Mgrema, near Kwai, 
about 5300 ft., Albers, 419! 
6. R. veroniczefolia, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 312. An annual ? 
hispid herb. Leaves similar to those of certain forms of Veronica longt- 
folia, the lower shortly petiolate, the upper sessile, mostly opposite, 
oblong-linear, somewhat obtuse, up to 3$in. long and 7} lin. broad, 
more or less pinnatifid-incised at the base, coarsely serrate above, entire 
at the apex; upper floral leaves linear, quite entire, cuspidate, puber- 
ulous on both sides, then glabrate. Pedicels up to 1 lin. long. Calyx 
tube longer than the pedicels ; lobes ovate, acuminate, about 2 lin. long 
and # lin. broad. Corolla rose; tube 1-1} in. long, glabrous, gibbour 
2} lin. from the limb; limb 1} in. in diam.; upper lip emarginate- 
Capsule obliquely ovoid, beaked.—Cyeniwm veronicifolium, Engl. P : 
Ost-Afr. C. 361. 
Nile Land. British East Africa; Ukamba; by the River Tiwa, Hildebrandt, 
2753; near Pemba River, Kdssner, 351! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Duga, Holst, 3217! : 
Holst’s specimen, determined by Dr. Engler, differs slightly from Vatke's 
description. Its leaves are not more than 2 in. long, the calyx-lobes are only 1g he 
long, and the corolla-tube is distinctly puberulous. 
7. R. suffruticosa, Shan. An erect sparingly branched herb 2 
undershrub up to 31 ft. high; branches }-1 lin. thick, obscurely 
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