Rhamphicarpa,| XCIIl. SCROPHULARIACEH (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 423 
quadrangular, sparingly and often bifariously pubescent ; upper inter- 
nodes 13-2 in. long. Leaves mostly opposite, shortly petiolate or 
subsessile, deltoid-ovate to ovate-lanceolate or oblong, j-1} in. long, 
4-1 in. broad, often deeply pinnatifid at the base, serrate-dentate above, 
acute or obtuse, covered with fine or short and stiff hairs; lobes and 
teeth broad, acute; floral leaves lanceolate, entire, 4~7 lin. long. Flowers 
opposite, in a loose stiff terminal raceme. Pedicels $~1} lin. long ; 
bracteoles linear, about I lin. long, or quiteabsent. Calyx campanulate, 
3-9 lin. long, 2~3 lin. broad, 10-ribbed, with a few hispid hairs chiefly 
on the margins of the lobes; lobes ovate or elongate-triangular, 14-2 
lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, shortly acuminate. Corolla pale violet; tube 
3-2 in. long, nearly 14 lin. broad below, gibbous 2 lin. from the limb, 
glandular-pubescent ; limb 11-12 lin. in diam.; upper lip obovate-orbi- 
cular, 53 lin. long, 64 lin. broad, bifid; lobes of the lower lip obovate, 
# lin. long, 5-54 lin. broad. Style only 2 lin. long, broadly clavate at 
the apex. Capsule obliquely deltoid-ovoid, 7-8} lin. long including the 
beak, much compressed, dehiscing along the upper suture only; beak 
acuminate, placed at a right angle to the pedicel. Seeds about $ lin. 
long, truncate at both ends; testa reticulate, scabrid.—Cyenium suffru- 
ticosum, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 479. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara, Buchwald, 96! Magila, 
1000 tt., Kirk! Ukami; South Uluguru, 3900 ft., Goetze, 231! 
8. R. cameroniana, Oliver in Journ. Linn. Soc.xv.95. An erect 
herb 1 ft. high or more ; stem sparingly branched, quadrangular, 4-sul- 
cate, nearly glabrous. Leaves sessile or subsessile, few, linear-lanceolate 
or linear, }—? in. long, 3-1 lin. broad, acute, somewhat scabrid, often with 
1 or 2 narrow acute teeth on each side at the base. Flowers racemose. 
Pedicels 3-14 lin. long; bracteoles 2, linear-subulate, ?-1 lin. long, 
attached to the base of the calyx. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 3-4} lin. 
long, 10-ribbed, glabrous or nearly so ; lobes lanceolate, 14-2 lin. long, 
acute. Corolla apparently white, minutely and sparingly pubescent ; 
tube 10-12 lin. long, cylindric, slender, slightly curved, gibbous near 
the apex ; limb spreading, nearly 1} in. in diam. ; lobes broadly obovate, 
rounded at the apex. Capsule broadly obovoid, 33-4 lin. long and 
broad, subtruncate or obcordate at the apex, straight or slightly oblique, 
not beaked; valves coriaceous, retuse.—Cycnium cameronianum, Engl. 
Pi. Ost-Afr. C. 361. 
Mozamb. Dist. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 
9. R. Jamesii, Skan. An erect herb, 1} ft. high or more, almost 
glabrous and smooth, drying a shining black ; stems rigid, very sparingly 
branched, about 14 lin, thick; branches up to 1 ft. long or more, erect ; 
internodes up to 23 in. long. Leaves (lowermost not seen) opposite, 
linear, 1-4 (usually 2-3) in. long, }-1} lin. broad, acute, entire, thick, 
Sprinkled over with flat whitish callosities. Flowers in distant pairs 
arranged in terminal spike-like racemes, which become | ft. long ; bracts 
Similar to the leaves but smaller, the lowermost about 1 in. long, de- 
creasing in length upwards to 3 lin. Pedicels mostly only about } lin. 
