430 XCII. SCROPHULARIACEZ (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). | Rhamphicarpa. 
narrowly linear, 23-34 in. long, 1}—2 lin. broad, the upper shorter and 
narrower, entire or sometimes here and there denticulate, subcartila- 
ginous along the margin. Pedicels nearly 4 in. long, slightly supra- 
axillary; bracteoles 0. Calyx 7-11} lin. long; tube campanulate, 
4 lin. long; lobes elongate-triangular-acuminate or very narrowly 
linear, 3-7} lin. long, about } lin. broad near the base, spreading. 
Corolla bright madder-coloured; tube about 1 in. long and 1} lin. broad ; 
limb about 3 in. long and 2}in. broad; upper lip 2-lobed; lobes 8 lin, 
broad ; lobes of the lower lip 10-12 lin. broad, the median about 1} in. 
long, longer than the lateral. Capsule obliquely ovoid, beaked, 34 lin. 
long, 3 lin. broad.—Cyenium aquaticum, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 
479. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uhehe; growing in 1? ft. of water, 
in the Ifweme Marsh, near Tengulinyi, 5600 ft., Goetze, 690! 
45. CYCNIUM, E. Meyer; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 969. 
Calyx long-tubular, 5-lobed or 5-toothed, 10-nerved or -ribbed. 
Corolla-tube elongated, straight or slightly incurved near the apex; 
limb usually large, spreading, somewhat 2-lipped ; upper lip inside, very 
broad, emarginate or bifid; lower lip deeply 3-fid, with entire ovate, 
obovate or suborbicular lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; 
anthers 1-celled, vertical, dorsifixed, with the connective sometimes 
acuminate at the apex. Style thickened or clavate above. Ovules 
numerous in each cell. Capsule included in the calyx, 2-celled, ovoid 
or ellipsoid, somewhat fleshy, acute or obtuse, loculicidal or indehiscent? 
Seeds numerous, small, obovoid or ellipsoid; testa reticulate, subad- 
pressed.— Rigid scabrid semi-parasitic herbs, erect or procumbent, drying 
black. Leaves mostly opposite or the upper alternate, oblong or lanceo- 
late, usually toothed. Flowers axillary or racemose at the ends of the 
branches, sessile or shortly pedicellate, bibracteolate. Corolla white, 
pink, violet-rose or pale-yellow, often violet when dry. 
Species 10 or 11, the others in South Africa. 
* Calyx not slit on one side. 
Stems procumbent or ascending ; flowers axillary ; 
corolla-tube 14-3 in. long. 
Calyx up to 2% in. long; corolla-tube up to 
3 in. long; limb 2-4 in. in diam. 
Corolla-tube often 13 in. longer than the 
calyx. : 1. C. adonense. 
Corolla-tube only 5-6 lin. longer than the 
calyx. 
Plant seabridly pubescent . : . 2. C. Verdicki. 
Plant glabrous or nearly so : 3. OC. Buchneri. 
Calyx up to 1 in, long; corolla-tube up to 13 in. 
long ; limb 3-12 in. in diam. 
Calyx 6-8 lin. long; corolla-tube 13-12 in. 
long ; limb 3-14 in, in diam. % » 4. C. Camporum. 
