Harveya. | XCII, SCROPHULARIACE& (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 437 
less acute. Flowers several, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, 
opposite. Calyx tubular, about 3 in. long and } in. broad ; lobes oblong, 
triangular, about 4 the length of the tube. Corolla pale yellow, citron- 
yellow at the throat; tube funnel-shaped, oblique, about 1} in. long, 
2 lin. broad at the base, more or less recurved and inflated at the apex 
where it is about } in. broad; upper lobe } in. broad, somewhat larger 
than the lower, shortly bifid. Style slightly longer than the corolla- 
tube; stigma capitate. Capsule ovate-elliptic. 
South Central, Congo Free State : Bobi, near Gali, 1500 ft., Thonner, 37. 
4. Hl. obtusifolia, Vauthke in Abhandl. Naturw. Ver. Bremen, ix. 
130. A more or less densely glandular-pilose herb; stems simple, 
erect, 8-12 in. high, 3-2 lin. thick. Leaves opposite or subopposite ; 
lowermost small, scale-like; upper lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 
$-13 in, long, 1-3 lin. broad, obtuse or acute, entire. Flowers solitary 
m the axils of the upper leaves, opposite. Pedicels 14~7 lin. long, erect. 
Calyx tubular-campanulate, 6-10 lin. long, more or less densely glan- 
ular-pilose ; tube 34-5} lin. long, about 3$ lin. broad ; lobes lanceolate- 
triangular, unequal, 21-5 lin. long, 1-1} lin. broad at the base, acute. 
Corolia-tube 10-15 lin. long, somewhat funnel-shaped, incurved, more 
or less distinctly ventricose above, 11~2 lin. broad at the base, 5-95 lin. 
broad at the apex, glandular-pilose ; limb 2-1 in. in diam., spreading ; 
lobes suborbicular, 3—5 lin. in diam. Style as long as the corolla-tube ; 
Stigma large, capitate. Capsule ovoid or ellipsoid, about } in. long, 
beaked.— Engl. Pf. Ost-Afr. C. 362. Audaya obtusifolia, Benth. in DC. 
Prodr. Xx. 523. Gerardia obtusifolia, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 
1211. Sopubia obtusifolia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 560. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara; Bombuli, Meinhof, 22! 
Doda, Holst, 2952! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Songwe and iKaronga, 
1700-2000 ft., Whyte! 
Also in Madagasear. 
5. Hi. liebuschiana, Hnyl. MSS. A nearly quite glabrous herb ; 
stem simple, about 44 in. high, erect, leafless. Flowers several, forming 
4 short terminal raceme. Pedicels 2-2} lin. long. Calyx tubular- 
«ampanulate, oblique, 11-15 lin. long, 5-6 lin, broad at the top of the 
tube, very sparingly pulverulent ; iobes triangular, 3-4} lin. long, 1$-3 
lin. broad at the base, acute or shortly acuminate, very minutely few- 
toothed. Corolla 14--13 in. long; tube funnel-shaped, curved, about 
% in. broad near the base, $in. broad at the apex ; limb about | in. in 
diam.; lobes shortand broad. Style nearly 2 in. long; stigma subor- 
dicular, about 12 lin. in diam. 
Mozamb. Dist. (erman East Africa: Usambara; Lutindi, Liebusch ! 
6. H. huillensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 780. 
herb about 5 in. high, covered with glandular shaggy hairs; stems 
simple. Leaves opposite, sessile, oval-oblong or narrowly : oe 
3~Lin. long, about }in. broad, obtuse, narrowed at the base; lower 
Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper 
An erect; 
leaves smaller, scale-like. 
