Sopubia.| | XCII, SCROPHULARIACEH (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). 453 
Corolla about 34 lin. long and 6 lin. in diam. ; lobes suborbicular, about 
l}lin.indiam. Perfect anther-cells ellipsoid, 1} lin.long. Style 2} lin. 
Jong. Capsule subglobose or obovoid, 1} lin. long, 14 lin. broad. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; among the Serra de Neva Mountains, in 
Morro de Lopollo, 5000-6000 ft., Welwitsch, 5845! 
14. S. angolensis, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 67. A somewhat 
robust erect branched herb or undershrub about 2 ft. high, whitish 
silky-tomentose nearly everywhere; stem terete, about 1} lin. in diam. 
and woody at the base, branched above. Leaves mostly in false whorls 
of usually 4, linear, 1-1} in. long, $—} lin. broad, acute, entire. 
whorls of 3 or 4. Pedicels 14-44 lin. long; bracteoles narrowly 
linear, 1} lin. long. Calyx 2} lin. long, bearing inside numerous small 
orange-coloured excrescences, densely whitish silky-tomentose outside 
and on the upper part of the teeth inside; teeth deltoid, } lin. long, 
acute. Corolla reddish purple or bluish purple, 33-4 lin. long, 5-6 lin. 
in diam.: lobes broadly obovate, 2-2} lin. long, 2-24 lin. broad. 
Anthers coherent; perfect cell ellipsoid, 1} lin. long. Style about 5 
lin. long, pubescent below. Capsule shortly oblong, 2 lin. long, 1} lin. 
broad, densely pilose, rounded or somewhat truncate at the apex.— 
S. cana, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 774, not of Harvey. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; Welwitsch, 5843! Ivantala, Welwitsch, 
5844 ! 
This differs somewhat in habit from S. cana, Harvey, is less densely tomen- 
tose, and markedly different in its capsules, which are glabrous and emarginate at 
the apex in S. cana. 
15. S. Eenii, S. J/oore in Journ. Bot. 1900, 462. Plant minutely 
lepidote-tomentose, becoming almost glabrous ; stem 3-1} lin. in diam., 
tetragonal, erect, branched, leafy, internodes mostly about 5-7} lin. 
lard 
long. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate, 74-12 lin. long, 1-2 lin. 
broad, obtuse or obtusely acute, entire or more rarely minutely denticu- 
late, membranous-coriaceous, at length almost glabrous above. Pedicels 
opposite or rarely ternately verticillate, 2}—-5 lin. long; bracteoles 
linear, acute, 1 lin. long, inserted near the middle of the pedicel. 
Calyx 23 lin. long; teeth oblong, 1 lin. long, about 3 lin. broad, very 
obtuse. Corolla about 4 lin. long and 5 lin. in diam. ; lobes obovate, 
2} lin. long and scarcely as broad. Capsule oblong, 2 lin. long, 
emarginate. Seeds ovoid, scarcely } lin. in diam.—Hiern in Dyer, Fi, 
Cap. iv. ii. 388. 
Lower Guinea. (ierman South-west Africa: Dammaraland, Een! 
Also in South Africa. 
16. S. leprosa, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 100, 468. Plant closely 
and minutely lepidote-tomentose on all the young parts except the 
flowers ; stem straight, 1-1} lin. in diam., subterete, branched, glabrous 
when mature; internodes mostly 5-7} lin. long; branches ascending, 
densely leafy. Leaves opposite or very rarely approximate in whorls, 
marrowly linear, 74-12 lin. long, 3-1 lin. broad, obtusely acute, quite 
