160 XCII. SCROPHULARIACEH (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). [ Bartsia. 
Flowers about } in. in diam., solitary in the axils of the reduced leaves, 
pairs not overlapping each other, often distant ; peduncles shorter than 
the calyx, without bracteoles. Calyx about 3 lin. long, distinctly 
ribbed ; lobes nearly equal, longer than the tube, ovate-oblong, obtuse, 
thickened at the margin and with or without one or more crenatures. 
Corolla pubescent outside, very obliquely campanulate, longitudinally 
veined ; tube shorter than the limb, abruptly curved at the top; limb 
almost equally 5-lobed; lobes broad, rounded. Anthers bearded. 
‘Capsule oblong, about } in. long, hairy, truncate. Seeds very numerous, 
oblong, longitudinally 7-winged on the back ; wings broad, conspicuously 
transversely ribbed.—Bartsia abyssinica, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soe. 
vii. 209, scarcely of Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 545. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 7000-9000 ft., Mann, 
1264! 1986! 
Although evidently closely allied, we are of opinion that the Cameroons plant is 
specifically different from the Abyssinian. 
3. B. abyssinica, Hochst. ex Benth. in DC.Prodr.x.545. Perennial, 
very hispid, 1-2} ft. high. Stems densely branched in the inflorescence ; 
branches suberect ; internodes very short. Leaves subsessile, thick, 
rigid, spreading, crowded, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-1} 
in. Jong, largest } in. broad, obtuse, base rounded, crenatures numerous. 
Flowers about } in. in diam., densely crowded. Calyx-lobes unequal, 
-anterior longer with two or three crenatures, shorter than the tube. 
‘Corolla pubescent outside ; tube less abruptly curved than in B. Manni 
and lobes more strongly veined. Anthers bearded. Capsule ovoid, 
pubescent, about } in. long. Seeds longitudinally winged ; wings with 
faint transverse ribs.—Alectra abyssinica, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 
118; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 98. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Mount Seholoda, Schimper, 356! 1531! 
4, B. petitiana, Hemsi. Perennial, hispid, slender, 6-18 in. high, 
but usually less than a foot. Stems simple. Leaves sessile, rigid, 
‘oblong, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, }-} in. long, ascending, 
obtuse, rounded or cordate at the base, and usually with 5-7 crenatures 
on each side. Flowers about } in. in diam., pairs overlapping ; pedicels 
shorter than the calyx. Calyx-lobes nearly equal, about as long as the 
tube, entire, broad, rounded. Corolla pubescent, less oblique than 1n 
B. Mannii; tube relatively longer and less abruptly curved at the top; 
lobes rounded, nearly equal. Capsule 4-5 lin. long, hairy. Seeds 
broadly winged.—Alectra petitiana, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 118. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Wojerat, Petit, 216! Ankober, Roti, 460! and 
‘without precise locality, Schimper, 719! 
Mozamb. Dist. Kilimanjaro: above Mamba, Volkens, 780! British 
Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Nyika Plateau at 7500 ft., Mc Clounie, 60! 
There is a specimen at Kew from the Cameroon Mountain, at 8000 ft. 
<Johnston), which may be this species. Engler (Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 384) 
-unites B. petitiana with B. abyssinica. 
