Neomullera.'] cii. labiate, (baker). 445 



16. NEOMULLERA, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 186, t. 3, Fig. b. 



Calyx (leclinate ; tube at first campanulate, becoming much larger 

 and ventricose ; upper tooth larger, ovate, the others smaller, deltoid. 

 Corolla with a long decurved tube, cylindrical in the lower half, dilated 

 upwards ; upper lip small, erect ; lower larger, deeply concave. Stamens 

 4, didynamous, declinate ; filaments united in the lower half ; anthers 

 oblong, with parallel cells. Style long, declinate, bifid at the tip. 

 Nucules ovoid, smooth. 



Endemic. Monotypic, 



1. N. "Welwitschii, Briquet^ I. c. A tall herb, with long spreading 

 glabrous branches. Leaves with a very long petiole, ovate, membranous, 

 crenate, the lower 5-6 in. long, slightly pubescent. Panicle long, very 

 lax, formed of shortly peduncled lax compound cymes ; pedicels long, 

 erecto-patent ; bracts obsolete. Fruit calyx ^J in. long. Corolla-tube 

 3-4 times the length of the calyx ; lower lip deeply concave, shorter 

 than the tube. Stamens and style included. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. 

 Welw. i. 865. 



laoyver Guinea. Angola ; Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5544 ! 



17. ENGLERASTRUM, Briquet in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 178, 

 t. 3, Fig. A. 



Calyx-tube campanulate, slightly declinate ; teeth ovate, subequal. 

 Corolla-tube funnel-shaped ; upper lip sm'>ll, with 3 rounded lobes ; 

 lower lip much larger, deeply concave. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 declinate ; filaments united in the lower hMf ; anther-cells parallel. 

 Style long, declinate; apex deeply and equally bifid. Nucules smooth. 



Endemic. Monotypic. 



1. E. Schweinfurthii, Briqvet, I. c. A much-branched erect 

 annual herb ; branches clothed with fine spreading hairs. Leaves very 

 shortly petioled, ovate, membranous, crenate, 1 in. long. Whorls 

 1-2-flowered, forming copious lax peduncled racemose cymes in the axils 

 of the leaves ; pedicels very short ; bracts minute, linear. Calyx \ in. 

 long, finely glandular-pubescent, scarcely at all accrescent ; teeth longer 

 than the tube. Corolla-tube 3 times the length of the calyx ; lower lip 

 shorter than the tube. Stamens reaching to the tip of the lower lip. 



Wile Ziand. British East Africa : Bongo ; Adda, Schweinfurth, 2532. 



18. CAPITANYA, Schweinf. ex Gurke in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 105, t. 1 



Calyx campanulate, very accrescent ; lobes 5-6, orbicular, imbricate, 

 the lower shorter than the upper. Corolla-tube cylindriail, as long as 

 the calyx, abruptly deflexed near the tip ; upper lip short, ()rl)icular ; 

 lower much larger, concave. Stamens 4, declinate, didynamous, aa 



