Aptosiimcm.] xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). 273 



times subacute, densely glaudulav-pilose on both sides, hairs very slender, 

 unequal, usually longest on the margin and on the underside of tl e 

 midrib; midrib prominent below, not persistent. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary or sometimes 2 together, often accompanied by a short branch, 

 very shortly pedunculate. Bracts linear, 2-| lin. long, rather more than 

 1 lin. bread, obtuse, shortly glandular-pubescent on both sides, lon.u- 

 glandular-ciliate. Calyx :U lin. long, divided nearly to the base; seg- 

 ments linear, 3—3^ lin. long, ilin. broad at the base, gradually narrowed 

 to the apex, acute, densely glandular-pilose, with very long hairs on the 

 margin. Corolla about 8 lin. long, minutely and sparingly glandular- 

 pubescent outside ; tube 7 lin. long ; narrowed basal part 2 lin. long ; 

 inflated upper part about 2| lin. broad ; lobes broadly obovate, 2-2-|- lin. 

 long, If— 2 lin. broad. Anthers ciliate. Style as long as the corolla - 

 tube. Capsule broadly obovate, about 2f lin. long, 2 lin. broad at the 

 apex, minutely glandular-puberulous, ciliate at the apex. — A . decumbens, 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 755, partly, not of Schinz. 

 Lower Guinea. Angola: Bumbo, Welwitsch, 5804 ! 



14. A. elomgatum, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. x. 249. A procumbent 

 undershrub ; branches slender, a few inches to a foot long, terete, 

 pilose. Leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate to broadly obovate. 

 ^-| in. long, mucronate, sparingly pilose or sometimes nearly glabres- 

 cent above. Flowers longer, usually much longer than the leaves, 

 solitary, shortly pedunculate. Calyx-tube very short ; segments 3 or 4 

 times as long as the tube, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, prominently 

 1 -nerved, ciliate and more or less pilose. Corolla about f in. long, dark- 

 blue, sparingly pilose outside ; lobes nearly equal, suborbicular. Anthers 

 slightly pubescent. Style somewhat exserted. Capsule ovoid, slightly 

 shorter than the calyx, puberulous. Seeds about f lin. long, angular, 

 scrobiculate. — S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1900, 467. A. depressum, var. 

 elongatwm, Hiern in Dyer, FL Cap. iv. ii. 131. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Mashonaland, Bryce J Bechvuma- 

 land ; Elephants Kloof, Chapman 3{ Baines ! and without precise locality, Band, 

 641! 



Also in South Africa. 



15. A. pubescens, Weber in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2"' e ser. iii. 903. 

 Resembles A. elongatwm, Engl. An undershrub branched from the 

 base; branches procumbent, ascending at the apex, 12-16 in. long, 

 2-2 h lin. thick at the base, long-pilose. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or 

 oblanceolate, about 1\ lin. long and 2 lin. broad, sparingly glandular 

 and pilose on both sides, gradually cuneate at the base; midrib strongly 

 prominent on the underside. Flowers axillary, sessile, exceeding the 

 leaves. Calyx 2^ lin. long, divided almost to the base ; segments 

 narrowly lanceolate, somewhat unequal, broadest in the upper third, 

 glandular and pilose inside and outside, ciliate on the margin. Corolla 

 about 10 lin. long, chiefly glandular-hairy outside. Filaments of the 

 upper stamens 2 lin. long and of the lower 4-4| lin. long ; anthers 

 shortly ciliate. — Style about 10 lin. long. — A. eriocephalwm^&x.pubescevs, 

 Diels ex Weber I.e. 



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