Aoiticharis.] xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 277 



acute or somewhat acute, attenuated to the base ; petiole 1^-21 lin. 

 long. Peduncles 2|— 1 lin. long ; bracts minute, subulate, inserted at 

 about the middle of the peduncle. Calyx 1-1 1 lin. long, deeply cleft ; 

 segments about -| lin. broad, linear or oblanceoiate, acute. Corolla rose- 

 coloured, somewhat viscid, 3i- lin. long ; lobes broad, rounded. Anthers 

 free, pilose on the back ; basal lobes unequal. Style shorter than the 

 corolla-tube. Capsule twice as long as the calyx, narrowly ovoid, acu- 

 minate or beaked. — Endl. Iconogr. t. 93 ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 347; 

 Aschers. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, 881 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 422 ; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 137. A. glan- 

 dulosa, var. intermedia, Terracciano in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, v. 103. A. 

 Schimperi, Endl. Iconogr. xv., name only. Capraria arabica, Steud. & 

 Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Proclr. x. 347. Distemon campanularis, 

 Ehrenb. &, Hempr. ex Aschers. I.e. 882. 



Nile Land. Nubia: Mount Uaratab, near Suakin, Schtveinfurth, 151; Etbai, 

 on Mount Soturba, near Cape Elba, Sc7uveinfurth, 157 ; Wadi O-Mareg, Schwein- 

 furtli, 702 ! Eritrea : Fereban Volcano, Terracciano ; Hauakel Island, near Mas- 

 sown, Ehrenberg Sf Hemprich. Somalilaud, Miss Edith Cole ! 



Also in Socotm and Arabia. 



3. A. glandulosa, Aschers. in Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, 

 880. A densely long-glandular-hispid diffusely branched annual 6-9 in. 

 high. Leaves up to 8 lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad, spathulate-oblong, 

 oblong or oval, obtuse, attenuated at the base ; petiole 2-4 lin. long. 

 Peduncles H-2A; lin. long; bracts 1-1^ lin. long, opposite or sub- 

 opposite, subulate, inserted near the middle of the peduncle. Calyx 

 2h lin. long, deeply cleft ; segments \ lin. broad, linear or oblanceolace, 

 acute. Corolla rose-coloured, 4-5 lin. long ; lobes broad, subequal. 

 Anthers free, sparingly hairy on the back. Style shorter than the 

 corolla ; stigma capitate. Capsule 3-34; lin. long, about ll times as 

 long as the calyx, narrowly ovoid, acuminate. — Vatke in Oest. Bot. 

 Zeitschr. 1875, 9 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 249 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 423 ; Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Internaz. Genova, 1892, 352. 

 Meisarrhena tomentosa, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 63, name only. 

 Distemon glandidosus, Ehrenb. & Hempr. ex Aschers. I.e. 881. 



Wile Land. Eritrea : Saati, Penzig. Abyssinia : without precise locality, 

 Salt ! Somaliland : Dobar Waina, 500 ft., Miss Edith Cole J Abl Mountains, 

 near Lasgosi, Hildebrandt, 862 ! 



Also in Egypt, Arabia, and Western India. 



4. A. ebracteata, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 187. 

 A densely glandular-pubescent undershrub. Leaves 7 lin. long, 11— 2 

 lin. broad, sessile or shortly petiolate, narrowly lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse, attenuated at the base. Peduncles 1^-2 lin. long ; bracts 0. 

 Calyx lh lin. long, deeply cleft; segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla 

 6 lin. long, glandular-pubescent outside ; lobes 2\ lin. long, 2 lin. broad. 

 Filaments 1^-2 lin. long ; anthers long, coherent, with a tuft of hairs 



