278 xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). [Anlicharis. 



at the apex. Ovary conical, acute ; style slightly longer than the 

 stamens. 



Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland, Liicleritz. 



5. A. imforicata, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 187. 

 A densely glandular-pubescent undershrub. Leaves 2|—5 lin. long, 

 3|— 6 lin. broad, crowded, completely concealing the branches, imbricate, 

 broadly ovate, slightly cordate at the base, acute, sessile. Peduncles 

 scarcely more than 1 in. long; bracts 1 lin. long, subulate, inserted at 

 the middle of the peduncle. Calyx ?>-3^ lin. long, deeply cleft; seg- 

 ments linear or linear-lanceolate, slightly unequal, shortly acuminate. 

 Corolla | in. long, sparingly glandular-pubescent outside. Anthers 

 coherent, with a tuft of hairs at the apex. Style exserted ; stigma 

 capitate. Capsule 14 lin. longer than the calyx, narrow-ovoid, acumi- 

 nate or beaked. 



Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Omaruru, SeMnz, 

 744 ! and without precise locality, Liicleritz, Schenclc, 434. 



6. A. aschersoniana, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxxi. 

 188. A decumbent slender much-branched glandular-pubescent annual 

 from a few inches to 1 or 2 ft. high, usually becoming black in drying. 

 Leaves 1-1^ in. long, 4-5 lin. broad, narrow-oblanceolate or lanceolate 

 to linear, acute, attenuated at the base. Peduncles 12-14 lin. long, 

 slender ; bracts 1-2 lin. long, subulate, usually opposite, inserted below 

 the middle of the peduncle (about 4 lin. from the base). Calyx about 

 24 lin. long ; segments linear, shortly acuminate, subequal. Corolla 

 §—| in. long, sparingly pilose on the outside ; lobes 2 lin. long, 2-2| lin. 

 broad. Anthers coherent, ciliate. Capsule somewhat longer than the 

 calyx, narrow-ovoid, slightly contracted near the apex. — Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. i. 756. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes ; banks of the River Bero, Welwitsch, 

 5815! near Mata dos Carpenteiros, Welivitsch, 5814 ! and without precise locality, 

 Neivton. 



Welwitsch 5814 has less spreading branches, longer and narrower leaves, and 

 the bracts inserted above the middle of the peduncle. 



7. A. inflata, Marl. & Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. x. 251. A glandular- 

 pubescent annual about 5 in. high ; stem simple, densely leafy. Leaves 

 |— 1 in. long, about 5 lin. broad, oblong, somewhat obtuse ; petioles of 

 the lower leaves 5-74 lin. long, of the upper leaves shorter. Peduncles 

 about 24 lin. long, slender ; bracts linear, very slender. Calyx-seg- 

 ments 24 lin. long, about 4 lin. broad, linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla- 

 tube 5-7 lin. long, curved forwards, pale blue with dark violet spots on 

 the inside at the back; lobes about 14 lin. broad, suborbicular, 

 blue, dark violet at the base. Filaments about 5 lin. long, twisted at 

 the apex ; anthers oblong-linear, curved, coherent and ciliate at the 

 apex. Style longer than the stamens. Capsule oblong-ovoid, acute. 

 Seeds ovoid, longitudinally many-winged. 



Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Usakos, 2950 ft., 

 Marloth, 1483. 



