284 xcn. scROPHULARiACE^a (hemsley and skan). [Celsicc. 



7. C. affinis, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii 110. An erect branched 

 undershrub ; stem covered with whitish-fioccose tomentum. Cauline 

 leaves petiolate, oval, subacute, cordate at the base, doubly dentate- 

 crenate, everywhere (especially on thel underside) covered with whitish - 

 floccose tomentum. Bracts cordate, dentate. Pedicels and calyx glan- 

 dular-pubescent. Capsule twice as long as the calyx, globose, apiculate, 

 glabrous. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia: Shoa ; on mountains near Tinglete, Petit. 



8. C. scaforida, Skan. A branched undershrub up to 2i ft. high, 

 with stems and leaves minutely hispid-hairy, and inflorescence densely 

 covered with small scabrid and glandular hairs. Leaves simple or 

 rarely pinnate, petiolate or the uppermost subsessile, blade (or terminal 

 leaflet) 2-oJ in. long, sometimes much shorter, 7-12 lin. broad, dentate- 

 crenate to denticulate, acute, somewhat cuneate at the base ; lateral 

 leaflets few, small, often minute. Panicle 9-12 in. long; bracts 1^-3 

 lin. long, about |- lin. broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; 

 pedicels 5-8 lin. long. Calyx 2^-3 lin. long ; segments linear to 

 linear-oblong, acute. Corolla about | in. in diam., yellow. Filaments 

 all bearded ; anthers of the shorter stamens transverse, of the longer 

 oblique. Style 5-7 lin. long. Capsule shorter to slightly longer than 

 the calyx, subglobose, glabrous. — 0. interrupted, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 875, partly, not of Fresen. C. interrupted, var. jmlunculosa, 

 Engl. I.e., partly, not of Vatke. 



Iffile Land. Abyssinia : Gondar, 6000-7000 ft., Sohimper, 1392 ! Bambulo, 

 Stcudner, 812 ! and without precise locality, Ploivden 1 



9. C. densifolia, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 208. Stern 

 erect, branched at the base, pubescent-tomentose, straight, stout. 

 Leaves crowded, I4— 2^ in. long, Si- 7 lin. broad, oblong-lanceolate, 

 crenulate-denticulate, rather acute, the lowermost shortly petiolate, 

 densely and shortly tomentose below, sparingly pubescent and more or 

 less rugose above; upper leaves smaller, oblong-lanceolate to ovate, 

 sessile. Raceme 1-2 ft. long, unbranched, glandular-pubescent ; bracts 

 ovate, acuminate, denticulate, nearly as long as the fruit- bearing pedicels ; 

 pedicels \-\ in. long. Calyx-segments \ in. long, oblong-lanceolate or 

 lanceolate, acuminate, sometimes with a few small teeth, Corolla 

 \— I in. in diam. Filaments all bearded ; anthers of the longer stamens 

 oblique. Capsule 1^ lin. longer than the calyx, oblique, ovoid. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, 8500 ft., Mann, 1453 ! 



A specimen from the Cameroon Mountain {Johnston, 9) appears to be a form of 

 this. It has much less crowded leaves, which are not rugose on the upper-side, nor 

 so densely tomentose on the under-side, and somewhat longer pedicels. 



10. C. scrophularisefolia, Hochst. in A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 

 ii. 112. An erect biennial up to 2^ ft. high or more, more or less 

 covered with short greyish sometimes glandular hairs. Leaves up to 

 5 in. long and li in. broad, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, acute 

 or acuminate, truncate at the base, irregularly crenate-dentate or incised, 



