Diclis]. xcn. scrophulariace^; (hemsley and skan). 287 



Species 7, one occurring in Madagascar, the others in South Africa. 

 Leaves distinctly petiolate. 



Plant clothed with long soft hairs . , . . 1. D. tenella. 

 Plant minutely and sparingly pubescent. 



Peduncles 6-10 lin. long ; corolla 2 lin. long . 2. D. ovata. 



Peduncles l-2i in. long : corolla 6 lin. long . . 3. D. petiolaris. 



Leaves subsessile . . . . . . . 4. D. sessifolia. 



1. D. tenella, Hemsl. in Kew Bulletin, 1896, 163. A softly hairy 

 much-branched herb ; branches very slender, 6-12 in. long, creeping, 

 rooting here and there. Leaves J-l in. long and broad, orbicular- 

 ovate, membranous, coarsely serrate-dentate, rounded or subcuneate at 

 the base ; petiole ^-1 in., usually about \ in. long. Peduncles 1-2 

 in. long, capillary. Calyx-segments |— f lin. long, unequal, ovate-oblong. 

 (Jorolla with spur 3-4^ lin. long ; spur 2—3^- lin. long, curved ; upper 

 lip 2-lobecl ; lobes rounded ; lower lip unequally 3-lobed. Capsule 1 h 

 lin. broad, 2-lobed ; lobes rounded. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Chiradzulu, 

 Whyte ! 



2. D. ovata, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 23. A 

 branched sparingly and minutely hairy annual ; branches 3-8 in. long, 

 decumbent or ascending, subquadrangular. Leaves up to 1 in. long by 

 \ in. broad, very thin, broadly ovate, acute or minutely apiculate, 

 cuneate at the base, sparingly dentate or denticulate ; petiole \-\ in. 

 long. Peduncles 6-10 lin. long, filiform, glandular- hairy. Calyx 

 glandular-hairy ; segments f-1 lin. long, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 unequal. Corolla including spur 2 lin. long, glandular hairy ; upper lip 

 bifid; lobes short, acute; lower lip 3-lobed, \\ lin. broad; lobes 

 rounded. Capsule 1^ lin. long, 1\ lin. in diam., depressed -globose, 

 slightly emarginate, sparingly glandular-hairy. — Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 356. Linaria veronicoides, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 111. Anar- 

 rhinum veronicoides, 0. Kuntze in Jahrb. Bot. Gart. Berlin, iv. 269. 

 Simbideta veronicoides, O. Kuntze, B.ev. Gen. PI. ii. 465. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder? Schimper, 1119! 1180! Adovva, 

 Quart in-Dillon. 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro; Marangu, Volkens, 576 ! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Quilimane, Kirk / British Central Africa : Nyasa- 

 landj Mandala, Scott-Elliot, 8472 ! 



Also in Madagascar. 



3. D. petiolaris, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 265. A slender 

 minutely puberulous, much-branched, prostrate or decumbent apparently 

 annual herb. Leaves up to 1 in. long by 7 lin. broad, orbicular-elliptic, 

 elliptic or obovate, rounded at the apex, more or less cuneate at the base, 

 usually entire, sometimes obscurely (rarely coarsely) dentate ; petiole 

 ^-1 in. long. Peduncles 1-2 J in. long, filiform. Calyx minutely 

 glandular-hairy ; segments f-1 lin. long, unequal, ovate-lanceolate or 

 oblong, subacute. Corolla with spur 6 lin. long ; spur 2^ lin. long, 

 straight ; upper lip short, 2-lobed : lobes subdeltoid ; lower lip 3-lobed ; 

 lobes broad, rounded. Capsule 1^ lin. long, 1-J- lin. in diam., depressed- 



