Linaria.] xcn. SCROPHULARIACE.E (hemsley and skan). 269 



Loaves broadly triangular, cordate or ovate. 

 Peduncles 3-11 lin. long. 



Plant more or less hairy ; peduncles 3-5 lin. long . 1. L. JElatine. 

 Plant quite glabrous ; peduncles 6-11 lin. long . 2. L. somalensis. 



Peduncles f-1 lin. long-. 



Calyx 2 lin. long; leaves 4-4| lin. long, 3-4 lin. 



broad . . . . . . . . 3. L. Benin. 



Calyx 3 lin. long ; leaves 1-1 5 in. long, f-1 in. 



broad . . . . . . . 4. L. mibica. 



Leaves linear, lanceolate or narrowly oblong. 

 Corolla 3-d lin. long. 



Peduncles about 1 in. long . . . . 5. L. hastata. 



Peduncles up to h in. long . . . . 6. L. asparagoides. 



Corolla 9-10 lin. long . . . . . . 7. L, sagittata. 



1. L. Elatine, Mill. Gard. Diet. eel. viii. no. 1G (Eleiiina by error}- 

 A slender softly hairy much-branched annual ; branches up to 2 ft. long, 

 prostrate or decumbent, wiry, terete. Leaves usually about \ in. long 

 and } ; in. broad, ovate, truncate, cordate or hastate at the base, minutely 

 mucronate, entire or few-toothed near the base ; petiole 1-3 lin. long. 

 Peduncles 3-5 lin. long, axillary, solitary, slender, subglabrous or 

 villous. Calyx 2^ lin. long ; segments linear-lanceolate or ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate, somewhat unequal. Corolla (including the spur) 

 about A in. long, pale yellow, violet on the inside of the upper lip and 

 near the base of the lower lip; spur 3|- lin. long, straight or curved. 

 Filaments pilose ; anthers ciliate. Capsule slightly shorter than the 

 calyx, globose, minutely puberulous, dehiscing by 2 oblique opercula. — 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 2G8 ; A. Rich. Tent! Fl. Abyss, ii. 113 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsti. Trop. Afr. 376 ; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 

 viii. 138. 



Wile Land. Eritrea: near Acrur, Sch.weinfurth Sf Riva, 1054! and various 

 localities, Terracciano Sf Pappi. Abyssinia : Slioa, Quartin- Dillon Sf Petit, 220 ! 

 Memsach, Schimper, 40 ! Grimnokle, Schimper, 712 ! Hawash and Maki Rivers, 

 Wellby ! 



Also in Europe, North Africa, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. 



There is a marked difference in the degree of hairiness of the specimens cited. 



2. Xj. somalensis, Vathe in Linncea, xliii. 305. A very slender 

 diffusely-branched glabrous procumbent perennial. Leaves 3-4^ lin. 

 long, 2-2|- lin. broad, very thin, ovate, entire, acute; petiole 1-2 lin. 

 long. Peduncles 6-11 lin. long, axillary, solitary, capillary. Calyx 2 

 lin. long ; segments subulatedanceolate, prominently 1 -nerved, slightly 

 keeled, unequal, transparent along the margins. Corolla (including the 

 spur) 4| lin. long, sparingly pubescent outside; palate glabrous; spur 

 ljj lin. long, nearly straight. Filaments sparingly pilose. Capsule shorter 

 than the calyx, ovoid, glabrous, dehiscing by valve-like opercula. 



Nile Land. Somaliland : Ahl Mountains, near Maid, 4900 ft.. Hildebrandt , 

 1409! 



3. L. Bentii, Shan. An erect densely glandular-pubescent under- 

 vol. iv. — sec. 2 u 



