290 xcn. scrophulariace^ (hemsley and skan). [Linaria. 



shrub, about 1 ft. high, freely branched from the base ; branches J— f 

 lin. in diam. at the base, terete. Leaves 4-44 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 

 rather crowded, somewhat fleshy, subopposite below, alternate above, 

 cordate, obscurely triangular or ovate, usually quite entire, sometimes 

 slightly dentate near the base, obtuse or minutely mucronate ; petiole 

 1-li lin. long. Peduncles f-1 lin. long, axillary, solitary. Calyx 2 

 lin. long ; segments subulate-lanceolate, slightly unequal. Corolla (in- 

 cluding the spur) about 5 lin. long, sparingly pubescent ; spur 2^1in.long, 

 somewhat curved. Filaments of the longer stamens sparingly hairy, of 

 the shorter glabrous. Style 1 lin. long, pubescent. Capsule 14 lin. 

 long, globose-ovoid, minutely pubescent, shining, dehiscing by valve- 

 like opercula. Seeds minutely tuberculate. 



Nile Iiand. Nubia: about 21° North lat., sea-coast to between 3000 and 

 4000 ft., Bent ! 



4. Xj. nubica, Skan. A glandular-pubescent scandent or sub- 

 tscandent sparingly branched annual. Leaves opposite on the stem, 

 alternate on the branches, 1— 1£ in. long, f-1 in. broad, sometimes 

 much smaller, broadly cordate or obscurely triangular to ovate, quite 

 entire or with a few obscure teeth, broad at the apex and minutely 

 mucronate or acute ; petiole of the lower leaves 9-12 lin. long. 

 Peduncles 1-1 4 lin. long, axillary, solitary. Calyx 3 lin. long; seg- 

 ments subulate-linear, acute, slightly unequal. Corolla (including the 

 spur) 4| lin. long, hairy ; spur 2 lin. long, straight. Filaments of the 

 longer stamens sparingly hairy, of the shorter glabrous. Style 1 lin. 

 long, stout, somewhat hairy. Capsule 14 lin. long, ovoid, pubescent, 

 dehiscing by valve-like opercula. Seeds tuberculate. 



Nile Land. Nubia : about 21° North lat., sea-coast to between 3000 and 

 4000 ft., Bent .' 



5. Xj. hastata, E. Br. in Salt, Abyss. Append. 64, ex Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 269. An extremely slender diffusely branched erect or 

 ascending annual 9-12 in. high, sometimes pilose at the base, glabrous 

 on the branches, leaves and peduncles. Leaves 5-12 lin. long, 4^-3 

 lin. broad, linear to lanceolate, acute, hastate or rarely rounded or 

 cuneate at the base, opposite below, alternate above, shortly petiolate. 

 Peduncles axillary, filiform, 9-15 (usually 13) lin. long. Calyx 14 

 lin. long, glabrous or minutely glandular-hairy ; segments lanceolate, 

 acuminate, slightly keeled, more or less scarious on the margins. 

 Corolla (including the spur) 3 lin. long, apparently yellow, minutely 

 hairy; spur 14^ lin. long. Stamens coherent through the intertwining 

 of the woolly hairs on the filaments and anthers. Capsule 14-lf lin- 

 long, ovoid, glabrous, often straw-coloured, dehiscing by valve-like 

 opercula. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 113 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. 

 Aethiop. 100; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 137. L. capillipes, 

 Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 269. 



Nile Land. Red Sea: Hakeko, Lord I Eritrea: Togodele; Dalai, Ehren- 

 berg ! Modat ; nea" Ailet, Sehimper, 1042! Mount Maraita near Saisti, Schioein- 



