3 J 2 xcn. scrophulariace,£ (hemsley and skan). [Lindenbergia. 



Leaves up to 2J- in. long, the uppermost usually 

 longer than the calyx ; calyx 3-4< lin. 

 long . . . . . . 4. L. abyssinica. 



Lower leaves oblong-lanceolate . . . 5. L. virens. 



1. L. nigrescens, Vatke in Oest. Bot.Zeitschr. 1875, 10. A slender 

 annual herb 6 in. high, branched from the base, drying black, having 

 glandular hairs mixed with a dense indumentum. Leaves 10 lin. long, 

 suborbicular-ovate, acute, dentate ; upper floral leaves longer than the 

 calyx; petiole 5 lin. long. Raceme many-flowered; flowers opposite, 

 secund. Calyx rather glabrous. Corolla 3 times longer than the calyx, 

 glabrous. Capsule somewhat villous. — Vatke in Linnsea, xliii. 306, in 

 note. 



Uile Land. Somaliland ; Ahl Mountains at Yafir, 6500 ft., Hlldebrandt, 

 863 C. 



2. L. scutellarioid.es, Aschers. in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 241. 

 An erect branched undershrub 12—14 in. high, subglabrate below, else- 

 where covered with a dense canescent pubescence with which are 

 sparingly mixed longer glandular hairs. Leaves 2|— 4 lin. long and 

 broad, the uppermost only slightly smaller than the lower, ovate to 

 suborbicular, rounded at the base, acute, denticulate, very shortly 

 petiolate. Flowers axillary ; peduncles J-f lin. long. Calyx If lin. 

 long, shorter than the leaves except in a few of the uppermost flowers ; 

 teeth J lin. long. Corolla 4|— 5^ lin. long. Capsule longer than the 

 calyx ; shortly pubescent. — Hemiorchis habessinica, Ehrenb. ex As- 

 chers. I.e. 



Nile Xiand. Eritrea : Dahlac Island near Massowa, Ehrenberg ! 



3. L. sinaica, Benth. Scrojrfi. Ind. 22. A divaricately much 

 branched densely glandular-pilose undershrub ; branches up to about 

 1 ft. long. Lower leaves suborbicular-ovate or ovate, 3-7 lin. long and 

 broad, usually shortly petiolate, coarsely crenate-dentate, acute or 

 obtuse, rounded or cuneate at the base ; uppermost leaves sessile, 

 smaller, shorter than the calyx. Flowers opposite in loose secund 

 racemes 6-1.2 in. long ; pedicels A-li lin. lorjg. Calyx 1J-2 lin. long, 

 densely glandular pilose ; teeth ovate or ovate-elliptic, unequal, J-f lin. 

 long, acute. Corolla 7-8 lin. long. Capsule oblong, slightly longer than 

 the calyx, glandular-pilose above. — DC. Prodr. x. 377 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, 

 iv. 425 ; Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 139. Bovea sinaica, 

 Decaisne in Ann. Sci. Nat. 2 me ser., ii. 253. 



Nile Land. Red Sea : Harnish Island, Slade, 12 ! Eritrea : various 

 localities, Terracciano Sf Pappi. 



Also in Egypt, Arabia and Socotra. 



4. L. abyssinica, Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 377. A di- 

 varicately branched glandular-pubescent or pilose perennial herb or 

 undershrub. Leaves |— 2 in. long, J-lf in. broad in the lower part of the 

 branches, gradually decreasing in size in the upper part, the uppermost 



