Lindenbergia.} xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). 313 



usually longer than the calyx, usually broadly ovate, often cuneate, 

 sometimes rounded, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, coarsely 

 crenate-dentate or acutely dentate, petiolate to subsessile. Flowers 

 opposite in leafy terminal secund racemes; pedicels ^-lf Hn. long. 

 Calyx 3-4 lin. long; teeth broadly lanceolate or ovate, f-lj lin. long, 

 shortly acuminate. Corolla 7-8 lin. long. Capsule slightly longer 

 than the calyx, pubescent. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 120 ; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 262. L. sinaica, Yatke in Linnsea, xliii. 306, not of 

 Benth. L. sinaica, Benth., var. abyssinica, Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. 

 Roma, viii. 140. 



Nile Land. Nubia : Hor Tamanib, near Suakin, 500-600 ft., Lord ! Wadi 

 O-Mareg, Schweinfurth, 427 ! co.ist region, Bent ! Eritrea : Dogali and near 

 Saati, Schweinfurth Sf Biva, 257 ! 360 ! and various localities, Terracciano Sf Pappi. 

 Abyssinia : near Jelajeranne, Schimper, 1619 ! and without precise locality, 

 Sckimper, 782 ! Somaliland : Ahl and Serut Mountains, near Maid, 3300-5900 ft., 

 Hildebrandt, 1406 ! and without precise locality, Mrs. Lort Phillips ! 



Also in North-western India. 



L. Pirottce, Almagia in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 140, from Dahlac Isbind, 

 Eritrea, I have not seen. We can find nothing in tLe description by which to dis- 

 tinguish it satisfactorily from L. abyssinica. 



5. L. virens, Vatke in Linnaia, xliii. 306. A shortly glandular- 

 villous perennial (?) herb ; stem branched in the upper part ; branches 

 ascending. Leaves petiolate, crenate-dentate except at the base; lower 

 leaves up to 2| in. long, about 2 in. broad, oblong-lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base ; uppermost leaves smaller, suborbicular, contracted into a 

 petiole ; petiole 2J-7J lin. long. Flowers in pairs, forming a leafy 

 raceme ; pedicels about 1J lin. long. Calyx 3^ lin. long, often shorter 

 than the floral leaves. Corolla 8 lin. long. 



Nile Land. Eritrea : Buri, near Massowa, Hildebrandt, 741 A. 

 In Vatke's description we can find nothing to sepai'ate this species from X. 

 abyssinica except the oblong-lanceolate lower leaves. 



20. STEMODIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 'J50. 



Calyx 5-partite; segments narrow, imbricate, equal or subequal. 

 Corolla-tube cylindric ; upper outside lip suberect, broad, entire or 

 emarginate : lower lip spreading, 3-lobed, not plicate at the base. 

 Stamens 4. didynamous, included ; filaments filiform ; anther-cells dis- 

 tinct, stipitate, all bearing pollen. Style dilated at the apex, usually 

 2-lobed. Capsule globose, ovoid or acuminate ; dehiscence usually loculi- 

 cidal, sometimes septicidal ; valves 2, bifid, or 4. Seeds many, small, 

 striate and usually reticulate. — Glandular-pubescent or villous, often 

 aromatic herbs, or sometimes undershrubs. Leaves opposite or verti- 

 cillate. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves or the upper in a 

 crowded leafy spike ; pedicels 1- or 2-bi-acteolate. Corolla bluish. 



Species about 30, the others in South America, Tropical Asia and Australia. 



