Stemodiopsis.] XCII. SCROPHCJLABIACEiE (hemsley and skan). 315 



Leaves ovate ; petiole 3-18 lin. long ; pedicels very 

 much shorter than the leaves. 

 Plant very sparingly pubescent or almost glabrous; 



corolla 2-2-| lin. long . . . . . 2. S. Buclianani. 



PI, mt densely pubescent ; corolla 4 lin. long . . 3. S. humilis. 



1. S. Rivae, Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 25. Subshrubby \ 

 stems curved-ascending, very much branched, densely and shortly 

 cinereous-pilose on the younger parts and on the petioles, at length 

 glabrescent ; primary branches 6-10 in. long, the secondary and tertiary 

 shorter. Leaves spathulate ; blade l-J— 2|- lin. long and broad, few- 

 toothed in the upper part, very shortly and sparsely pilose on both 

 sides, narrowed at the base into a slender petiole 1-1 J lin. long. 

 Flowers solitary ; pedicels nearly as long as the leaves ; bracteoles 

 subulate, \ lin. long. Calyx shortly and sparsely pilose ; segments 

 \\-\\ lin. long. Corolla very minutely pilose; tube 2^ lin. long- 

 upper lip about 1 lin. long ; lobes of the lower lip f lin. long. Fila- 

 ments of the longer stamens about \\ lin. long, of the shorter f lin. 

 long; anther-cells \ lin. long; staminode f lin. long. Ovary ellipsoid- 

 conical, about 1-|- lin. long. — Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 497, t. 7, figs. A-F. 



Nile Land. Somaliland : Galla Territory ; Mount Robe, near the source of 

 the River Daua, Siva, 162. 



2. S. Buchanani, Skan. A perennial herb about 6 in. high, 

 furnished chiefly on the leaves with a few weak scattered hairs and 

 somewhat pulverulent or almost glabrous ; stem procumbent, sometimes 

 rooting, rather woody, about 1 lin. thick, subterete, very much branched ; 

 branches very weak and slender, ascending, angular, 3—6 in. long ; 

 internodes 3-14 lin. long. Leaves ovate; blade 3-16 lin. long, 2-8 lin. 

 broad, acute, more or less cuneate at the base, very thin, dentate ; teeth 

 usually 5 each side, rather coarse in the larger leaves; petiole 3-18 lin. 

 long, narrowly 3-winged, Flowers solitary or sometimes in 3-flowered 

 cymes; pedicels filiform, f— 1-J lin. long, ascending in flower, sharply 

 decurved in fruit ; bracteoles very narrowly linear, ^— § hn. long. 

 Calyx-segments narrowly linear-triangular, slightly unequal, lj-li lin. 

 long, J- J lin. broad at the base. Corolla 2-2^ lin. long ; tube 1J-— If lin. 

 long, about | lin. broad at the base v slightly enlarged upwards : upper 

 lip broadly ovate, about f- lin. long and 1 lin. broad at the base ; lobes 

 minute, rounded or somewhat triangular ; lower lip broadly obovate or 

 suborbicular, about | lin. long, f-lj lin. broad ; lobes minute, rounded ; 

 palate pubescent. Filaments of the longer stamens about 1 lin. long, 

 of the shorter about f- lin. long ; staminode about J lin. long, inserted 

 near the base of the corolla-tube, sometimes absent. Style scarcely 

 1 lin. long. Capsule ellipsoid-conical, 2|-3 lin. long, rather abruptly 

 beaked, 2-furrowed, turned downwards; beak f— 1^ lin. long. Seeds 

 cylindric, \— | lin. long, nearly \ lin. thick, whitish, very slightly 

 several-furrowed . 



Mozamb! Sist. British Central Africa : Nyas;dand, Buchanan, 365 ! 1220 ! 

 I have not seen a specimen of S. Sivce, the type of Stemodiopsis, but, judging 



