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xcn. scROPHULAKiACEiE (hemsley and skan). [Moniera, 



4. M. pubescens, Skan. A rather stout apparently erect sparingly 

 branched herb, glandular-punctate, minutely pubescent on the younger 

 parts of the stem, on the young leaves, peduncles and calyx ; stem 

 quadrangular, ribbed in the dried state. Leaves sessile, broad at the 

 base and semiamplexicaul, ovate-lanceolate, |~|- in. long, 2^-3^ lin. 

 broad, entire, somewhat revolute on the margins, scarcely acute. 

 Flowers like those of H. calycina, but the peduncles are densely and 

 minutely pubescent, the calyx pubescent, with thicker and less distinctly 

 reticulate segments. 



upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : marshy ground by the Falaba River, Scott- 

 Mliot, 5451 ! 



5. M. floribunba, T. Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay, ii. 286. An erect 

 slender branched herb 4-11 in. high, scabrid, glabrous or sparingly and 

 minutely puberulous, glandular-punctate. Leaves sessile, linear, linear- 

 lanceolate or narrowly oblong, \-l\ in. long, f- 2| lin. broad, entire, 

 scarcely acute, narrow at the base or semiamplexicaul. Flowers 

 axillary, usually solitary : peduncles 1-2 lin. long; bracts setaceous, f- 

 lin. long. Calyx minutely puberulous and glandular -pulverulent ; 

 posticous segment ovate, 2^ lin. long, 1^ lin. broad, apiculate; anticous 

 rather narrower, acute ; lateral lanceolate, acuminate, 1 h lin. long. 

 Corolla blue or violet, sulphur-yellow at the throat, 1|^ lin. long; upper 

 lip emarginate; lower lip equally 3-lobed. Capsule ellipsoid, lh lin. 

 long, glabrous. — Herpestis floribunda, P. Br. Prodr. 442 ; Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 400; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 120; Hook. f. Fl. 

 Brit. Ind. iv. 273 ; Vatke in Linnsea, xliii. 307. Bacopa floribunda, 

 Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 77 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost- 

 Afr. C. 357. 



Upper Guinea. Senegarnbia, Perrottet ! Northern Nigeria : Nupe, Barter, 

 1011 ! Borgu, Barter, 785 ! 



Nile Land. Jur : Jur Ghattas, Sclnoeinfurth, 2588 ! Bongo; Gir, Schivein- 

 furth, 2534 ! Uganda : Madi, Speke 3f Grant ! British East Africa : Mombasa, 

 Bojer ! 



Mozamb, Uist. Pemba Island, Bojer! Zanzibar, Kirk! Hildebrandt, 

 906! 



Also in Madagascar, Tropical Asia and Australia. 



6. M. occultans, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 760. An erect herb 

 3-6 in. high, branched from the base ; stems quadrangular, about 1 lin. 

 in diam., sparingly pubescent chiefly on the upper part; internodes 

 2-5 lin. long. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, -|- 1 in. long, 3-4 lin. broad, 

 obtusely acuminate, semi-amplexicaul, entire or remotely denticulate 

 near the apex, densely glandular-punctate, glabrous except for a fewshort 

 hairs on the midrib. Flowers axillary, solitary or a few together ; 

 peduncles h lin. long ; bracts ovate, J— ^ lin. long, concave. Calyx- 

 segments glandular-punctate ; posticous segment ovate, 1^-2 lin. long, 

 1^-1^- lin. broad, obtuse ; anticous ovate, obtuse, slightly narrower ; 

 lateral ovate-lanceolate, 1-J; lin. long, membranous, obtusely acuminate, 

 with a single row of rather long thick hairs on the keel. Corolla white, 



