Moniera.] xcir. scrophulariace,e (hemsley and skan). 323 



li lin. long ; upper lip entire ; lower 3-lobed. Capsule ellipsoid, 1 lin. 

 long, glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, margins of small lakes, Barter, 

 1689 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in marshes and streams from 

 Caghuy towards Condo, Miege stream near Lake Quibinda, and near Sansamanda, 

 Welwitsch, 5891 ! 



7. M. hamiltoniana, T. Cooke, Fl. Pres. Bombay, ii. 286. An 

 erect herb 6-12 in. high, glandular-punctate, glabrous or slightly 

 pulverulent ; stem simple or branched, quadrangular. Leaves sessile 

 and semi-amplexicaul or narrowed at the base into a short petiole, 

 lanceolate, f— 1^ in. long, l^-o^- lin. broad, entire or remotely and 

 obscurely denticulate, narrowed at the apex but scarcely acute. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, subsessile ; bracts small, setaceous. Calyx 

 glandular-punctate, minutely pubescent ; posticous segment broadly 

 ovate, 1 f lin. long, 1 -J- lin. broad, acute or subacute ; anticous segments 

 much smaller; lateral linear-lanceolate, lj lin. long, acuminate. 

 Corolla 1^ lin. long; upper lip truncate, emarginate ; lower lip equally 

 3-lobed. Capsule broadly ovoid, 1^-1^ lin. long, glabrous. — Herpestis 

 hamiltoniana, Benth. Scroph. Ind. 30, and in DC. Prodr. x. 400 ; Hook, 

 f . Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 272. Bacopa hamiltoniana, Wettst. in Engl. & 

 Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 B. 77. 



Upper Guinea. Senegal, Leprieur, 237 ! 



Also in India. 



8. M. punctata, Shan. An erect slender slightly pulverulent 

 glandular-punctate hei'b 4-12 in. high ; stem simple or sparingly 

 branched, quadrangular. Leaves sessile, linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 usually about 1 in. long and 14; lin. broad, narrowed at the apex but 

 scarcely acute, often semi-amplexicaul, entire, somewhat, scaberulous. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, subsessile ; bracts linear, 2 lin. long, scarcely 

 acute. Calyx glandular-pulverulent ; posticous segment ovate-lanceo- 

 late, 2 J lin. long, f lini broad ; anticous segments oblong-lanceolate, 

 2 lin. long, minutely ciliate ; lateral minutely ciliate, lanceolate, If lin. 

 long. Corolla 2 lin. long ; upper lip emarginate ; lower lip 3-lobed. 

 Capsule ovoid-globose, 1-1^ lin. long, bisulcate, glabrous. — Bacopa 

 punctata, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 499. 



Wile Land. Jur : Agada, Schweinfurth, 2465 ! Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 

 4257 ! 



Imperfectly known species. 



9. Bacopa alternifolia, Engl, in Schlechter, Westafrik. Kautsch.- 

 Exped. 313. Flowers bright blue. 



Lower Guinea. Lower Congo : islands of Stanley Pool, Schlechter, 12571. 

 Freneh Congo : near Bonga, Schlechter, 12651. 



