Dopatrium.] xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 325 



D. Schweiiifurthii, Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 75, said to 

 have large yellow flowers, is, I presume, the same as D. luteiim. Engl. 



2. D. tricolor, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 499. Stems erect, 

 simple, about 1^ ft. high ; lower internodes short, upper 1-8 in. long. 

 Radical leaves rather crowded, broadly linear, 1-J- 2\ in. long, 1-2 lin. 

 broad, obtuse, slightly broader at the apex; cauline leaves 1-5 lin. long, 

 becoming scale-like and membranous, connate at the base, oblong to 

 suborbicular. Inflorescence a short terminal raceme ; bracts similar to 

 the uppermost leaves; pedicels 2-3|- lin. long. Calyx 1^ lin. long, 

 membranous ; teeth h lin. long, broad, obtuse. Corolla whitish, violet 

 on the upper lip and the lateral lobes oi' the lower lip, golden-yellow on 

 the anticous lobe at the base ; tube infundibuliform, about 7 lin. long ; 

 upper lip broadly obovate, 3 lin. long, 2 -J- lin. broad, emarginate ; lateral 

 lobes of the lower lip 1 lin. long, 2J lin. broad ; anticous lobe 5 lin. long, 

 4 lin. broad. Filaments twisted just below the anthers ; anther-cells 

 apiculate, minutely pubescent, with a tuft of hairs at the base. Style 

 1^ lin. long. 



Wile X>and. Bongo : between Addai and Gir, Schtveinfurth, 2557 ! 

 D. tricolor, Wettst. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3B. 75, is apparently 

 the same as D. tricolor, Engl. 



3. D. longidens, Skan. Stems erect, |— 1 ft. high, simple ; inter- 

 nodes 1^-2 in. high. Badical leaves oblong-lanceolate, up to h in. long, 

 1^-2 lin. broad, acute ; cauline leaves scale-like, ovate, l|-2 lin. long, 

 acute, connate at the base. Inflorescence a few-flowered terminal 

 raceme ; bracts similar to the upper leaves but smaller ; pedicels 

 5-8 lin. long, minutely pubescent. Calyx 2 lin. long, minutely and 

 sparingly pubescent ; teeth 1\ lin. long, oblong, obtuse, dark brown 

 in the middle, hyaline along the margins, faintly 3-nerved. Corolla 

 reddish-purple with a white spot on the lower lip (Barter) ; tube 

 cylindric, 7 lin. long, sparingly pubescent; limb 10-11 lin. broad ; upper 

 lip entire, obovate, oh lin. long, 3 lin. broad; lower lip tripartite ; lateral 

 lobes obovate ; anticous lobe 6-7 lin. long, 7-8 lin. broad, emarginate. 

 Anthers coherent, ciliate ; cells subequal. Style 6 lin. long. Capsule 

 subglobose, about 3 lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, in pools on rocks, Barter, 1683 ! 



1. D. macranthum, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 120, I. 121, 

 Jig. A. Stems erect, 8-10 in. high, sparingly branched near the base. 

 Radical leaves oblanceolate, 4-9 lin. long ; cauline leaves scale-like, 1 

 lin. long, ovate, obtuse, connate at the base. Inflorescence a terminal 

 few-flowered raceme ; bracts minute ; pedicels 2-2^ lin. long. Calyx 

 lj-lf lin. long, minutely pubescent ; teeth scarcely ^ lin. long, broad, 

 obtuse, 3-nerved. Corolla purple or violet ; tube ^ in. long, curved 

 but scarcely dilated at the throat; limb 8-10 lin, broad; upper lip 

 2-iid ; lobes rounded ; lower lip obtusely 3-lobed. Anther-cells sub- 

 equal, ciliate ; connective thickened on the back. — D. senegalense, T. 

 Thorns, in Speke, Nile, Append. 641, not of Benth. 



Wile Land. Uganda : near Koki or Koche in Ganiland, Speke Sf Grant / 



