826 xcn. scrophulariacEvE (hemsley and skan). [Dopatrium. 



5. D. Dortmanna, S. Moore in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 189. 

 Stems slender, 8 in. long, simple ; internodes usually f-lf in. long. 

 Radical leaves sessile, oblong-ovate, about 3J lin. long and 1|- lin. 

 broad, obtuse ; cauline leaves in distant pairs, ovate, only f- lin. long, 

 obtuse. Flowers strictly racemose ; pedicels up to 3 lin. long. Calyx 

 campanulate, If lin. long ; teeth broadly oblong, about § lin. long, 

 obtuse. Corolla dark blue ; tiibe narrowly cylindric, 6 lin. long, rather 

 more than \ lin. in diam., somewhat dilated under the limb and curved ; 

 lips broadly ovate; upper lip 14; lin. long, 1| lin. broad; median lobe 

 of the lower lip 3 lin. long, 2 lin. broad ; lateral lobes 1 J lin. long. 

 Anther-cells equal, ciliate. Ovary ovoid, scarcely 1 lin. long ; style 5 

 lin. long. 



Wile Land. Uganda : South Ankole ; edge of a pool at Mulema, Bagshaive, 

 315! 



6. D. stachytarphetoid.es, Engl. & Gilg in Baum, Kunene- 

 Samb. Exped. 3G2. Stem erect, rather stout, If ft. high, simple up 

 to the inflorescence; internodes lj-3J in. long. Radical leaves about 

 7 lin. long, 2-8 lin. broad, oblong, acute ; cauline leaves scale-like, 

 membranous, ovate, 2^—3 lin. long, retuse, connate at the base. In- 

 florescence a terminal few-branched panicle ; bracts similar to the 

 upper leaves but smaller ; pedicels 2 lin. long. Calyx If lin. long, 

 glabrous, purple chiefly on the teeth ; teeth § lin. long, obtusely apicu- 

 late. Corolla carmine, violet when dry, glabrous except for a few minute 

 hairs on the throat outside; tube cylindric, 4 lin. long; limb 4-5 lin. 

 broad ; upper lip entire, elliptic, 1-J,- lin. long, 1\ lin. broad ; lateral 

 lobes of the lower lip obovate, 1J lin. long ; anticous lobe o\ lin. long, 

 3f lin. broad, deeply 2-lobed. Anthers free, minutely pubescent. 

 Style 3^ lin. long. Capsule ellipsoid, 2| lin. long, 4-valved, glabrous. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : between the Kuhango River and Kassinga, 5600 ft., 

 Baum, 923 ! 



7. D. senegalense, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 407. Stems slender^ 

 6-12 in. long, simple or sparingly branched above. Radical leaves few, 

 obovate, 4-5 lin. long, 2-8 lin. broad; cauline leaves scale-like, lJ-2^ 

 lin. long, ovate, acute, connate at the base, erect. Flowers in short 

 terminal racemes ; bracts minute, spreading, in pairs 1^-2^ lin. apart ; 

 pedicels capillary, 4-8 lin. long. Calyx membranous, 1-1^ lin. long ; 

 teeth | lin. long, 3-nerved, acute. Corolla sparingly pilose outside ; 

 tube infundibuliform, 3-4 lin. long. Filaments twisted just below the 

 anthers; anthers coherent; cells apiculate, ciliate. Style lh lin. long. 

 Capsule subglobose, 1^ lin. long. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 138 ! 743 ! North-eastern part of 

 Sierra Leone, Garrett! 



8. D„ nanum, Scott-Elliot in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxx. 94. Stem- 

 filiform, 4-8 in. high, glabrous and glaucous, simple or once or twice 

 branched towards the apex. Radical leaves wanting in the specimen 

 seen ; cauline leaves 1 lin. long, ovate, subacute, subcordate at the base. 



