Craterostigmcc] xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 329 



Aeaulescent. 



Scape very short or wanting •'* . . . . .2. C. pumilum. 



Scape rather shorter to somewhat longer than the 

 leaves ; inflorescence not capitate. 

 Leaves not more than 3 times as long as broad. 



Inflorescence a corymbose raceme . . . 1. C. plantagineum. 

 Inflorescence a spike-like raceme. 



Nerves of the leaves persistent . . . 3. C. hirmtum. 



Nerves of the leaves not persistent. 



Flowers subsessile ; calyx 2 j lin. long . 4. C. Smithii. 



Pedicels lh lin. long ; calyx 3|— 4 lin. long 5. C. nanum. 

 Leaves more than 4 times as long as broad. 



Leaves lanceolate . „ . • . . 6. C. lanceolatum. 



Leaves linear . . . . . . 7. C. linearifolium. 



Scape 3 or 4 times as long as the leaves ; inflorescence 



capitate ........ 10. C. Wehvitschii. 



Caulescent. 



Flowers crowded in capitate or subcapitate inflor- 

 escences. 

 Bracts broad, longer than the calyx. 



Plant 4-6 in. high ; branches rather densely leafy 11. C.crassifolium. 

 Plant 18 in. high or more ; branches very 



sparingly leafy . ..... 12. C. latibracteatum. 



Bracts narrow, shorter than the calyx . . . 9. C. Schweinfurihii. 



Flowers more or less distant in a spike-like raceme . 8. C. Gostzei. 



1. C. plantagineum, Hochst. in Flora, 1841, 669. A densely 

 pilose aeaulescent perennial herb with a short thick rhizome densely 

 covered with stout roots. Leaves rosulate, ovate, ovate-subcordate or 

 rarely lanceolate, f-3 in. long, 5 lin. to 2f in. broad, broadly obtuse to 

 subacute, narrowed at the base into a short broad petiole, 5-9-nerved, 

 ciliate, usually densely pilose beneath, glabrous or sometimes sparingly 

 pilose above. Scape f— If in. long, quadrangular. Inflorescence a 

 raceme, sometimes with the pedicels very short or sometimes with the 

 lower pedicels up to 14 in. long, forming a corymb ; bracts opposite, 

 lanceolate, 3-6 lin. long. Calyx 2f-3| lin. long, more or less pubescent 

 outside ; teeth £-1 lin. long, acute. Corolla yellow and white, or yellow, 

 white and purple, or blue, 5-7 lin. long ; upper lip 2§-2f lin. long ; 

 lower lip 3| lin. long, 4^-5 lin. broad. Capsule ovoid-oblong, glabrous, 

 slightly shorter than the calyx. — Yatke in Linnpea, xliii. 307 ; Rolfe in 

 Oates, Matabeleland, ed. 2, 405 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 357 ; Hiern in 

 Cat. Al'r. PL Welw. i. 761, and in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 361 ; S. Moore 

 in Journ. Bot. 1900, 467, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 190; Almagia 

 in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 140. Torenia plantaginea, Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 411, excl. syn. Dunalia acaulis, R. Br. ; A. Rich. Tent. FL 

 Abyss, ii. 121 ; Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 120; Schweinf. Beitr. 

 FL Aethiop. 101 ; Vatke in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 1875, 10; Martelli, Fl. 

 Bogos. 63. T. pumila, T. Thorns, in Speke, Nile, Append. 641, not of 

 Benth. 



Nile Land. Eritrea : various localities ; Terracciano, Pappi, fy Kagazzi, 

 midebrandt, 642, Schiveinfurth Sf Eiva, 1380! JBeccari, 144! Steudner, 779 1 



