Craterosligma.] xcn. scROPHULARiACEiE (hemsley and skan). 333 



in Warb. Ivunene-Samb. Exped. 363. Torenia Schiveinfurthii, Oliver 

 in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1251. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, Barter ! 



Nile Land. Bongo : by the River Lesi, ScMveinfurtk, 4009 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angela: Punsjo Andongo, Welwitsch, 5887 ! 5888. By the 

 River Chitanda below Goudkopje, 3600 ft., Baum, 140 ! Malunge, Gossweiler, 1090 ! 

 1093 ! Teusez, 297. 



10. C. Welwitschii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 501. Closely 

 allied to C. Schweinfurthii, but the plant is scarcely 6 in. high, and the 

 leaves, except 1-3 pairs of small upper ones, are in a crowded rosette at 

 the base. Inflorescence and flowers as in that species. — Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PL Welw. i. 762. 



Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in damp pastures and frequently in 

 neglected Hooded helds, Welwitsch, 5775 ! 



11. C. crassifolium, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 500, t. 8, Jigs. 

 A — F. A sparingly pubescent perennial 4—6 in. high ; stem rather 

 stout and woody, more or less branched ; branches ascending, woody at 

 the base and sometimes root-bearing. Leaves opposite, crowded or 

 distant, oblong-lanceolate, 3-6 lin. long, about 1^ lin. broad, obtuse, 

 entire or slightly toothed. Inflorescence terminal, subcapitate ; 

 peduncles slender, 1-2 in. long ; bracts ovate or obovate, slightly longer 

 than the calyx, rather obtuse, sometimes faintly toothed at the apex ; 

 flowers sessile. Calyx 2^ lin. long, pilose outside, 5-angled, membranous 

 between the angles ; teeth f lin. long, pale green and thickened in the 

 middle and at the tips. Corolla white with purple stripes on the lips, 

 minutely puberulous outside; tube 2 lin. long; upper lip lt>- lin. long, 

 ciliate ; lower lip l^lin. long, about 2| lin. broad; lobes denticulate. — 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 761. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in the Presidium at Santo 

 Antonio, Welwitsch, 5869 ! between Candumba and Lombe, and between Bumba and 

 the cataract of the River Cuanza near Condo, Welwitsch, 5870! Huilla; various 

 localities, Welwitsch, 5790 ! 5791 ! 5792! 5794 ! Antunes, 193. Huoipata, 

 Newton, 166. 



12. C. latibracteatum, Skan. An erect herb up to 18 in. high 

 or more ; stems quadrangular, furrowed, branched, slender, rather 

 densely pilose at the base, glabrescent above ; branches very slender, 

 erect or ascending, up to 1 ft. long or more, very sparingly leafy ; inter- 

 nodes 1^-4 in. long. Leaves opposite, sessile ; lower leaves elliptic or 

 oblong, about 6 lin. long and 3-4 lin. broad, entire, subcoriaceous, obtuse, 

 glabrous or sparingly ciliate on the margins at the base and on the 

 underside of the midrib ; upper leaves lanceolate or linear, 3-7 lin. 

 long, -1—1 lin. broad, becoming smaller from below upwards. Inflores- 

 cence terminal, capitate, on a slender peduncle 1-4 in. long; flowers 

 2-5, sessile; bracts suborbicular to ovate, up to 3^ lin. long and 3 lin. 

 broad, acute or obtuse and rounded, coriaceous, ciliate. Calyx almost 

 campanulate, 2| lin. long, If lin. broad at the top, covered with long 



