LiiiJeriiia.] xcn. scrophulariace.e (tte'msley and skan). 339 



2. L. brevidens, Skan. Closely resembles L. diffusa in habit 

 and foliage, but it is almost glabrous, and has longer peduncles and 

 shorter calyx-teeth. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles 41 lin. long. 

 Calyx 2-h lin. long, 5-ribbed, the posticous and lateral ribs very narrowly 

 winged ; teeth |— | lin. long, somewhat unequal, ovate, acute. Corolla 

 4 lin. long. Anticous filaments gibbous at the base. Capsule narrowly 

 oblong, 6 lin. long, acuminate. 



IVXozamb, Bist. German East Africa : Usambara, Buchwald, 295 ! 



3. L. stictantha, Skan. A slender annual herb, prostrate or 

 prostrate-ascending, subglabrous or minutely glandular-puberulous ; 

 stems |— 1 ft. long, sparingly branched. Leaves ovate, -J— 1 in. long, 3-8 

 lin. broad, acute, slightly cuneate at the base, serrulate, rather fleshy; 

 petiole 1-2 lin. long. Flowers axillary, solitary, alternate ; peduncles 

 4-6 lin. long. Calyx 3-4 lin. long, 5-ribbed, unequally 5-toothed, 

 hispidly pubescent on the ribs and hyaline between them ; teeth 

 lanceolate-subulate, 1J-2 lin. long. Corolla about 3 lin. long, white, 

 with scattered dark-purple dots; upper lip undivided, straight, rounded 

 at the apex, fringed ; lower iip trifid, with spreading lobes. Anticous 

 filaments gibbous near the base. Capsule linear- oblong, 5-7 lin. long, 

 acute. — Ilysanthes stictantha, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 765. 



lower Guinea. Angola: GolungoAlto; by the River Cuango, near Arimo 

 do Isidro, Welwitsch, 5905 ! and in Sobato da Queta, Welicitsch, 5906 ! 



4. L. senegalensis, Skan. A subglabrous branched ascending 

 herb apparently 6-12 in. high; stems quadrangular; internodes 1^-2 

 in. long. Leaves ovate-elliptic or oblong, f-li in. long, 4-7 lin. broad, 

 serrate, minutely ciliate, 3-nerved, obtuse, narrowed at the base into 

 a very short petiole. Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles 5-7 lin. 

 long, elongating in the fruiting stage. Calyx 3i-3f lin. long ; teeth 

 subulate, 1-1 J lin. long, unequal, the posticous longest, minutely ciliate. 

 Corolla 4|- lin. long ; upper lip bifid. Anticous filaments with oblong- 

 obtuse hairy appendages. Capsule 6-8 lin. long, linear, acuminate. — 

 Yandellia senegalensis, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 416, partly. Pyxidaria 

 senegalensis, 0. Kuntze, Pev. Gen. PI. ii. 465. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Hev.delot, S04 ! Senegal, Leprieur ! Perrottet 

 5S6 ! Sierra Leone, Don ! Barter ! 



Bentbam quotes under this species some specimens collected by Yogel on the 

 Xun River, Xiger Territory. These, however, belong to a distinct species, having 

 quite a different habit and ovate-orbicular leaves only 5-7 lin. long. Bentbam 

 gives the length of the leaves as 1— 1-J in., which applies to Heudelof s specimen, so 

 I have retained his specific name for this, and have called the other species L. 

 Togelii. 



5. L. Vogelii, Skan. A slender glabrous herb with procumbent 

 sparingly branched stems 6-9 in. long. Leaves very shortly petiolate, 

 coriaceous, ovate or ovate-orbicular, 5-7 lin. long, 4-6 lin. broad, 

 crenate-serrate, obtuse, slightly cuneate at the base. Flowers axillary, 

 solitary ; peduncles 3-5 lin. long. Calyx 3| lin. long ; teeth subulate, 



