344 xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). [Lindemia. 



puberulous, minutely ciliolate. Flowers few, terminal and in axils of 

 the upper leaves ; peduncles very short. Calyx campanulate-oblong, 

 2 lin. long, shortly 5-cleft ; teeth ovate at the base, acuminate, ciliolate, 

 about half as long as the smooth tube. Corolla about 3 lin. long, 

 bilabiate, blue. Stamens 4, all perfect. Style l£ lin. long, rather 

 thickened upwards ; stigma rather dilated. 



S»ower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in wet pastures on the Humpata plateau, 

 rather rare, Welwitsch, 5784 ! 



The above is taken from Mr. Hieni's description. 



15. L. Stuhlmannii, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 357. An erect herb 

 about 5 in. high, branched from the base ; branches erect, glabrous, 

 longitudinally sulcate. Leaves few, the basal linear, the cauline short, 

 lanceolate. Flowers in short terminal racemes ; pedicels 2-3 times 

 longer than the very short bracts, nearly as long as the flower, deflexed 

 at the time of flowering. Calyx-teeth triangular, half as long as the 

 tube. Corolla twice as long as the calyx; upper lip shortly bilobed, 

 equal in size to the lobes of the lower lip. Anticous filaments genicu- 

 late. Capsule elongate-fusiform, nearly twice as long as the calyx. — 

 Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 503, t. 9, figs. F— L. 



Mozamb. 3>ist- German East Africa : in marshes, East Uzinja, Stuhlmann, 

 3550. 



The figure represents this plant with leaves scarcely 2 lin. long and pedicels 

 1 lin. long or less, and with the upper lip of the corolla quite entire. 



16. L. debilis, Skan. A weak much brauched prostrate annual 

 herb ; branches up to 2J in. long, glabrous, quadrangular. Leaves 

 sessile, very thin, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 lin. long, i-lf lin. 

 broad, obtuse or acute, slightly narrowed at the base, entire or minutely 

 few-toothed, glabrous ; floral leaves more or less unequal in the same 

 pair. Flowers solitary in the axils of the smaller leaves of the upper 

 pairs ; peduncles about \ lin. long. Calyx \\ lin. long, very sparingly 

 glandular-pubescent, prominently 5-ribbed ; teeth subulate, minutely 

 ciliate, unequal, 1-1^ lin. long. Corolla l|-lf lin. long ; upper lip 

 purplish, emarginate ; lower lip yellow with purple lines, deeply 

 3-lobed. Anticous filaments with very small appendages near the base. 

 Capsule oblong, acute, slightly shorter than the calyx. 



Nile land. Bongo ; Gir, Schwehifurth, 2516 ! 



Imperfectly known species. 



17. L. Dinteri, Schinz in Mem. Herb. Boiss. xx. 27. Habit of 

 L. abyssinica. Leaves opposite, sessile, decurrent, lanceolate, about 6 

 lin. long and 1J lin. broad, acute, almost fleshy, with. 3 or 4 distant 

 serrate teeth each side. Flowers axillary, solitary, shortly stalked. 

 Calyx 5-toothed, broadly 5-winged ; teeth linear-lanceolate, about 1 lin. 

 long. Corolla unknown. Capsule about 2 lin. long, septicidal. 



Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland ; Waterberg 

 Plateau, Dlnter, 563. 



I suspect from the description that this is a Torenia and probably T. spicata. 



