346 XCII. SCROPHULARIACE.E (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). [Ill/SCl-tltheS. 



Corolla-tube not longer than the calyx ; calyx- 

 teeth rounded at the apex . . . 10. I. andongensis. 

 Leaves narrowly linear. 



Plant tall, erect, with long very slender 

 branches. 

 Pedicels 2-6 lin. long ; upper lip of the corolla 



deeply bifid . . . . . . 12. I. Schiveinfurthii. 



Pedicels usually scarcely 1 lin. long; upper 



lip of the corolla shortly bifid . . 13. I. Barteri. 



Plant dwarf, with short sju'eading stiff branches 11. I. trichotoma. 



1. I. rotundifolia, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 420. A diffusely 

 branched herb, glabrous or slightly pulverulent-pubescent on the 

 younger parts ; stems a few inches to a foot long, weak, creeping, often 

 rooting at the nodes. Leaves sessile, often semiamplexicaul, ovate to 

 orbicular, 2-5 lin. long, 1^-5 lin. broad, obtuse, rarely acute, 3-5- 

 nerved, entire or few-toothed, minutely glandular-punctate. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary; peduncles 3-6 lin. long in flower, up to 8 lin. long in 

 fruit, at first ascending, becoming spreading or deflexed in fruit. 

 Calyx 1^-1 h lin. long, divided nearly to the base ; lobes lanceolate or 

 lanceolate-oblong, acute. Corolla 2-3^ lin. long, white ; upper lip 

 shortly bifid : lower lip 3-lobed ; lobes rounded. Capsule globose- 

 ellipsoid, from a little shorter to somewhat longer than the calyx. — 

 Vatke in Oest. Bot. Zeitschr. 1875, li ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 357 ; 

 Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 284. 



Nile Land. Uganda; Ruwenzori, about 6200 ft. Scott-Elliot, 7793! 

 Mozarab. Dist. Zanzibar: in humid chiefly cultivated places, HildebrancU ? 

 1010. 



Also in the Mascarene Islands, India and Ceylon. 



2. I. parviflora, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 419. A slender usually 

 much branched herb, glabrous or slightly pulverulent, erect or decum- 

 bent, 3-9 in. high. Leaves sessile or the lower very shortly petiolate, 

 ovate, ovate-lanceolate, elliptic or oblong, 2-6 lin. long, 1-4 lin. broad, 

 usually acute, entire or rarely with a few minute teeth, gland-dotted, 

 1-5-nerved. Flowers axillary or in terminal racemes ; pedicels slender, 

 3-9 lin. long. Calyx (in flower) 1-1 1 lin. long, divided nearly to the 

 base ; lobes lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. Corolla 

 2|-2| lin. long, white or blue. Capsule subglobose to bvoid-oblong, 

 somewhat longer than the calyx. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. viii. 65 ; Hook, 

 f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 283 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 99. 



Lower Guinea. Lower Congo : sandy places near Ponta da Lenha, 

 Naumann. 



Nile land. Soudan : island in the Nile, near Dabbe, Ehrenberg. Sennar; 

 near Roseires and near Fatnaka, Cienkowsky. Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schiveinfarth, 

 1986 ! Bongo ; Gir, Sclvweinfiirth, 2511 ! 



IVXozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa ; Shire Valley above Morambala 

 Marsh, Scott ! mouth of the Zambesi, Kirk ! 



Also in India and Siam. 



