Ilysanthcs.] xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 349 



long and broad ; lateral lobes ovate, about \ lin. long ; median lobe 

 obovate, nearly 1 lin. long and broad. Staminodes very minute, fili- 

 form. Capsule narrowly oblong, about 3 lin. long. — /. andongensis, S. 

 Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 190, not of Hiern. 



TTile Land. Uganda : near the River Rufua, Bar/shame, 519 A ! 



9. I. gracilis, Shan. An erect slender minutely and hispidly 

 pubescent herb 3-5 in. high ; stem quadrangular, simple or freely 

 branched in the upper part ; branches ascending. Leaves sessile, 

 oblong-linear or lanceolate-oblong, 3-5 lin. long, f-1 J lin. broad, obtuse, 

 entire or obscurely fevv-toothecl. Flowers solitary in the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; peduncles 3-5 lin. long, ascending in flower and fruit. 

 Calyx li-lf lin. long ; teeth ovate-lanceolate, somewhat unequal, about 

 h lin. long, acute. Corolla 3 lin. long ; upper lip ovate, 1 lin. long, 

 bifid, with short broad acute lobes ; lobes of the lower lip suborbicular. 

 Staminodes gibbous, with short filaments minutely capitate at the apex. 

 Capsule oblong-linear, 3-^-4 lin. long, f lin. broad, acute, with divergent 

 valves. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe : Jeba on the River Quorra (Niger) 

 Barter/ 



Welwitsch 5879, a tiny solitary flowered specimen, should probably be referred 

 here. 



10. I. andongensis, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Weho. i. 765. An 

 erect usually much branched glabrous or minutely pubescent herb, 

 2-3 in. high ; stem and branches quadrangular. Leaves sessile,, 

 linear-oblong, usually 2-4 lin. long, obtuse, entire or slightly repand. 

 Flowers solitary, axillary ; peduncles 2-6 lin. long. Calyx 1-1 ^ lin. 

 long ; teeth oblong, about J lin. long, rounded at the apex. Corolla 

 about 2 lin. long, purple ; tube about as long as the calyx ; upper lip 

 scarcely f lin. long, bifid, with short acute lobes ; lower lip scarcely 1 

 lin. long and broad ; lateral lobes shortly oblong, \ lin. long ; median 

 lobe broadly obovate, about h lin. long and broad. Staminodes linear, 

 flattened, about \ lin. long, without a gibbosity at the base. Capsule 

 oblong or linear-oblong, about 3 lin. long. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in damp pastures between 

 Candumba and the River Cuanza, Welivitsch, 5871 ! 



Welwitsch, 5879, is distinct from the above and is probably I. gracilis. 



11. I. trichotoma, Urban in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 1884, 435. 

 A diffuse glabrous trichotomously branched herb, about 3|- in. high ; 

 stems quadrangular. Leaves sessile, linear-oblong, \-^ in. long, acute, 

 entire. Peduncles alternate in the axils of the upper reduced leaves, 

 2-3^ lin. long, deflexed in fruit. Calyx 1^ lin. long, 5-toothed ; teeth 

 scarcely h lin. long, semi-ovate, acute. Corolla blue, 2-3 lin. long ; 

 upper lip slightly emarginate ; lower lip deeply 3-lobed. Staminodes 

 entire, subsessile. Capsule 2~2\ lin. long, ellipsoid, acute. — Bonnaya 

 trichotoma, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 121, t. 122 B. 



Wile Land, Uganda : Madi, on rocky ground, Speke 8f Grant! Mumias, 

 4500 ft. Whyte ! Entebbe, 3900 ft., Brown, 249 ! 



