Veronica.] xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). 359 



pressed, pilose or rarely glabrous, |— § lin. shorter than the calyx. — A. 

 .Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 127 ; Benth. in DC. Proclr. x. 490 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 379 ; Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 358 ; Engl, in 

 Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 26. V. petitiana, A. Rich. Tent. El. Abyss, ii. 

 127. V. africana, Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 208. V. inontana, 

 Avetta in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vi. 59, not of Linn. f. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 7000 ft., Mann, 1263 ! 

 1997 ! 7000-9000 ft., Johnston, 15 ! 



Wile Land. Abyssinia: Tigre ; Wojerat, Petit ; Samen, Ruppell ; Begemeder : 

 Reb Valley, 7500 ft., Debra Tabor, and Jan-Meda, 9100 ft. Schimper, 1154 ! bhoa ; 

 Quartin-Dillon ; Ankober, Roth, 467! Antoto, Ragazzi ; and without precise 

 locality, Schimper, 462 ! Somaliland : between Harar and Addis-Albeba, Wellby ! 

 between Biddume and Alghe, Riva, 1248. Uganda: various localitiis between 

 Nandi and Mau Plateau, 6000-9000 ft., Whyte ! Mauj Masai River, 6000 ft, 

 Scott-Elliot, 6795 ! Johnston! Ruwenzori ; Kasamaga (? Kasagama), 5300 ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 7600 ! 



XVXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 4900-8900 ft., Volkens, 

 732 ! 1336 ! 



We have followed Engler in uniting V. petitiana and V. africana with V. abyssinica. 

 Though this seems the best course, it should be noted that some slight differences can 

 be detected between the material from the Cameroons ( V. africana} and that from 

 Eastern Africa. In the former the petioles are usually longer, the leaves have 

 smaller teeth, the flowers are said by Johnston to be pinky-white, and the style is 

 shorter. Moreover, two of the Abyssinian specimens (Schimper, 1154) named V. 

 petitiana at Kew', differ from the rest of the East African material in having shorter 

 petioles, suborbieular crenate leaves, and broader calyx-segments. These hardly 

 agree with Richard's description of V. petitiana. An examination of the types of 

 V. abyssinica and V. petitiana, which are not accessible to us, might suggest that 

 the plant from the Cameroons and the doubtful Abvssinian one should constitute 

 two varieties of T. abyssinica. 



5. V. glandulosa, Eochst. ex Benth. in DC. Proclr. x. 182. A 

 perennial glandular-pilose or sometimes nearly glabrous herb ; stems 

 creeping and rooting and much branched at the base, then ascending ; 

 branches leafy, elongated, usually bifariously pilose. Leaves very 

 shortly petiolate, ovate or sometimes elliptic-ovate, J-1J in. long, 

 2£- 8 lin. broad, obtuse, rounded or cuneate at the base, minutely and 

 sparingly serrate, glabrous or sparingly glandular-pilose. Flowers 

 solitary in the axils of the upper leaves; pedicels 1-1 J lin. long, glan- 

 dular-pilose. Calyx 2|~ 2§ lin. long, more or less glandular-pilose, 

 4-partite; upper segments oblong, 1| lin. long, obtuse; lower broadly 

 oblong, 2J- lin. long, obtuse. Corolla 2f lin. long. Style 1-H lin. 

 long. Capsule obcordate, compressed, very sparingly glandular-ciliate, 

 h-l lin. shorter than the calyx. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 125 ; 

 Schweinf. Beitr. Fl.Aethiop. 101; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 380. 



Nile land, Abyssinia: Demerki, Schimper, 568! 1149! Mount Silke 

 Schimper, iy8; Mount Guna, 10000-11000 it., Schimper, 1460! and without' 

 precise locality, Schimper, 1052 ! 



6. V. Mannii, Ecok f. in Journ. Linn. Soc, vi. 19. A glandular- 

 pilose perennial herb; stems creeping and rcoting at the base, then 



