Alectra.~\ xcir. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 367 



puberulous, 8-16 in. high, flowering part 3-9 in. long ; branches few 

 from near the base, erect. Leaves mostly scale-like and very small, 

 hispid, largest ^ in. long, lanceolate-oblong, acute. Racemes rather 

 loose. Floral leaves or bracts linear, acute, shorter than the shortly 

 pedicellate flowers. Bracteoles subulate, J- A the length of the calyx, 

 persistent. Calyx slightly oblique, ^ in. long, 10-ribbed, nearly equally 

 5-lobed ; lobes shorter than the tube, deltoid, acute. Corolla about ^ in. 

 long, glabrous ; lobes nearly equal, rotundate, rather longer than the 

 tube, 3 -veined. Stamens nearly equal ; filaments short, slender, 

 glabrous ; anther-cells slightly unequal, parallel, obtuse. — Glossostylis 

 2)arasitica, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 117. 



Nile Land, Abyssinia : Tacazze Valley, Schimper, 1464 ! 



This has also been referred by some botanists to A. orobanchoides, Bentb. 



8. A. hirsuta, Kloizsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 221. 

 Herbaceous, erect, hispid in nearly all parts. Stem short, angular as 

 well as the branches. Leaves opposite, or alternate in the inflorescence, 

 sessile, rigid ; lower oblong, obtuse, nearly entire, narrowed to the base, 

 1A in. long, | in. wide ; upper lanceolate, §■ to 1 J in. long, ^ to ^ in. wide, 

 subacute, sparsely toothed. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper 

 leaves or bracts, pedicellate. Bracteoles leaf-like, narrow, oblong. 

 Calyx obliquely campanulate, 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, somewhat obtuse. 

 Corolla globose, campanulate, bright yellow veined with purple ; limb 

 obliquely 5-lobed with obtuse lobes. Stamens and style included. 

 Ovary glabrous. Valves of the open capsule bifid. 



Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa : Sena, Peters, 



We have seen no authenticated specimens of this species, but Gossweiler's 666 

 from Cazengo, Angola, may perhaps belong to it. 



9. A. hippocrepandra, Remsl. An erect, branched or simple, green 

 parasitic hispid herb, 1-2 ft. high. Root tuberous with orange-cinnabar 

 rootlets. Lower leaves scale-like ovate. Stem-leaves nearly sessile, 

 opposite or alternate, ovate or oblong, the largest 1 in. long by \ in. 

 broad, usually with a few small teeth on each side. Flowers nearly 

 sessile, solitary in the axils of alternate bracts, in dense terminal 

 racemes, 6 in. long, or more. Bract lanceolate, obtuse, longer than the 

 calyx. Bracteoles 2, minute. Calyx hispid, campanulate, about J- in. 

 wide and long, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes triangular. Corolla gla- 

 brous, longitudinally striate, not much longer than the calyx ; tube not 

 distinctly constricted at the top ; limb oblique, of 5 spreading spathu- 

 late lobes. Stamens ■!, included ; filaments filiform, glabrous ; anther- 

 cells obtuse, horseshoe-shaped, pilose on the back. Ovary globose, gla- 

 brous ; style thicker, clavate, recurved. — Melasma liippocre'pandrum, 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 768. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Golungo Alto ; infecting ci'ops of Arachis, Wel- 

 witsck, 5900 ! 



Description mainly from Hiern. 



10. A. lancifolia, Remsl. An "annual," erect, slightly hispid 



