Aleotra.] xcn. scrophul,ar[Ace,e (hemsley and skan). 371 



pubescent, thin, indistinctly 10-nerved, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes 

 broadly triangular, somewhat obtuse, about as long as the tube. Corolla 

 veined longitudinally, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes shorter than the 

 tube, rounded. Stamens 4, nearly equal ; filaments filiform, all bearded ; 

 anther-cells equal, apiculate. 



Lower Guinea. Angola ; Loanda, Gossweiler, 378 ! 



18. A. senegalensis, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 339. An erect 

 more or less hispid, apparently annual herb. Stems slender, simple or 

 with a few erect branches, 6 in. to 2 ft. high. Leaves opposite, except in 

 the inflorescence, very shortly stalked, rather thick, very variable in 

 shape; lower smaller, orbicular or ovate; upper ovate or lanceolate, |— 1 in. 

 long, rounded, obtuse or acute, entire or with a few teeth, 8-nerved . 

 Flowers not very numerous, about \ in. long, very shortly pedicellate ; 

 bracts or floral leaves mostly longer than the flowers ; bracteoles fili- 

 form, or broadest at the tip, almost as long as the calyx, ciliate. Calyx 

 campanulate, distinctly 10-nerved, ciliate on the margin and along the 

 nerves, nearly equally 5-lobed ; lobes as long as the tube, acuminate, 

 acute. Corolla about a third longer than the calyx. Stamens very 

 unequal; filaments filiform, the longer ones bearded; anther-cells nearly 

 equal, apiculate. — Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 209. Melasma 

 indicium, Engl. Glied. Veg. Usambara, reprint 58 and 65 ; Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 381 ; not Aleotra indica, Benth. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur, 9, 10 ! Heudelot, 787 ! Gambia, 

 Brown-Lester, 7 ! 27 ! Cameroons : Cameroon Mountain, 5000-7000 ft., Mann 

 1262 ! 1985 ! 



IVEozamb. »ist. German East Africa : Usambara, Hoist, 8945 ! British 

 Central Africa : Nyasaland ; ^Nainasi, Cameron, 52 ! 



19. A. cordata, Benth. in DC. Prod): x. 339. An erect, herb, 

 4-8 in. high, slightly roughly hairy. Stems very slender, simple or 

 having one or two pairs of branches. Radical leaves not seen. Stem 

 leaves all opposite, sessile or very shortly stalked, thin, cordate-ovate or 

 cordate-elliptic, obtuse or rotundate ; upper ones ovate-lanceolate or 

 lanceolate, acute; all 3- or 1-toothed on each side, l-l£ in. long, 3- 

 nerved. Flowers very shortly pedicellate. Floral-leaves or bracts 

 longer than the flowers. Bracteoles linear, acuminate, nearly as long as 

 the calyx, coarsely hairy. Calyx nearly equally 5-lobed. 10-ribbed, ribs 

 and margins furnished with a few coarse hairs ; lobes deltoid, about J 

 in. long, acute, margins thickened. Corolla scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Filaments and anthers of the longer stamens bearded; anther- 

 cells apiculate. — Glossostylis cordata, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 

 ii. 116. Melasma cordatum, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 358. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia : Tigre ; near Gaf ta, Schimper, 1229 ! 

 The Indian specimens formerly referred to this species prove to be A. indica, 

 Benth. 



20. A. melampyroides, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 339. An erect, 

 pilose, slightly hispid, apparently annual herb. Stems slender, very 



