Buchnera.] xcn. scrophulariace^: (hemsley and skan). 381 



annual, with a simple erect stem 2-3 ft. high, everywhere white-pilose? 

 many-leaved. Basal leaves 2, broadly elliptic, l^-li in. long, |— 1 in. 

 broad, 5-G-nerved, obtuse, sparingly and hispidly pubescent ; cauline 

 leaves linear-oblong or lanceolate, 1^-2 in. long, obtuse, hispidly 

 pubescent, the lower opposite and 3-nerved, the upper alternate, smaller, 

 and less distinctly nerved. Spike (young) f in. long, densely covered 

 with long silky hairs ; bracts lanceolate, the lower 6-7| lin. long, the 

 upper shorter. Calyx cylindric, silky-pilose ; tube 2 1 - lin. long ; teeth 

 1 lin. long, lanceolate-subulate. Corolla deep violet ; tube slender, 5- 

 lin. long, very slightly curved, pilose on the upper part outside and at 

 the throat inside; lobes obovate, the lower 3J lin. long, 2 1 - lin. broad,, 

 somewhat larger than the upper. 



Lower Guinea. Angola: Malange, in a marshy forest, Buclmer, 9! Goss- 

 toeiler, 1088 ! 



10. B. capitata, Benth. in DC. Prodr.x. 495. An erect annual 

 herb l-2£ ft. high; stem simple or sparingly branched, slightly furrowed,. 

 J- 24; lin. thick at the base, glabrous or minutely pubescent ; internodes 

 f-3in. long. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, sessile, oblong- 

 lanceolate to linear, f— 3 in. long, 2-8 lin. broad, acute or obtuse, scabrid, 

 entire or obscurely few-toothed. Flowers in terminal crowded ovoid,, 

 ellipsoid or cylindric spikes 4-16 lin. long ; bracts narrowly obovate,, 

 oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acuminate (sometimes abruptly), If— 3 

 lin. long, concave, rather densely pilose ; bracteoles linear or filiform, 

 1|— 3 lin. long. Calyx 1J-2 lin. long, more or less pilose, 10-nerved 

 (sometimes obscurely), 5-toothed; teeth subulate, 1-1 §• lin. long. Corolla 

 white ; tube 1 J- 2£ lin. long, |— J lin. broad, curved, more or less pilose 

 outside and inside; limb about 1-1J lin. across ; lobes obovate, about 

 \ lin. long and broad. Anthers acute or subacute. Style f lin. long. 

 Capsule subovoid, 1|— \\ lin. long, obtuse. — Engl. PA. Ost-Afr. C. 359; 

 Engl, in Schlechter, Westafr. Kautschuk-Exped. 314; De Wild. & 

 Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. fasc. 2, 45. 



Wile Land. Xiamniam : Merdyans Seriba, Schtueinfiirth, 3852 ! Uganda : 

 Kalungu Marshes, Scott-Elliot, 7424 ! 



Lower Guinea. Gaboon: Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 439! Lower 

 Congo: Stanley Pool, 950 ft., Hens, B, 35 L ! near Dolo, Schlechter, 12457 ! Bingila, 

 D u puis. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Katagwe; Bukoba, 3700 ft., Stuhl- 

 mann, 1562 ! 3742 ! 



Also in Madagascar. 



11. B. paucidentata, Engl. MSS. An erect branched herb- 

 1-2 ft. high ; stems 2 or 3, |— 1 lin. in diam., covered with very slender 

 spreading hairs ; internodes 1|— 2 in. long. Basal leaves broadly oblong,, 

 up to If in. long and 1 in. broad, few-toothed, obtuse, hairy on both 

 sides, scabrid on the upper side ; hairs on the upper side very short and 

 thickened at the base ; cauline leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 

 apiculate or acuminate, If— 3 in. long, 2-6 lin. broad, 3-nerved, few- 

 toothed above the middle or the upper quite entire, hairy like the basal 



