382 xcn. scrophulariacej±: (hemsley and skan). [Buchnera. 



leaves, but less scabrid. Spikes densely-flowered, terminal on the stems 

 and elongated branches, ancl^ on very short branches which arise in the 

 axils of nearly all the cauline leaves, at first subglobose, 8-4 lin. in diam., 

 growing out in the fruiting stage to 1^ in. long, with some of the lower 

 fruits separated from the rest ; bracts lanceolate or subulate, 1|— 8 lin. 

 long, hispid ; bracteoles minute or often wanting. Calyx 2 lin. long, 

 10-nerved, 5-toothed, hispid; teeth linear-triangular or subulate, f lin. 

 long. Corolla-tube 2 lin. long, slightly curved and somewhat contracted 

 towards the apex, white-pilose above ; lobes obovate, about 4- lin. long 

 and \ lin. broad. Anthers narrowly oblong, nearly \ lin. long, acumi- 

 nate. Style | lin. long, clavate. Capsule ovoid, If lin. long, 1^ lin. 

 broad. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons, 4400 ft., Conran, 12 ! 



12. B. aifixrfs, Be Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 123. Plant more 

 than 1 ft. high, branched ; branches \-§\ in. Jong, glabrescent on the 

 internodes, hairy on the nodes, with stiff white hairs thickened at the 

 base. Lower leaves elliptic-oblong, about 3J in. long and 1 in. broad, 

 entire or irregularly toothed, sessile, 3-nerved, scabrid on both sides ; 

 upper leaves narrower, always clearly 3-nerved, obtuse, cuneate at the 

 base, more or less amplexicaul. Inflorescence spicate, terminal or 

 lateral, long- or very shortly pedunculate, 6-11 lin. long, about 7 lin. 

 thick ; lowermost bracts like the leaves but reduced, as long as or a little 

 longer than the spike ; upper bracts oval, acute, about 2\ lin. long and 

 1 1 lin. broad, scabrid, with 3 keeled nerves ; bracteoles linear, 2\ lin. 

 long. Calyx 3 lin. long in flower increasing to 8 J lin. long in fruit, 

 4-toothed ; teeth linear, £-f- lin. long and \ lin. broad in flower up to 

 2 lin. long in fruit. Corolla-tube glabrous, about 3£ lin. long ; lobes 

 obovate, \\ lin. long, f-1 lin. broad. Fruit ovoid, 2J-3 lin. long, f-1 

 lin. thick, beaked. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga ; plateau near Lukaf u, Ver- 

 ■dick, 42. 



13. B. quangensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 71, t. 3, Jig. L. 

 Stem about l\ ft. high, thick, branched, densely adpressed pilose, leafy ; 

 branches 8-10 in. long ; internodes 1-1| in. long. Leaves lanceolate 

 or oblanceolate, about 1J in. long, up to 2J lin. broad, rather, thick, 

 entire, obtuse or sometimes acute, shortly and densely hispidly hairy on 

 both sides. Spikes shortly cylindric, 10 lin. long, 7 lin. broad, very 

 densely flowered ; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 3-5 lin. long, acute, adpressed- 

 pilose on the outside ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, about as long as the 

 bracts. Calyx obconical-tubular, 4 lin. long, ^ lin. broad at the base, 

 nearly 1| lin. broad at the apex, rather densely pilose, 5-toothed ; teeth 

 narrowly ovate to triangular, f-1 lin. long, acute, the uppermost 

 smallest. Corolla-tube 4J-5 lin. long, densely pilose above; lobes 

 obovate, \\ lin. long and "broad, the lower somewhat larger than the 

 upper. Style If lin. long, thickened above. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Chamasango, on the River Kuango ; Teuscz, 

 540! 



