384 XCII. SCROPHULARIACE.E (HEMSLEY ANT> WAN). !~ P 



lin. long, pubescent, prominently loMaeryed; teeth §-§ lin. ' >ng, subu- 

 late-lanceolate, slightly concave. Corolla vioM blue ; t j eylv !ric y 

 straight, 3 lin. long, sparingly r :1 >se outside, rather densely pilose - \ 

 the throat inside ; lobes oblong -dbovate to obovate, 1|-U 1lV 

 lin. broad. Anthers acuminate. Style § lin. long. Caps.v.- 

 ovoid 3 lin. long, scarcely beaked, bj 'cate. — B. Wehcitschu, j: 

 forma parviflora, Engl. & Gilg in Baun lanene-Samb. F,: p& 



lower Guinea. Angola: Amboella; uy the River Longa be! *• Ohiji^ ,. 

 3900 ft. Baum, 621 ! above Napalanka, Baum, 573a. 



17. B. rungwensis, Engl, in Engl. Jakrb. xxx. 403. An annual 

 herb with a strong taproot and a short root? : ,ok emitting 2 or 3 erect 

 densely pilose stems 6-8 in. long. Basal leaves linear-oblong, 10-1. 

 lin. long, about 2|-3J lin. broad, obtuse, cvaier' towards tlie base, 

 1-nerved ; cauline leaves few (only 2 or 3 pairs in the; type), lin«_.„x-- 

 lanceolate to linear, 5-7J- lin. long, f-1 lin. broad, acute, sparsely pile. 

 Spikes |-lf in. long, somewhat lax-flowered; bracts imbricate, lanceo- 

 late, about 5 lin. long and 1 lin. broad, rather densely pilose. Calyx 3 

 lin. long, rather densely pilose ; teeth narrowly triangular, abont J lin. 

 long. Corolla bright violet ; tube 5-6 lin. long, \ lin. broad, very 

 slightly curved ; lobes obovate, 3J lin. long, 2| lin. broad, the upper 

 somewhat smaller than the others. 



Mozamb. 3>ist. German East Africa : Rungwe Mountains, on the slopes of 

 the highest summit, 9500 ft,, Goetze, 1153 ! 



18. B. strictissima, Engl. & Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. ExpecL 

 367. A very slender annual herb l|-lf ft. high, erect ; stem straight,. 

 simple or sometimes sparingly branched, glabrous except for a few 

 scattered minute stiff hairs ; internodes \-\ in. long at the base up to 

 1A in. long in the upper part of the stem. Leaves opposite, linear, 

 4-7 lin. long, \-l lin. broad, the upper smaller, obtuse or acute, fleshy,, 

 usually with "a few minute stiff hairs chiefly alon^ midrib and 



margins. Flowers in cylindric crowded terminal spikes anout \\ in. 

 long, which sometimes have short weak bra aches at the base ; bracts 

 ovate, broadly ovate or suborbicular, 1 lin. i^n-g and nearly 1 lin. broad, 

 fleshy, apiculate, slightly pulverulent, more or less white-margined at 

 the apex ; bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, § lin. long, rather acute. Calyx 

 1-1| lin. long, minutely puberulous, fleshy ; teeth ^-| lin. long, semi- 

 ovate, rounded at the apex, minutely a? ' hispidly ciliate, the upper 

 tooth much smaller. Corolla rose-coloured; tube narrow^ cylindric. 

 incurved, §\ lin. long, glabrous outside, shortly pubescent inside ; lobe, 

 obovate, 1-1 1 lin. long and nearly 1 lin. broad, entire, bifid or denticu- 

 late. Anthers acute. Style f lin. long. Capsule ellipsoid-gk josu, 

 li— 11 lin. long, bisulcate, slightly emargi-^e. 



lower Guinea. Angola: Amboella; Kampuluve Eiver, 3900 ft., Baum, 

 734! 



19. B. ensifolia, Engl. i. *!ngl. Jahrb. xxiii. 511. \n annual 

 herb branched from the base; stem 6-12 in. high, shortly grey-piluse ; 



