Buchnera.] xcn. scrophulariace,e (hemsley and skan). 387 



obtuse, and of the other pairs linear-lanceolate, 1^-l^in. long, lijr-2-|- 

 lin. broad, acute, entire or having a few small teeth. Spike terminal, 

 about j in. long, rather densely-flowered, densely white-pubescent ; 

 bracts lanceolate, acuminate, about 4; in. long ; bracteoles similar in 

 shape but much smaller. Calyx about \ in. long; 5-toothed ; teeth 

 subulate, 1-1^ lin. long. Corolla-tube about \ in. long, densely and 

 shortly pubescent ; lobes obovate-spathulate, 2-|- lin. long, \ lin. broad. 

 — Engl, cfc Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb.Exped. 366 ; Durand ifeSchinz,, 

 Etudes Fl. Congo, i. 212. 



Lower Guinea. Angola: between Gondkopje and Kakele, 3900 ft., Baum f 

 185; River Chimpungu, 4600 ft., Banm, 864! 



South Central. Congo Free State : Lukolela and Equatorville, Btiettner. 



25. B. Randii, aS'. Moore in Joum. Bot. 1900, 467. An erect 

 plant 6§-14^ in. high ; stem attenuated, scarcely h lin. in diarn., 

 sparingly leafy, pilose-hispid ; internodes lf-3 in. long. Radical leaves 

 ovate or ovate-oblong, 5-10 lin. long, 2|— 3 lin. broad, obtuse ; cauline 

 leaves narrowly linear, 10-15 lin. long, the upper smaller, obtuse. 

 Spikes dense-flowered, somewhat more than 5 lin. long ; bracts ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, hispid, the medium-sized ones 2h lin. long ; bracteoles 

 setaceous, scarcely liy lin. long. Calyx tubular, 2^ lin. long, hispid,, 

 obscurely nerved ; teeth triangular-setaceous, scarcely f lin. long. 

 Corolla 4i lin. long ; tube attenuated, straight, somewhat pilose; limb 

 not more than 1-Jlin. in diam.; lobes obovate-oblong, very obtuse., 

 almost equal. 



IVXozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Rhodesia ; Salisbury, Band, 573 I 



26. B. Poggei, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 69, t. 3, jig. E. An 

 annual herb ; stem about 1 ft. long bearing only 2 leaves at the middle 

 and others approximated at the base ; internodes very much elongated. 

 Basal leaves oblong-lanceolate, 1\- 10 lin. long, entire or undulate- 

 dentate, 3-nerved, long and sparsely hispid-pilose ; cauline leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, about 10 lin. long, sparsely hispid-pilose. Spike short, the 

 lower flowers much longer than the buds at the end ; bracts lanceolate^ 

 \\ lin. long and f lin. broad, long and sparsely hispid-pilose. Calyx 

 3 lin. long, hispid ; teeth triangular, acute, \ lin. long. Corolla-tube 

 nearly 5 lin. long, \ lin. broad, slender, slightly curved, finely pilose ; 

 lobes oblong, glabrous, deep violet-blue, the lower 2 J lin. long and If 

 lin. broad. 



South Central. Lunda : Kirnbundo, on the River Lovo, Bogge, 315. 



27. B. albiflora, Skan. A rigid erect herb 1^ ft. high, having- 

 the stem and branches rather densely pilose with very slender grey 

 hairs ; stem simple below, branched about the middle, terete, about 1|- 

 lin. thick at the base ; branches 5-7| in. long, erect-spreading, few- 

 leaved. Basal leaves narrowly obovate, 8 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, obtuse, 

 scabrid with short white hairs much thickened at the base; upper 

 leaves opposite or alternate, narrowly lanceolate, f— 2^ in. long, 1-3 lin. 

 broad, obtuse or somewhat acute, entire, scabrid with short white hairs 



