§88 xcn. scuophulariace^ (hemsley and skan). [Buchnera. 



much thickened at the base. Spikes terminal, thick and densely-flowered 

 in the upper part, interrupted below, 3- 1 — 4^- in. long, sometimes with 

 very short axillary spikes in the axils of the uppermost leaves ; bracts 

 ovate-elliptic about 2 lin. long and 1 lin. broad, acute, ciliate ; bracteoles 

 linear-lanceolate, 1-J- lin. long, acuminate, sparingly ciliate. Calyx 2 lin. 

 iono-, pubescent, 10-nervecl, becoming scarious, 5-toothed; teeth narrowly 

 deltoid, | lin. long, acute. Corolla white ; tube 2| lin. long, cylindric, 

 straight, very sparingly white-pubescent outside ; lobes obovate, ij-f lin. 

 long, ^— I lin. broad. Anthers acute. Style about \ lin. long. Capsule 

 ■ovoid-oblong, 2|— 2| lin. long, apiculate. 



Mlozaimb. 3Mst, British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount ATasisi, 4500 ft.' 

 HcClounie, 75 ! 



28. B. Verdiekii, Skan. A small plant only 1^-2| in. high, more or 

 less strongly branched from the base ; branches hairy. Leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate or linear, f-lf in. long, |~ 3J lin. broad, scabridly hairy on 

 "both sides. Inflorescence a terminal spike 1\ lin. to If in. long ; flowers 

 rather numerous but somewhat loosely arranged, the lower sometimes 

 distant ; lower bracts like the leaves, exceeding the flowers ; upper 

 bracts shorter than the calyx ; bracteoles lanceolate, acute, hairy, about 

 \\ lin. long. Calyx hairy, about 5 lin. long, slightly accrescent, 4-5- 

 toothed ; teeth linear, acute, about 1 lin. long, 1 tooth often much 

 reduced. Corolla-tube about as long as the calyx, pubescent ; lobes 

 obovate, about 1\ lin. long and | lin. broad. Fruit oblong, about 2% 

 lin. long and f lin. thick, apiculate. — B. jnisilla, De Wild. Etudes Fl. 

 Katanga, 123, not of H. B. and K. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga ; Lukafu, Verdielc, 574. 



29. B„ Muttii, Skan. A rigid erect minutely pubescent scabrid 

 herb 1^- ft. high or more, blue-black in the dried state ; stems apparently 

 simple (the lower parts have not been seen), 1|— ij lin. thick, sparingly 

 leafy ; internocles up to 2J in. long. Upper leaves opposite or sub- 

 opposite, lanceolate, §-- \\ in. long, acute, narrowed at the base, 3-nervecl. 

 Flowers in dense irregular axillary shortly stalked or sessile compound 

 heads about f in. long and \ in. broad ; bracts lanceolate, 2J lin. long, 

 keeled, acuminate, ciliate; bracteoles linear, 1| lin. long, otherwise as 

 the bracts. Calyx 2 lin. long, sparingly pubescent outside, glandular- 

 pulverulent inside; teeth ovate-lanceolate, about § lin. long, acuminate, 

 ciliate. Corolla-tube somewhat funnel-shaped, rather broad, 2| lin. 

 long, very sparingly pilose outside, densely pilose inside, straight or very 

 slightly curved ; lobes 5, subequal, obovate, about 1 lin. long and f lin. 

 broad, somewhat crisped. Anthers obtuse. Style scarcely \ lin. long. 



Mozaml). 33>ist. British Central Africa: Urungu ; Fwambo, 5250 ft., 

 Nut t ! 



30. B. andongexisis, Hiern in Gat. Afr. PI. Wehv. i. 775. An 

 erect annual herb more than 8 in. high, branched from the base; 

 branches obtusely tetragonal, hispidulous-scabrid ; some of the upper 

 internocles exceeding the leaves. Leaves mostly opposite, obovate- 

 oblong, |-3 in. long, \-l in. broad, obtuse or subapiculate, cuneate at 



