392 xcn. sceophulariace/e (hemsley and skan). \Buchnera, 



linear, acuminate, 2J-3J lin. long, sparingly ciliate. Calyx 4 J-5 lin. 

 long, glabrous except the sparingly ciliate teeth, somewhat scarious, 

 irregularly 10-nerved, 5-toothecl ; teeth ovate-triangular to linear- 

 triangular, acuminate or setaceous at the tips, f-l|- lin. long, the upper- 

 most smallest, and the lateral approximate in pairs. Corolla white, 

 glabrous outside ; tube curved from base to throat, cylindric, |— J in. 

 long (not longer or only a little longer than the calyx), about £ lin. 

 broad ; lobes oblong, 2-2J lin. long, |— 1 lin. broad, usually flat. Anthers 

 acute. Style 1J-2J lin. long. Capsule linear-oblong, 3£ lin. long, 1 J 

 lin. broad. 



Mozamb. 3>ist. British Gentral Africa : Nyasaland : between Kondowe and 

 Karonga, 2000-60CO ft., Whyte ! Mount Mlanji, Whyte ! 



39. B. Lastii, Engl. Pfl. Osi-Afr. C. 359. An erect unclershrub 

 1-1 £ ft. high, drying black; stems 2 or more arising from a short 

 thickened woody rootstock, simple or rather freely branched chiefly 

 near the base, terete or somewhat angular, f— 1 lin. thick, bifariously and 

 minutely pubescent ; internodes |— 1£ in. long. Leaves mostly opposite, 

 sessile, lanceolate, 7-14 lin. long, 1|— 2f- lin. broad, acute, glabrous, 

 rather thick, entire or minutely denticulate. Spikes terminal, slender, 

 3-G in. long; lower flowers in distant pairs (8-18 lin. apart) and the- 

 upper pairs much closer and imbricate in bud ; lowermost bracts like 

 the upper leaves ; upper bracts broadly lanceolate, 3-5 lin. long, l-l^- 

 lin. broad, acute, concave, very sparingly ciliate ; bracteoles very 

 narrowly linear, 2^- lin. long, very sparingly ciliate. Calyx 3-J- 3f lin. 

 long, scarious, glabrous except the ciliate teeth, unequally 9- or 10- 

 nerved, 5-toothecl ; teeth very irregular, lanceolate or narrowly tri- 

 angular, acuminate, the longest 1J lin. long, the shortest about \ lin. 

 long. Corolla yellow-green or brown when dry, glabrous outside ; tube 

 curved from base to throat, 4 J-4 J lin. long, slightly and equally dilated 

 near the apex; lobes oblong, 1J lin. long, 1? lin. broad. Anthers acute. 

 Style 1J lin. long. Capsule narrowly ovoid-ellipsoid, about 2 lin. long. 

 — B. kingaensis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 404. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kinga Mountains ; south-west slope of 

 the Pikurugwe ridge, 8200 ft., Goetze, 1242! Portuguese East Africa: Makua 

 Country; Namuli Hills, Last ! 



40. B. fulgens, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 478. A rather 

 slender erect branched herb about If ft. high, shortly and hispidly 

 pubescent ; stems leafless at the base, terete ; internodes |— 2 in. long ; 

 branches often very slender and elongated, ascending. Leaves opposite 

 or the upper subopposite, sessile, narrowly linear to linear-lanceolate,. 

 1-10 lin. long, J-l lin. broad, obtuse, much narrowed at the base. 

 Inflorescence a lax few-flowered terminal spike or raceme ; flowers- 

 alternate, opposite or subopposite ; bracts broadly lanceolate, 1-li lin. 

 long, concave, shortly acuminate, almost glabrous on the back, ciliate ; 

 pedicels 0-2 lin. long ; bracteoles linear, J— 1 lin. long. Calyx 3|-4i- 

 lin. long, strongly 10- ribbed, sparingly and minutely pubescent outside, 

 rather densely pubescent on the teeth inside ; teeth lanceolate-triangular, 



