396 xcn. SCROPHULARIACE.E (hemsley and skan). [Buchnera: 



bracts. Calyx ^ in. long, shortly pilose, distinctly 10-nerved ; teeth 

 narrowly deltoid to linear- triangular, J-| lin. long, acute or acuminate, 

 ciliate. Corolla deep blue; tube 4J-5 lin. long, cylindric, straight, 

 very sparingly pilose outside, rather densely pilose at the throat inside ; 

 lobes obovate, about 2 lin. long, 1^-1 f lin. broad. Anthers acuminate. 

 Style about 1 lin. long. Capsule ovoicl, 2\ lin. long. — Hiern in Cat. 

 Afr. PI. Welw. i. 775. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes ; about the River Bero, Welwitscli, 

 5825! banks of the Kiver Maiombo, Welwitsch, 5826 ! Huilla; Cliella Mountains, 

 Johnston ! 



47. B. Henriquesii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 69, t. o,fig. B. A 

 dwarf more or less hispid-pilose apparently annual herb usually much 

 branched from the woody base ; branches ascending, 3-G (rarely up to 

 10) in. long, leafy. ' Leaves linear or lanceolate, J-lf (usually f~l) in. 

 JOn g'> i-%i 1™- broad, obtuse or acute. Spikes terminal, with the 

 flowers crowded at the apex, becoming lax and growing out usually 

 o-4 in. long in the fruiting stage, rather broad at the apex, scarcely 

 tapering beyond the opened flowers ; bracts ovate to lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 1-2| lin. long, i-f lin. broad, ciliate, more or less hairy on 

 the back ; bracteoles linear, 1-1£ lin. long. Calyx narrowly tubular, 

 2f-3|- lin. long, |- lin. broad, 10-nerved, 5-toothed, sparingly to rather 

 densely hispidly hairy ; hairs aclpressed and turned upwards or spread- 

 ing; teeth narrowly lanceolate to linear-triangular, |-1 lin. long, spread- 

 ing after flowering. Corolla deep blue, bright violet, rose or white ; 

 tube 3-5 lin. long, straight, cylindric, |-| lin. broad, adpresied-pilose 

 outside, densely pilose at the throat inside; lobes obovate, lj-Si lin. 

 long, 1-2 lin. broad, unequal. Anthers f-f- lin. long, acuminate. Style 

 1-li lin. long, clavate. Capsule oblong, lf-2^ lin. long, | lin. broad.-- 

 Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 775 ; Engl. &, Gilg in Baum, Kunene- 

 Samb. Exped. 367. B. rhodesiana, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. 1900, 468, 



lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 5S33 ! Amboella; 

 by the Kiver Chitanda, below Goudkopje, Baum, 136 ! Kiver Kubango, above 

 Massaea, Baum, 267 ! 268 ! 269 ! Kiver Longa, above the Kiver Quiriri, Baum, 

 701 ! 



Mozamb. Hist. British Central Africa : Kbodesia ; Lesbumo Valley, Holub ! 

 Salisbury, Band, 154 ! Matabeleland, JElliott ! Mashonalaud ; Charter Fiats, Hon. 

 Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 83 ! high plateau, 3000-5000 ft., Bryce ! (Tropical ? South 

 African Gold Fields, Baines !) 



Baum, 701, has much larger bracts than the type. 



48. B. multicaulis, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 69, t. 3, fig. A. A 



minutely very sparingly hispid many-stemmed herb; stems short (about 

 3-3^ in. long), erect or ascending ; internodes 5—7^- lin. long. Leaves 

 opposite, oblong- spathulate, only 3|— 6'£ lin. long and \\-2 lin. broad, 

 minutely sparingly hispid chiefly on the upper side, ciliolate, the upper- 

 most sometimes very much approximated. Flowei n s rather few, in short 

 interrupted terminal spikes : bracts (also the calyx and corolla-tube) 

 densely or sparingly minutely hispid ; hairs white, minute, somewhat 



