Bicchnera.] xcu. scrophulariace,e (hemsley and skan). 397 



adpressed ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 1£ lin. long, acuminate, ciliate. 

 Calyx tubular, about 2£- 4 lin. long, £ lin. broad, 10-ribbed; teeth 

 lanceolate, very acute, f lin. long. Corolla blue, funnel-shaped ; tube 

 5 lin. long, £ lin. broad ; lobes spathulate, about 2-2J lin. long and 

 1-1 {- lin. broadj the lower somewhat longer than the upper. — Durand 

 <fc De Wild, in Comptes-rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxiii. 103; DeWild. 

 Etudes Fl. Katanga, 123. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Teuscz, 179. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Kasai River, JBushner; Bashilange; Lulua 

 River, Pogge, 322! Katanga; between Luapula and Lufila, Descamps ; near 

 Lukafa, Verdict;, 12. 



49. B. hispida, Bach.-Ham. in D. Don, Prod?'. FL Nep. 91. An 

 erect annual herb |-1£ ft. high, more or less densely covered with hispid 

 hairs, scabrid ; stem simple or branched in the upper part, terete ; 

 branches ascending. Lower leaves elliptic to oblong, up to 3J in. long 

 and 10 lin. broad, obtuse, coarsely or sometimes obscurely toothed, 

 often scabrid with minute white points ; upper leaves narrowly oblong- 

 lanceolate or linear, usually 1-1£ (rarely up to 3) in. long, 1-4 lin. 

 broad, usually acute, entire or sometimes sparingly toothed, much 

 narrowed at the base. Flowers in loose interrupted terminal spikes 

 usually under 6 in. long ; bracts ovate to lanceolate or lanceolate at the 

 base and subulate at the apex, 1-4 lin. long, acuminate, pilose or 

 glabrous except on the ciliate margin, concave ; bracteoles subulate 

 to linear-lanceolate, f~lf lin. long. Calyx If- 4 lin. long, rather 

 densely covered with spreading hispid hairs ; teeth narrowly deltoid to 

 linear-triangular, -J— 1 lin. long, very acute. Corolla-tube 2§~4J lin. 

 long, straight, cylindric, glabrous outside or with a few minute hairs 

 near the throat, rarely distinctly hairy ; lobes oblong-obovate to obovate- 

 cuneate, |— 1|- lin. long, -|— 1 lin. broad. Anthers acuminate. Style 

 £-lf lin. long. Capsule elliptic-oblong, 2|— 3J lin. long. — Benth. in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 496 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 128 ; Vatke in Linnam, 

 xliii. 309 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 381, and Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 360 ; Engl. & Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 366 ; Almagia in 

 Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, viii. 142; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 298; 

 Wight, Ic. PI. t. 1413. B. schimperiana, Hochst. ex Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 496. B. macrocarpa, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 128. 

 Striga schimperiana, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 128. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 132 ! Gambia, Boteler ! 



Nile Land. Eritrea : Mensa, Terracciano Sf Pappi. Abyssinia : Tigre ; 

 Adowa, Steudner, 789 ! Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 23 ! Adcli-Dschoa (Additcha ?), 

 Schimper, 346 ! Mountains near Axum, Schimper, 1516 ! Sbireb, Quart in-Dillon 

 Sr Petit, 208 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 774 ! British East Africa : 

 near Mombasa, Hildebrandt, 2034 ! Uganda, Scott-Elliot, 6783 partly ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Amboella ; between Mahutzua and Ediva, Baum, 

 970 ! German South-west Africa; Amboland ; Upingtonia, Schinz, 13 ! 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usambara ; Duga, Hoist, 3183! 

 Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; between Mambucha and Vicente, Scott ! 



Also in Mad igascar and India. 



