Striga.'] xcn. scrophulakiace.e (hemsley and skan). 407 



teeth ; teeth subulate, 1J lin. long. Corolla except the base of the 

 tube densely pilose or almost tomentose, white or pale lilac ; tube 

 4£-5£ lin. long, narrow at the base, curved and much inflated above ; 

 upper lip oblong, 1J—2J lin. long, 1-1|- lin. broad, truncate at the apex; 

 lower lip 2£-4 lin. long ; lobes oblong or oblong- lanceolate, 1£-1£ lin. 

 long, f lin. broad, obtuse. Style 2£ lin. long. Capsule obovoid, 1£ lin. 

 long, nearly 1 lin. broad. — Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 515, t. 12, 

 figs. K, L (lobes of the lower lip of the corolla too narrow) ; Hiern in 

 'Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 779 ; S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 191. 

 .-5'. Thunbergii, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 130, not of Benth. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : Shireh, Petit ! Uganda : near Mulema and at 

 Irunga, Bagshawe, 330 ! 394 C ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; by tbe River Monino, Welwitsch, 5823 ! 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Lake Jalla (Chala), 

 Volkens, 300 ! 



11. S. strictissima, Skan. Very similar to S. canescens in habit 

 and foliage, but the stems are slightly stouter and more rigid, the 

 -corolla-tube is longer and narrower at the apex, the lower lip is much 

 shorter and has shorter more acute lobes. Corolla dull pink, densely 

 covered outside with short adpressed hairs ; tube about 6J- lin. long, 

 narrow at the base, gradually curved and inflated at the apex ; upper 

 lip oblong, 1£ lin. long, 1 J lin. broad, truncate and somewhat irregularly 

 toothed at the apex ; lower lip 1|— If lin. long ; lobes narrowly lanceo- 

 late, about 1 lin. long and £ lin. broad, subacute. Style 8J lin. long. 

 Capsule oblong, lj-li lin. long, § lin. broad. 



Upper Guinea. Northern Nigeria : Nupe, on swampy plains, Baxter, 1263 • 

 Scliweinf urth, 1651, collected on the Wau in Jur, appears to be this. The Kew 

 specimen has no perfect flowers. 



12. S. hermonthica, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 365. 

 An erect usually branched apparently parasitic herb up to 2 ft. high or 

 more, but generally about 1 ft., hispidly hairy, scabrid, leafy ; stems 

 stout, quadrangular. Leaves opposite or alternate, linear-lanceolate or 

 lanceolate, 1-3 in. long, 1-6 lin. broad, acute or acuminate, entire, 

 hispidly hairy chiefly on the margins and nerves, very scabrid. Spikes 

 terminal, more or less densely-flowered, often about 6 in. long ; bracts 

 lanceolate, J— J in. long, |— 1^ lin. broad, acuminate, hispidly ciliate, 

 scabrid ; bracteoles subulate, 2-2f lin. long, hispidly ciliate ; flowers 

 large and showy. Calyx 4|— 5 lin. long, scarious, 5-toothed, 5-nerved, 

 hispidly hairy on the teeth and nerves, sometimes scabrid ; teeth 

 narrowly triangular, 1£— 1£ lin. long (the uppermost much smaller), 

 with filiform tips. Corolla rose-red or red ; tube 7-10 lin. long, 

 sparingly and minutely pubescent, curved and inflated above the calyx; 

 •upper lip suborbicular, about J in. in diam., emarginate or shortly 

 2-lobed ; lower lip 3-lobed ; lobes oblong or oblong-obovate, 5-7 lin. 

 long, lj- 1|- in. broad, very thin, veined. Style 2J lin. long, persistent. 

 Capsule ellipsoid or oblong, 2-3 lin. long, 1^—2 lin. broad. — DC. Prodr. 

 x. 502 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 131 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 



