412 xcn. scrophulaejace.e (hemsley and skan). [Striga. 



subopposite in loose terminal spikes 4-7 in. long, the- lower sometimes 

 widely separated from the rest ; bracts lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 

 2-7 lin. long or the lowest up to 1 in. long, acute or acuminate, densely 

 and shortly pubescent, more or less scabrid ; bracteoles linear, lg— 3 1 - 

 lin. long, densely pubescent. Calyx J-lJ in. long, densely and hispidly 

 pubescent outside and inside, the hairs inside longer and somewhat 

 adpressed, 15- or 16-ribbed; teeth triangular-lanceolate, l|-3|4in. long, 

 acuminate, somewhat unequal. Corolla orange-red ; tube §— | in. long, 

 sharply curved and slightly inflated near the apex, thinly covered 

 except at the glabrous base with rather long gland-tipped hairs ; limb 

 11-12 lin. in diam., 2-lipped ; upper lip broadly obovate, 4-5 lin. long, 

 6-7 lin. broad, deeply emarginate ; lobes rounded ; lower lip deeply 

 3-lobed ; lobes oblong or obovate-oblong, G-7 lin. long, 3|— 4 lin. broad, 

 slightly apiculate. Anthers narrowly oblong, f lin. long, obtuse. Style 

 about 5^ lin. long, dilated at the apex. 



CTile Land. Somaliland : Ononuf, James 8c Thrupp ! 



19. S. pubiflora, Klotzsch in Peters, Seise Mossamb. Bot. 227. A 

 slender erect herb, 1 ft. high ; stem simple or branched above, slender, 

 quadrangular, glabrous below, somewhat scabrid towards the apex. 

 Leaves opposite below, alternate above, linear, 10-15 lin. long, 1 lin. 

 broad, subacute, attenuated at the base, quite entire, revolute on the 

 margin, white-subtuberculate-scabrid. Flowers 4-9, alternate, in loose 

 spikes terminating the stem and branches, shortly pedicellate ; bracts 

 and bracteoles subulate, scabrid, 2-5 lin. long. Calyx tubular, 15- 

 ribbed, scabrid, 5-toothed, 5| lin. long ; teeth lanceolate-subulate, lj 

 lin. long, scabrid inside and outside. Corolla salver-shaped, 2-lipped ; 

 tube 10 lin. long, narrow, villous, geniculate-incurved and somewhat 

 inflated above the middle ; upper lip broadly truncate-obovate, ^ as 

 long as the lower ; lower lip 3-lobed ; lobes obovate, ^ in. long, 2 lin. 

 broad, finely pubescent on the margins and outside. Capsule \ in. 

 long, 2 lin. broad, compressed, acute ; valves recurved at the apex after 

 dehiscence.— Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 361. 



Mozamb. mist. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, Peters. 



Var. sansibarensis, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 361. Stem up to 18 in. liigb, scabridly 

 pubescent everywhere, but more densely towards the apex. Calyx |— | in. long ; 

 teeth up to ~ in. long-. Corolla white ; tube 1-1^ in. long, straight below r , curved 

 and inflated from 2-3 lin. below the apex; upper lip ^ in. long and | in. broad ; 

 lobes of lower lip -§-§ in. long, 5—5^- lin. broad. Capsule ovoid, about ^ lin. long 

 and 2 J lin. broad. — Striga Zanzibar ensis, Vatke in Linnasa, xliii. 310. 



TJTile Land. British East Africa : coast near Lamu Island, Hildebrandt, 

 1907 ! Wateruma (Duruma), Kassner, 134 ! 



Mozamb. mist. German East Africa : Mafia Island, Kirk ! Usambara ; 

 Tanga, Heinsen, 87 ! Muoa, Hoist, 2989 ! Usagara, Kirk ! Portuguese East 

 Africa : in swamps at Dondo, near Beira, Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, 247 ! British 

 Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1174 ! 



20. S. euphrasioides, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 364. 

 An erect annual herb, 6-18 in. high, almost glabrous or more or less 



