fitriga.] XCII. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). 413 



covered with short stiff hairs, usually very scabrid ; stem simple or 

 freely branched; branches erect- spreading. Leaves mostly alternate, 

 linear to linear-lanceolate, |— 2 in. long, f— 2 lin. broad, rather acute, 

 entire or few-toothed. Flowers axillary, solitary, alternate, forming 

 long lax terminal spikes ; lower bracts leaf-like, the upper linear to 

 subulate, 2-4 lin. long, shortly and finely pubescent ; bracteoles linear, 

 1|— 2 lin. long, otherwise as the bracts. Calyx tubular, 5-5^ lin. long, 

 prominently 15-ribbed, 5-toothed, hispidly pubescent ; teeth lanceolate, 

 .slightly unequal, li— If lin. long, elongating in the fruiting stage, acute. 

 Corolla rather densely white-pilose on the upper part of the tube and 

 on the outside of the limb ; tube about j? in. long, abruptly curved 

 about J in. from the base and inflated at the curve ; upper lip broadly 

 obovate, emarginate or truncate, 1|— 2 lin. long, 2-2^ lin. broad ; lobes 

 of the lower lip narrowly obovate to obovate-oblong, 2|~3 lin. loner, 

 lj-lf lin. broad, obtuse. Capsule ovoid, \ in. long, If lin. broad, 

 apiculate ; valves recurved at the apex after dehiscence. — DC. Prodr. x. 

 503 ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 299. Buchnera eupihrasioides, Vahl, 

 Symb. iii. 81 ; Wight, Ic. PI. t. 855. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Port Hill, Tanganyika 

 Plateau, 3500-4000 ft, Whyte ! Nyika Plateau, 6500 ft., McClounie, 178 ! " 

 Also in India, Ceylon and Java. 



21. S. Klingii, Skan. An erect annual herb about 1 ft. high, 

 drying green or brown, densely covered with fine but very stiff grey 

 hairs which are much thickened at the base ; stem simple or shortly 

 branched near the apex, quadrangular, about 1J lin. thick, somewhat 

 leafy. Leaves opposite, linear-oblong to lanceolate, f-l-J- in. long, 2-3|- 

 lin. broad, obtuse, slightly narrowed at the base, entire or with a few 

 obscure teeth, thick, callose at the apex, extremely scabrid. Spikes 

 terminal, cylindric, 3-4 in. long, J in. broad, densely-flowered, often 

 with 1 or more short spikes just below the terminal one; bracts imbri- 

 cate, broadly lanceolate, about J in. long, 1^-1 h lin. broad, acuminate, 

 with long stiff hairs on the margin and short ones on both surfaces ; 

 bracteoles linear, 2-3 lin. long, stiffly hairy. Calyx about 3-J- lin. long, 

 10-ribbed (i of the ribs very prominent), 5-toothed, stiffly hairy; teeth 

 narrowly triangular to linear, acuminate, unequal, 1-1-|- lin. long. 

 Corolla red, rather densely pubescent outside ; tube 5 lin. long, curved 

 and slightly inflated from the middle to the apex ; upper lip somewhat 

 quadrate, emarginate, scarcely 1 lin. long and broad ; lower lip 3-lobed ; 

 lobes elliptic-oblong, 1^-lf lin. long, f-1 lin. broad. Style 2f lin. long, 

 clavate and emarginate at the apex. Capsule oblong, 2-2J lin. long and 

 nearly 1 lin. broad, apiculate. — Buchnera Klingii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xviii. 72, t. 3, figs. R— S. 



Upper Guinea. Togo : Assumafaru, Buettner, 293. Ketschem Timoy, Buettner, 

 221 ! Northern Nigeria : Borgu, in swamps, Barter, 758 ! 



22. S. macrantha, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 503. A somewhat 

 stout erect herb 2-4 ft. high ; stem usually branched above, quadrangular, 

 bisulcate, scabridly hairy. Leaves opposite, linear-lanceolate to lanceo- 



