416 xcn. scrophulariace,e (hemsley and skan). [Cycniopsis. 



Leaves acute or subacute, cuneate at the base; 

 corolla-tube gradually enlarged from the curve 

 to the apex 3. C. minima. 



1. C. humifusa, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 233. A very small 

 perennial prostrate herb, branched from the base ; branches very- 

 slender, creeping, often short, but sometimes nearly 1 ft. long, more or 

 less strigose. Leaves opposite, obovate-oblong, oblong-elliptic or some- 

 times lanceolate, 3-5 lin. long including the very short petiole, f-lf 

 lin. broad, obtuse, sparingly strigose on the underside of the midrib 

 and along the margins, somewhat horny along the margins. Flowers 

 few, axillary at the base of the branches; peduncles \-\ lin. long; 

 bracteoles 2, ovate-spathulate, obtuse, about 3 lin. long and 1 lin. broad. 

 Calyx tubular, 6-7J lin. long, about \\ lin. broad, 10-ribbed or -nerved, 

 very sparingly strigose chiefly along the margins of the lobes, slightly 

 curved ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 2-^-3 lin. long, \ lin. broad. 

 Corolla-tube 11-15 lin. long, £■ lin. broad below, slightly curved and 

 inflated at the apex, rather densely-glandular pubescent, densely 

 bearded at the throat inside; limb f-1 in. in diam., rather firm in 

 texture, 4-lobed ; lobes broadly obovate, 4-j— 7 lin. long, 4-8 lin. broad, 

 densely and prominently veined, the upper slightly emarginate and 

 broader than the others. Anthers oblong, about J- lin. long ; filaments 

 glabrous. Style f-1 in. long, clavate at the apex. Capsule oblong, 

 somewhat compressed, subtruncate, as long as the calyx. — Browallia 

 humifusa, Forsk. Fl. ^Egypt.-Arab. 112. Buchnera humifusa, Yahl, 

 Symb. Bot. iii. 81. Striga humifusa, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. i. 362. S. humilis, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 101 ; A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 131. Rhamphicarpa humilis, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 

 101, and ex Benth. in DO. Prodr. x. 504. Cycnium humifusum, 

 Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 969 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 383. 



OTile Xiand. Abyssinia: Samen; near Enjedcap, Scliimper, 1000! Bege- 

 meder ; near Debra Tabor, 6500 ft., Schimper, 1384 ! Sboa, Petit ! 6550 ft., 

 EUenbeck, 1540; and without precise locality, Ploivden .' Schimper, 84! 



Also in South-west Arabia. 



2. C. ofotusifolia, Skan. A small slender perennial prostrate 

 herb, branched from the base ; branches about i lin. thick, from a 

 few lines up to 8 in. long, strigose ; internodes 2£-3f lin. long. Leaves 

 opposite, elliptic or ovate-elliptic, 1J-3J lin. long, ] |— 2§ lin. broad, entire, 

 obtuse, rounded at the base, very shortly petiolate, covered especially on 

 the upper side with hairs thickened at the base, often scabrid. Flowers 

 subsessile, axillary along the branches from the base upwards, 1 to each 

 pair of leaves. Bracteoles oblong-lanceolate, 2 lin. long, \ lin. broad, 

 somewhat obtuse, hispidly hairy on the margins and on the underside 

 of the midrib. Calyx tubular, 3|-5i lin. long, scarcely 1 lin. broad at 

 the base, lj-lf lin. broad above, 10-ribbed, hispidly hairy, 5dobed ; 

 lobes narrowly oblong, 14— 2f lin. long, \- f- lin. broad, obtuse or acute. 

 Corolla apparently white; tube 8J-12 lin. long, £-f lin. broad in the 



