Cycniopsis.] xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 417 



lower part, distinctly curved and inflated near the apex, slightly con- 

 tracted or not enlarged above the curve, somewhat densely glandu- 

 lar-pilose ; limb |--|- in. in diam., distinctly 2-lipped ; upper lip 

 obcordate, 3£ lin. long, nearly 4 lin. broad ; lobes of the lower lip 

 narrowly obovate, 3|— 4J lin. long, the median one slightly longer than 

 the others, 2|~3 lin. broad, rounded at the apex. Anthers oblong, 

 .nearly -| lin. long, obtuse. Style 6-7J lin. long, clavate at the apex. 

 Capsule (immature) ovoid, compressed, 2 lin. long, J J lin. broad. 



Nile Land. Uganda : Nandi District, Johnston ! Elgon District, James ! 

 between Kikuva and Eldama Rivine, Whyte ! British East Africa : Nairobi, 

 Perceval ! 



•!. C. minima, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 233, with figure. Very 

 closely allied to *S y . oblucifolia, from which it differs in the following 

 characters : Leaves acute or subacute, cuneate at the base. Calyx- 

 lobes linear- triangular, H- If- lin. long, |— J lin. broad. Corolla-tube 

 § lin. long, £ lin. broad at the base, slightly curved about |- in. above, 

 gradually enlarged from the curve to the apex, where it is slightly 

 more than 1 lin. broad, less pubescent. Style 4|- lin. long. 



Wile Land. Somaldand : between Gallaboda and Jidda, 4250-4600 ft. Mien- 

 beck, 1207 ! 



A fragment in the British Museum, collected by Hintle ai Machakos, in British 

 East Africa, appears to be this species. 



43. STRIGINA, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 516, t. 13, A— H. 



Calyx cylindrical, narrow, 5-nerved, equally 5-toothed ; teeth erect, 

 linear, acute, ciliolate, about ^ the length of the tube. Corolla-tube 

 cylindrical, very narrow, slightly exceeding the calyx, curved at the 

 top ; limb 2-lipped ; upper lip oblong, slightly notched ; lower lip 

 3dobed ; lobes spreading, oblong or spathulate, rounded. Stamens 2, 

 attached to the mouth of the tube at the base of the upper lip ; fila- 

 ments very short ; anthers unequally 2-celled ; staminodes 2, between 

 the lobes of the lower lip, short, filiform. Ovary elongate-ovoid, 

 glabrous ; style glabrous, slightly overtopping the stamens ; stigma 

 2-lobed ; lobes obovate. Capsule 2-celled, 2-valved, dehiscing by the 

 dissepiments. Seeds ovoid, longitudinally about 10-ribbed. 

 The only species. 



1. S. pusilla, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 516, t. 13, A — //. An 



erect (annual ?) fibrous-rooted nearly glabrous herb, 2-3 in. high. Stems 

 very slender, branching from the base, quadrangular, thickened at the 

 nodes, densely leafy. Leaves linear, 2-3 lin. long, acute, erect. 

 Flowers solitary, terminal, slightly overtopping the leaves. Corolla- 

 limb about 1 lin. across. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Karagv\e; lhangiro, Siuhlmann, 

 3367 



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