Rhaniphicarpa.~\ xcn. sc'ROPHULAUiACEiE (hemsley and skan). 423 



quadrangular, sparingly and often bifariously pubescent ; upper inter- 

 nodes 1-|— 2 in. long. Leaves mostly opposite, shortly petiolate or 

 subsessile, deltoid-ovate to ovate-lanceolate or oblong, f— If in. long, 

 J-l in. broad, often deeply pinnatifid at the base, serrate-dentate above, 

 acute or obtuse, covered with fine or short and stiff hairs ; lobes and 

 teeth broad, acute ; floral leaves lanceolate, entire, 4-7 lin. long. Flowers 

 opposite, in a loose stiff terminal raceme. Pedicels \- If lin. long ; 

 bracteoles linear, about 1 lin. long, or quite absent. Calyx campanulate, 

 3-5 lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad, 10-ribbed, with a few hispid hairs chiefly 

 on the margins of the lobes ; lobes ovate or elongate-triangular, 1^-2 

 lin. long, |— 1 lin. broad, shortly acuminate. Corolla pale violet ; tube 

 |— | in. long, nearly 1|- lin. broad below, gibbous 2 lin. from the limb, 

 glandular-pubescent; limb 11-12 lin. in diam. ; upper lip obovate-orbi- 

 cular, 5£ lin. long, 6^- lin. broad, bifid; lobes of the loAver lip obovate, 

 4 lin. long, 5-5J lin. broad. Style only 2 lin. long, broadly clavate at 

 the apex. Capsule obliquely deltoid-ovoid, 7-8J lin. long including the 

 beak, much compressed, dehiscing along the upper suture only; beak 

 acuminate, placed at a right angle to the pedicel. Seeds about \ lin. 

 long, truncate at both ends ; testa reticulate, scabrid. — Cycnium suffru- 

 ticosum, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 479. 



Mozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Usambara, JBuchwald, 96 ! Magila, 

 1000 ft., Kirk ! Ukami ; South Uluguru, 3900 ft., Goetse, 231 ! 



8. R. cameroniana, Oliver in Joum. Linn. Soc. xv. 95. An erect 

 herb 1 ft. high or more ; stem sparingly branched, quadrangular, 4-sul- 

 cate, nearly glabrous. Leaves sessile or subsessile, few, linear-lanceolate 

 or linear, \— f in. long, f-1 lin. broad, acute, somewhat scabrid,' often with 

 1 or 2 narrow acute teeth on each side at the base. Flowers racemose. 

 Pedicels f-l|- lin. long ; bracteoles 2, linear-subulate, f-1 lin. long, 

 attached to the base of the calyx. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 3-4J lin. 

 long, 10-ribbed, glabrous or nearly so ; lobes lanceolate, 1J-2 lin. long, 

 acute. Corolla apparently white, minutely and sparingly pubescent ; 

 tube 10-12 lin. long, cylindric, slender, slightly curved, gibbous near 

 the apex ; limb spreading, nearly l-§- in. in diam. ; lobes broadly obovate, 

 rounded at the apex. Capsule broadly obovoid, 3|— 4 lin. long and 

 broad, subtruncate or obcordate at the apex, straight or slightly oblique, 

 not beaked ; valves coriaceous, retuse.- — Cycnium earner onianuin, Engl. 

 Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 361. 



Mozamb. Dist. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 



9. R. Jamesii, Skan. An erect herb, 1^ ft. high or more, almost 

 glabrous and smooth, drying a shining black ; stems rigid, very sparingly 

 branched, about 1^ lin. thick ; branches up to 1 ft. long or more, erect ; 

 internodes up to 2f" in. long. Leaves (lowermost not seen) opposite, 

 linear, 1-4 (usually 2-3) in. long, f- If lin. broad, acute, entire, thick, 

 sprinkled over with flat whitish callosities. Flowers in distant pairs 

 arranged in terminal spike-like racemes, which become 1 ft. long ; bracts 

 similar to the leaves but smaller, the lowermost about 1 in. long, de- 

 creasing in length upwards to 3 lin. Pedicels mostly only about J lin. 



