424 xcu. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). \_Khamphicarpa. 



long, in fruit sometimes 1 \ lin. long ; bracteoles 0. Calyx campanulate, 

 4J lin. long, minutely pulverulent, furnished on the lobes with a few 

 whitish callosities, prominently 10-ribbed; lobes triangular- lanceolate,. 

 2-2|- ij n _ long, about 1 lin. broad at the base, acuminate. Corolla-tube 

 curved, 12—13 lin. long, 1^ lin. broad below, distinctly gibbous about 

 2 lin. from the apex, densely pubescent ; limb l^-lf in. in diam. ; upper 

 lip very broadly obcordate, 7-8 lin. long, 8-9 lin. broad ; lobes of the 

 lower lip broadly obovate, 8-10 lin. long and broad. Capsule obliquely 

 ovate, 6-7 lin. long including the long beak, 4 lin. broad at the base. 



Nile Land. Uganda : Kavirondo, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7030 ! Elgou 

 District, James ! 



10. R. asperrima, Skan. A branched erect undershrub, up 

 to '5\ ft. high ; branches about 1 lin. thick, obscurely quadrangular,, 

 densely covered with grey deflexed hairs. Leaves mostly opposite,, 

 sessile or subsessile, lanceolate or oblong, ^-| in. long, 1-2J lin. broad, 

 densely covered with short hairs usually much thickened at the base, 

 often very scabrid, quite entire or with a few coarse teeth, acute or 

 subacute. Flowers mostly opposite, axillary, the upper forming a loose 

 or sometimes crowded raceme. Pedicels f-lj lin. long ; bracteoles 

 linear, 2 lin. long, densely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 3—44/ lin. 

 long, 2 lin. broad, 10-ribbed, very densely and shortly pubescent ; hairs 

 often thickened at the base ; lobes deltoid, 14—2 lin. long, acute or acu- 

 minate. Corolla mauve-white ; tube 8-10 lin. long, about 1 J-lf lin. 

 broad below, densely glandular-pubescent, slightly curved; limb fin. 

 long, % in. broad ; upper lip obreniform, 3^ lin. long, 54-7 lin. broad, 

 2-lobed ; lobes of the lower lip broadly obovate, 4-5 lin. long, 4 lin. 

 broad. Style lg-2^ lin. long, thicker in the upper part. Capsule 

 ovoid-ellipsoid, slightly oblique, 2| lin. long, 2\ lin. broad, compressed 

 above. — Cycnium asperrimum, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 231. 



Wile Xiand. Galla Country; Arussi-Galla ; near Ginea, 6600 ft., EMenheck. 

 1947! 



IVXozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 4400 ft., Johnston, 101 1 

 U^ambara ; TJmba Valley, Smith ! 



11. R. Ellenbeckii, Skan. A small erect undershrub scarcely 

 4 in. high ; stems terete, rather densely white-pilose; internodes 2-3 

 lin. long. Leaves lanceolate, 3f-6 lin. long, 1^-lf lin. broad, entire, 

 acute, narrowed at the base, sparingly white-pilose on both sides. 

 Flowers few, in the axils of the upper leaves. Pedicels f lin. long .; 

 bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. broad, acute, white-pilose, 

 inserted on the base of tlae calyx. Calyx campanulate, 3J lin. long, 

 10-ribbed, white-pilose ; tube 2| lin. long, 2 lin. in diam. at the apex ; 

 lobes narrowly triangular, £- 1J lin. long, acute, somewhat spreading, 

 white-pilose on both sides. Corolla-tube 6^-7^ lin. long, nearly 11 lin. 

 broad at the base, slightly narrower at the apex, slightly curved above, 

 glandular-puberulous ; limb 8 lin. long, about 7 lin. broad ; upper lip 

 3i lin. long, 4| lin. broad, shortly 2-lobed ; lobes of the lower lip 

 obovate, 3| lin. long, 21-3-]- lin. broad. Style only If lin. long, very 



