Hhamphicarpa.] xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 425* 



much thickened ahove. — Cycnium EUenbeckii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. 

 xxxvi. 231. 



Wile Land. Galla Country : Arnssi-Galla ; Denuek rivulet, Ellenoeck* 

 1907! 



12. R. Volkensii, Skan. An erect many-branched undei'shrub, 

 up to ;j^ ft. high, everywhere except on the corolla more or less shortly 

 strigose-pilose ; branches ascending. Leaves mostly opposite, sessile or 

 subsessile, lanceolate, •>— li in. long or more, 2-<o lin. broad, coarsely 

 few-toothed, obtuse or acute. Flowers rather few, in a loose terminal 

 raceme. Bracts similar to the leaves but smaller. Pedicels 1 lin. long ; 

 bracteoles linear or ltnceolate, 2-4 lin. long. Calyx tubular-campanu- 

 late, 4-i— ")| lin. long, 2.J, lin. broad at the apex of the tube, 10-ribbed, 

 rather densely pilose ; lobes deltoid-lanceolate, spreading, 2-| lin. long, 

 acuminate. Corolla pale rose coloured ; tube 8-9 lin. long. 1^-1^ lin. 

 broad, cylindric, curved, minutely glandular-puberulous ; limb f-1 in. 

 in diam. ; upper lip 5 lin. long, 6 lin. broad, deeply emarginate or bifid ; 

 lobes of the lower lip suborbicular or obovate, 5 lin. long, 4-|— 5 lin. 

 broad. Style If lin. long, thickened in the upper part. Capsule ovoid, 

 included in the calyx. — Cycnium Volkensii, Engl. Pfi. Ost-Afr. C. 360,. 

 and in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 513. 



Wile Land. British East Africa: 4000-6000 ft,, Galunka, Kassner, 814, 

 partly ! Kapte Plateau, Thomson ! Kikuya and on the road to Eldirma Ravine, 

 TFhyte, 15 ! 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : between Mount Mern and Kilimanjaro,. 

 and on Kilimanjaro at Majame and Mnengue, 3000-4900 ft,, Volkens, 366, 1653. 



Cycnium gallcense, Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 29 (Riva, 1257, from 

 Gallaland), appears to be the same as the above. I have seen .only a fragmentary 

 specimen. 



13. R. spicata, Skan. An erect sparingly branched herb, up to 

 If ft. high, densely covered with short white deflexed hairs ; internodes 

 about 5 lin. long. Leaves oblong, the larger 10-12 lin. long, 5-6 lin. 

 broad, rigid, shortly pilose on both sides, acute at apex and base, entire 

 in the lower third, serrate above, with the midrib and lateral nerves 

 prominent below ; upper leaves smaller, passing into sparingly serrate 

 or entire elliptic bracts. Flowers spicate, shortly pedicellate or sessile. 

 Bracteoles linear, If lin. long, usually attached to the base of the calyx. 

 Calyx campanulate, 3f lin. long, slightly incurved, hispidly hairy, pro- 

 minently 10 ribbed; tube 2 J lin. long, about 2 lin. in diam. at the 

 mouth ; lobes spreading, deltoid, 1^ lin. long, the uppermost shorter. 

 Corolla pale rose; tube 8^-10 lin. long, li lin. broad at the base, 

 slightly enlarged above, minutely glandular-puberulous ; limb about 

 1 in. in diam. ; upper lip 2-lobecl, ^ in. long, f in. broad ; lobes broadly 

 oblong or obovate, ^ in. long, 3J lin. broad ; lobes of the lower lip 

 broadly ovate, 5 lin. long, 5-5^ lin. broad. Capsule ovoid, included in 

 the calyx. — Cycnium spicatum, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxxvi. 232. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : at the foot of the Pare Mountains 

 between Sengani and Simba, 2300 ft., Engler, 1629 ! 



