426 xcn. scrophulariace,e (hebisley and skan). [Rhamphicarpa. 



14. R. ajugifolia, Skan. A decumbent herb, branched below, 

 the branches, leaves, and calyces furnished with white hairs thickened 

 at t,he base ; branches curved, 8-10 in. long, greyish-violet, densely 

 white-pilose; internodes 7^-10 lin. long. Leaves obovate or obovate- 

 cuneate, 7^—10 lin. long, about 5 lin. broad, coarsely few-toothed, white- 

 pilose, with some of the hairs thickened at the base ; teeth |-1 lin. long 

 and broad. Flowers in the axils of the upper leaves. Pedicels 1 lin. 

 long ; bi^acteoles narrowly linear, 1^-3^ lin. long, acute, densely pilose. 

 Calyx 3J-5A; lin. long, densely pilose outside, 10-ribbed ; tube 1A-2 lin. 

 broad ; lobes lanceolate, 1^-2^ lin. long, |— | lin. broad, acute. Corolla- 

 tube funnel-shaped, 8^ lin. long, \\ lin. broad near the base, slightly 

 broader above the middle, glandular-puberulous ; limb 7 lin. long, 6^ 

 lin. broad ; upper lip 3J lin. long, 4f lin. broad, 2-lobed ; lobes about 2 

 lin. long and broad, rounded ; lobes of the lower lip broadly obovate, 

 3-3^ lin. long, ^\-l\ lin. broad. Ovary obliquely ovoid, compressed 

 above, 1^ lin. long, 1 lin. broad ; style 2^ lin. long, thickened above. — 

 Cycnium ajugcefolium, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 74. C. ajugifoliurnl, 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 3(50. 



Mozamb, Dist German East Africa : probably Masai Highlands, Fischer, 

 104! 



15. R. herzfeldiana, Vatke in Linncea, xliii. 311. A weak 

 branched straggling undershrub, usually densely covered on all the 

 green parts with rather long soft hairs or sometimes with the leaves 

 shortly hairy or glabrescent ; stems 9-15 in. long or more, terete; 

 branches often more than 6 in. long, slender, spreading ; internodes 

 1-1 1 in. long. Leaves usually opposite, shortly petiolate, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, ovate or lanceolate, f-2 in. long, 5-] 4 lin. broad, acute, more or 

 less cuneate at the base, serrate-dentate, scabrid ; lower teeth larger 

 sometimes much larger, than the upper ; petiole f-2^- lin. long. Flowers 

 axillary, 1 or 2 to each pair of leaves. Pedicels f-2 in. long, often 

 about 1J in. long ; bracteoles linear, 8^ lin. long, inserted on the base 

 of the calyx or just below. Calyx 7-9 lin. long, accrescent ; tube cam- 

 jmnuiate, 3-4 lin. long, 10-nerved; lobes broadly oblong to oblong- 

 lanceolate, sometimes triangular, 4-5i lin. long, l|~2f lin. broad, acute 

 or somewhat obtuse. Corolla-tube 9-11 lin. long, 14/- 1£ lin. broad, 

 curved, sometimes distinctly gibbous above the middle, glandular- 

 puberulous ; limb 1—14/ in. in diam. ; upper lip 5-7 lin. long, 7-8 lin. 

 broad, emarginate ; lobes of the lower lip obovate, 5-7 lin. long, 4^- 6f 

 lin. broad. Filaments bearded ; anthers oblong, \\ lin. long. Style 1 

 lin. long, thickened in the upper part. Capsule suborbicular, slightly 

 oblique, 7 lin. long including the beak, 6 lin. broad, much compressed ; 

 beak only about 1 lin. long. Seeds ellipsoid, \ lin. long ; testa reticu- 

 late. — R. herzfeldiana, var. ? subauriculata, Vatke, I.e. 312. Cycnium 

 herzfeldianum, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 74, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. 

 Roma, vii. 29 ; forma? Holstii and subaurictdata, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 

 360. G. Meyeri-Johannis, Engl. Hochgebix-gsfl. Trop. Afr. 383, not of 

 Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 361. 



Nile land, Galla Country : between Tumpe and Ciaffa, Eiva, 1252. British 

 East Africa : Ukamba ; Eildebrandt, 2736 ! Scott-Elliot, 6310 ! Kapte Plateau, 



