428 xcn. scrophulariace^: (itemsley and skan). [Rhamphicarpa* 



slender, sparingly and shortly pubescent or sometimes villous. Leaves 

 lanceolate-linear or lanceolate, J- 2 in. long, 1-5 lin. broad, acuminate 

 or acute, much narrowed towards the base, more or less toothed or 

 rarely entire, hispidly pubescent, sometimes scabrid ; teeth 1-6 on each 

 side, acute, mostly narrow and spreading, the lower sometimes up to 

 *1\ lin. long. Flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves. Pedicels 

 from a few lines up to 2 in. long, usually about f in. long : bracteoles 

 linear, 1-3 lin. long, attached to the upper part of the peduncle or to 

 the base of the calyx. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 3-6J lin. long, 

 about 2-2|- lin. broad above, usually sparingly hispidly hairy chiefly on 

 the ribs; tube \\-o\ lin. long; lobes lanceolate-triangular to ovate, 

 lJ-3^ lin. long, acute. Corolla white, mauve or violet ; tube £-1 \ in. 

 long, glandular-pubescent, curved, slightly inflated in the upper part; 

 limb 1-2 in. in diam. ; upper lip 5-9 lin. long, 9-13 lin. broad, 

 emarginate at the apex ; lobes of the lower lip suborbicular-obovate, 

 5-9 lin. long and broad. Style 2f- 3 lin. long, thickened and lanceolate 

 in the upper part. Capsule obliquely ovoid, \-\ lin. long including 

 the beak, dehiscing by the upper suture only ; beak acuminate. — 

 S. Moore in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 191. Cycniwm ffeuglmii, EngL 

 Ph*. Ost-Afr. C. 361. 



Nile Land. Soudan : near Khartoum, Hcuglin ; Meshra, Schiveinfurth, 46 1 

 1241 ! Bahr el Jebel, near Bor, Brovn ! Uganda : Lake Baringo, 3400 ft., 

 Johnston I Buddu, 3900 ft., Bawe, 227 ! Elgon District, James ! Mulema, Bag- 

 shawe, 230 ! 



The specimens collected by Dawe and Bagshawe are much more hairy than the 

 others. 



Cycnium paucidentatum, Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 29, and in Engl. 

 Jaln-b. xxiii. 513 (C. serratum, var. paucideniatum, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 360) is- 

 probably not distinct from the ab6Ve species. I can find no satisfactory character 

 in the fragmentary specimens at Kew by which to distinguish it. 



C. ruhrifiorum, Engl in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 405, from Mpagara Land, Unyika 

 (Goetze, 1402),, described as having red flowers, is, I suspect, only a form of 

 Rhamphicarpa Heuglini. 



19. R. tubulosa, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 368. 

 Apparently a perennial herb, probably parasitic, usually drying 

 blackish ; stem erect or ascending, ^,—2 ft. (usually about 1 ft.) high, 

 slender, simple or sparingly branched, glabrous or minutely and 

 sparingly puberulous, subterete, 2-furrowed ; internodes J-2-J (usually 

 1|— 2) in. long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, narrowly linear 

 to lanceolate, 1-4 (often 1J-2J) in. long, 1-4 lin. broad, acute or 

 acuminate, narrowed at the base, quite entire or remotely serrate, 

 sometimes with 1 or 2 long teeth on each side at the base, often 

 somewhat scabrid with minute white dots. Flowers axillary or some- 

 times supra-axillary, usually opposite, or forming a lax few-flowered 

 raceme. Pedicels 2-18 (often 4-6) lin. long, sometimes 2 in. long in 

 the fruiting stage ; bracteoles quite absent or minute. Calyx campanu- 

 late, usually 4-5 lin. long, glabrous or sometimes sprinkled over with 

 scabrid white dots, rarely sparingly ciliate on the teeth ; tube 2-3J lin. 

 long ; lobes narrowly lanceolate, triangular, rarely ovate-lanceolate, 



