434 XCII. SCROPHULAMACEiE (lIEMSLEY AND SKAN). [Cycnium. 



6. G. questieaiaxiairam, Be Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 124, t. 4. 

 Stems erect, about 10 in. long, bearing some scarious bracts at the base, 

 glabrous or furnished with small scattered hairs ; internodes f- If in. 

 long. Leaves opposite or subopposite, sessile or the lower with a short 

 petiole, oblong or the upper oblong-lanceolate, l|-2 in. long (the middle 

 ones longest), 2-3|- lin. broad, rigid, glabrous, irregularly crenate. 

 Flowers racemose. Pedicels \- 1 in. long ; bracteoles linear about 5 lin. 

 lono- and \ lin. broad, attached near the summit of the pedicels. Calyx 

 tubular, 6|— 7^ lin. long, glabrous; lobes about 4 lin. long, narrow, 

 acute. Corolla-tube about 1 in. long, narrow, slightly inflated towards 

 the middle and curved, glandular-pubescent outside; lobes obovate, 

 1\ lin. long, the upper about twice as broad as the others and slightly 

 bilobed at the apex. Ovary glabrous, compressed ; style shorter than 

 the stamens, with an elongated stigma. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga ; near Lukafu, Verdich, 165. 



7. C. tomentosum, Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 29. A 

 large herb with the stems and the underside of the leaves, especially on 

 the nerves f ulvous-tomentose ; lower internodes If- 2 in. long; upper 

 internodes 7-12 lin. long. Leaves oblong-elliptic, about 2 in. long, 

 12-13 lin. broad, subcoriaceous, acute at both ends, crenate- serrate ; 

 lateral nerves several, ascending. Flowering branches racemose, turned 

 to one side; internodes 5-7-1- lin. long. Pedicels 2^— 3J lin. long; 

 bracteoles linear, about 5 lin. long and f lin. broad, obtuse, tomentose, 

 approximate to the calyx. Calyx about 1J- in. long, shortly grey-pilose ; 

 tube about 1 in. long, subcylindric, constricted above, at length slit on 

 •one side; lobes lanceolate, 2^- lin. long, £ lin. broad. Corolla white, 

 violet when dry ; tube obliquely funnel-shaped, up to 2i- in. long, 

 ■curved ; lobes obovate, 1-14; in. long and broad, reticulately veined. 



Itfile Xiand. Galla Country : Bitldume, Biva, 1219. 



8. C. ereefcumLj Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 128. Stem woody, 

 •erect, up to 3| ft. long and 2£ lin. thick, shortly hispid, sparingly 

 branched above, the cortex and outer layers of the wood tinged with 

 purple ; branches short. Leaves sessile, lanceolate or suboblong from 

 a cuneate base, up to 2 in. long and 10 lin. broad, shortly hispid on both 

 sides, crenate-serrate except at the entire base. Flowers opposite, forming 

 a raceme up to 1 ft. long ; bracts similar to the leaves but smaller, 

 about equal in length to the pedicels. Pedicels \ in. long, becoming 

 f in. long in fruit, somewhat hispid; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, nearly 

 2 lin. long, inserted under the calyx, somewhat hispid. Calyx tubular, 

 7-8 lin. long, oblique above through being slit to about the middle on 

 the lower side, equally 5-lobcd ; lobes narrowly triangular, acuminate, 

 1 lin. long. Corolla dark purple when dry; tube 1J in. long,l lin. 

 broad in the lower half, widening to 1| lin. broad at the insertion of 

 the stamens; limb delicately veined ; upper lip bifid to the middle; lobes 

 •of the lower lip broadly ovate, f in. long, \ in. broad. Style 2| lin. 

 long. Capsule (unripe) broadly oblong, \ in. long, slightly compressed, 



