IIarveya.~\ • xcn. scrophulariace,e (hemsley and skan). 437 



less acute. Flowers several, solitary in the axils of the upper leaves, 

 opposite. Calyx tubular, about fin. long and | in. broad ; lobes oblong, 

 triangular, about J the length of the tube. Corolla pale yellow, citron- 

 yellow at the throat; tube funnel-shaped, oblique, about 1J in. long, 

 2 lin. broad at the base, more or less recurved and inflated at the apex 

 where it is about h in. broad ; upper lobe \ in. broad, somewhat larger 

 than the lower, shortly bifid. Style slightly longer than the corolla- 

 tube ; stigma capitate. Capsule ovate-elliptic. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Bobi, near Gali, 1500 ft., Thornier, 37. 



■A. H. obtusifolia, Yatke in Abhandl. Xaturw. Ver. Bremen, ix. 

 130. A more or less densely glandular-pilose herb; stems simple, 

 «rect, 8-12 in. high, |— 2 lin. thick. Leaves opposite or subopposite ; 

 lowermost small, scale-like ; upper lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, 

 §-lf in. long, 1-3 lin. broad, obtuse or acute, entire. Flowers solitary 

 in the axils of the upper leaves, opposite. Pedicels 1J-7 lin. long, erect. 

 Calyx tubular-campanulate, 6-10 lin. long, more or less densely glan- 

 dular-pilose ; tube 3A— 5^ lin. long, about 34 lin. broad ; lobes lanceolate- 

 triangular, unequal, 2^-5 lin. long, 1-lf lin. broad at the base, acute. 

 Corolla-tube 10-15 lin. long, somewhat funnel-shaped, incurved, more 

 or less distinctly ventricose above, 1J— 2 lin. broad at the base, 5-5^ lin. 

 broad at the apex, glandular-pilose ; limb f-1 in. in diam., spreading ; 

 lobes suborbicular, 3-5 lin. in diam. Style as long as the corolla-tube ; 

 stigma large, capitate. Capsule ovoid or ellipsoid, about ^ in. long, 

 beaked. — Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 362. Aulaya obtusifolia, Benth. in DC. 

 Prodr. x. 523. Gerardia obtusifolia, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 i. 211. Scpubia obtusifolia, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 560. 



IVIozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Bumbuli, Meinhof, 22 ! 

 Doda, Hoist, 2952 ! British Central Africa : N^ asaland ; Songwe and f!Karonga, 

 1700-2000 ft., Whyte ! 



Also in Madagascar. 



5. H. liebuschiana, Engl. MSS. A nearly quite glabrous herb ; 

 stem simple, about 4A in. high, erect, leafless. Flowers several, forming 

 a short terminal raceme. Pedicels 2-2^ lin. long. Calyx tubular- 

 -campanulate, oblique, 11-15 lin. long, 5-6 lin. broad at the top of the 

 tube, very sparingly pulverulent ; lobes triangular, 3-4|- lin. long, l|—3 

 lin. broad at the base, acute or shortly acuminate, very minutely few- 

 toothed. Corolla lj-lf in. long ; tube funnel-shaped, curved, about 

 Jr in. broad near the base, ^in. broad at the apex ; limb about 1 in. in 

 diam.; lobes short and broad. Style nearly 2 in. long ; stigma subor- 

 bicular, about 1| lin. in cliam. 



IVIozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; Lutindi, Lielasch ! 



6. H. huilleasis, Niem in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 780. An erect 

 herb about 5 in. high, covered with glandular shaggy hairs ; stems 

 .simple. Leaves opposite, sessile, oval-oblong or narrowly obovate, 

 |-1 in. long, about Jin. broad, obtuse, narrowed at the base; lower 

 leaves smaller, scale-like. Flowers solitary in the axils of the upper 



