438 xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). [Harvey a* 



leaves, spreading. Pedicels about 1 in. long. Calyx tubular, somewhat 

 inflated, nearly 1 in. long, about i in. broad ; lobes subequal, ovate- 

 lanceolate, 2J- 3 lin. long. Corolla glandular-puberulous outside ; tube 

 narrowly tubular below, inflated and yellow above the calyx-tube, about 

 1-J- in. long ;*limb about f in. in diam., blue ; lobes obovate, about J in. 

 long. Style curved near the apex, about as long as the corolla-tube ■ 

 stigma broadly obovoid. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in Panda forests, between Bordo da Terra 

 and Lake Ivantala, Welwitseh, 5840 ! 



A specimen from Xyasaland (Cameron, 11) appears to be the same as the 

 above. 



Imperfectly known species. 



7. H. Buchwaldii, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 517. Plant snow- 

 white, drying black ; stem 4-6 in. high ; internocles 5-1 lin. long. 

 Leaves ovate, only 2-2^ lin. long. Bracts lanceolate, 10-12 lin. long, 

 2J-3 lin. broad, obtuse. Pedicels as long as the bracts. Calyx long- 

 tubular ; tube 5 lin. long, 3i lin. broad; lobes oblong-triangular, l^-lin. 

 long, 2J lin. broad. Corolla-tube obliquely funnel-shaped, about 1 in. 

 long, |—1 lin. broad in the lower part, about 5 lin. broad in the upper 

 part ; upper lobes of the limb 5 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, somewhat larger 

 than the lower. Longer stamens equalling the corolla-tube ; fertile 

 anther-cells about 2 lin. long and \ lin. broad; sterile cells narrow, 

 1|— 2 lin. long. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Usambara ; in the forest of Taurota, 

 Buchivald, 434. 



8. M. foliosa, Schwein/f. ex Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Intemaz. 

 Genova, 1892, 328, 352, without description. 



Nile Xiand. Eritrea : Bogos to Mensa, Penzig. 



47. BUTTONIA, McKen ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 970. 



Calyx campanulate, inflated in fruit ; lobes 4 or 5, short, valvate. 

 Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, broad at the top ; limb oblique, spreading - 

 lobes 5, 2 upper rather smaller than the others, lateral largest, outside 

 in the bud. Stamens 4, didynamous, attached to the middle of the 

 corolla-tube ; filaments filiform, incurved ; anthers glabrous, connivent 

 in pairs ; one cell of the shorter pair reduced to an awn ; one cell of 

 the longer pair quite obsolete. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; ovules 

 numerous; style filiform, glabrous, slightly overtopping the stamens, 

 recurved. Capsule globular, included in the calyx, loculicidal. Seeds 

 numerous, truncate; testa loose, transparent, netted. — Half -shrubby or 

 herbaceous climbers with slender, flexible stems. Leaves opposite,, 

 pinnatisect or pinnatifid ; segments small, lobecl or toothed. Flowers- 

 showy. 



Species 2, the other in South Africa. 







