440 XCII. SCROPHULARIACEiE (HEMSLEY AND SKAN). [GMkcea. 



49. GHIKJEA, Volkens & Schweinf. in Ghika, Pays des Somalis, 214 ; 

 Liste PI. Somalis (1897), reprint, 14. 



Calyx campanulate, 54obed ; lobes equal, lanceolate. Corolla-tube 

 ventricose ; limb oblique, nearly equally 5-lobed and obscurely 2-lipped ; 

 upper lobes overlapped by the lower in bud. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 included, dimorphic, all 1 -celled, the upper pair shorter, on short fila- 

 ments attached above the middle of the corolla ; connective 2-branehed, 

 upper branch thickened at the base and bearing a large pollen-cell, 

 lower branch produced downwards in the form of a long, slender, curved, 

 pointed spur ; lower pair of stamens on long filaments attached below 

 the middle of the corolla ; connective not produced. Ovary glabrous ; 

 style glabrous, filiform, exserted. Capsule oblong, obtuse, apiculate. 

 Seeds unknown. 



Species 1, endemic. 



1. G. spectabilis, Volkens £■ Schweivf. in Ghika, Pays des 

 Somalis, 214. A dwarf, much-branched, hispid shrub with very 

 slender, somewhat tetragonous flowering-branches; older branches as 

 much as \ in. in diam. Leaves alternate (only those of the upper 

 part of a flowering branch seen), shortly stalked, thick, rigid, rough, 

 ovate or obovate, \- £■ in. long, acute or obtuse ; veins immersed, 

 obscure. Flowers violet, show}', solitary, shortly pedunculate from 

 above the axils of the leaves with usually two discoid glands one above 

 the other between the leaf-axil and the peduncle. Bracteoles 2, linear 

 or filiform, close to the base of the calyx and a little more than half as 

 long. Calvx somewhat hispid outside, especially on the margin of 

 the lobes, 4-5 lin. long, 10-ribbed, distinctly net-veined between the 

 ribs ; lobes erect, ovate-lanceolate, acute, a little longer than the tube. 

 Corolla 1|— \\ in. long, glabrous except on the ciliate lobes, veined ; 

 tube ventricose, slightly constricted at the top ; lobes about \ in. long, 

 broad, rounded, slightly recurved. Stamens included. Style slightly 

 exserted. — Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. (1897), 27; Jahrb. 

 xxiii. 510 t. 13, fig. J. & K. Graderia speciosa, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 

 1896, 128, and'l901, 316. 



Xffile Sand. Somaliland : Lower Slieikli, 3000 ft., Thomson, 61 ! Darar and 

 Sheikh Husein, Donaldson-Smith ! and without precise locality, ApiAeton / 



We have not seen the variety dentieulata, Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma. vii. 28, 

 which is described as being a slender herb, having lanceolate leaves furnished with 

 very minute spreading teeth. 



50. PSEUDOSOPTJBIA, Engl, in Ann, Istit. Bot. Boma, vii 

 (1897), 28 ; Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 511, t. 13, fig. L— Q. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed ; lobes equal or nearly so. Corolla- 

 tube suddenly inflated above the base ; limb oblique, 2-lipped ; upper 

 lip over-lapped by the lower in bud ; lobes all rounded. Stamens 4, 



