Sopubia.] xcii. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 449' 



Mozamb. Sist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 5500- 

 6200 ft., Volkens, 1997 ! 



6. S. latifolia, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. GC). Stem erect, 

 densely pilose ; internocles about lOlin. long. Leaves subvertieillate or 

 verticillate, ovate, 8-10 lin. long, 6 lin. broad, obtuse, minutely apicu- 

 late, subtrancate or subcordate at the base, scabrid on both sides. 

 Inflorescence a raceme 1 ft. long or more ; bracts similar to the leaves 

 but smaller. Pedicels of the lower flowers 7-i— lOlin. long, with spread- 

 ing hairs ; bracteoles oblong or elliptic, 2-| lin. long, 1-|- lin. broad, 

 stalked, inserted a little below the calyx. Calyx cup-shaped, about 

 4-.V lin. long, densely covered with minute hairs, scabrid ; teeth semi- 

 ovate, almost 1^ lin. long, long-pilose on the margin. Corolla large;, 

 lobes obovate, 5 lin. long and broad. Anthers 3-3^- lin. long. Style 

 about 10 lin. long, much dilated at the apex. Capsule ellipsoid, about 

 4 lin. long and 2f lin. broad, slightly emarginate at the apex. 



South Central. Lmida : Bashilange; Mnkenge, Pogge, 1112 ! 



7. S. ramosa, Hochst. in Flora, 1844, 27. A robust erect scabrid 

 undershrub 2-4 ft. high or sometimes more, freely branched usually 

 above ; stem and branches terete, often rather densely pubescent (the 

 hairs mostly in 3 or 4 rows alternating with the insertions of the leaves), 

 densely leafy ; branches ascending, the lower usually longer than the 

 upper, giving the plant a pyramidal habit. Leaves usually in whorls 

 of 4 or 3, linear or linear-lanceolate, up to 1^ in. long (often f-1 in. 

 long), h-] | lin. broad, acute, more or less pubescent, scabrid, revolute. 

 Flowers usually in whorls of 4 or 3 in long terminal racemes. Pedicels 

 f— 2 lin. long ; bracteoles linear or linear-lanceolate, 1§— 2f lin. long. 

 Calyx 2|— 3J lin. long, shortly pubescent and scabrid outside, 10-ribbed ; 

 teeth deltoid, 1-lJ lin. long, about 1 lin. broad at the base, acute, 

 tomentose inside. Corolla coppery purple, rosy-purplish, rose, or white 

 with a deep purple spot at the base ot' each lobe, about 5 lin. long, 

 5-7 lin. in diam. ; lobes broadly obovate or suborbicular, 2-J-3 lin. in 

 diam. Anther coherent ; perfect cells oblong, If lin. long. Style 5 lin. 

 long, flattened at the apex. Capsule ovoid, 2-J- lin. long, emarginate, 

 glabrous. Seeds rather more than \ lin. long, flattened, truncate at 

 both ends.— Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 522 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 132 ; Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 230 ; Oliver in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xxix. 123; Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 773 ; S. Moore 

 in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 191. S. trifida, var. ramosa, Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 383; Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 65 ; Engl. Pfl. 

 Ost-Afr. C. 359 , Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 27, and in 

 Schlechter, Westafr. Kautsch.-Exped. 313 ; Dewevre in Comptes- 

 rendus Soc. Bot. Belg. xxxiii. 103. Raphiclophyllum ramosum, Hochst. 

 in Flora, 1841, 668. 



Upper Guinea. Togo : Ala r anyo, Krause ! Lagos : Abeokata, Irving, 100 ! 

 Xorthern Nigeria : Borgu, Barter, 774 ! Cameroons : Yaunde, Zenker Sf Standi, 



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