154 xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). [Sopubia- 



entire. Pedicels opposite or very rarely solitary, never verticillate,. 

 \-^ in. long, exceeding or subequalling the floral leaves ; bracteoles 

 filiform, f-2 lin. long, mostly inserted near the middle of the pedicel. 

 Calyx scarcely 1J lin. long; teeth ovate-oblong, scarcely f lin. long and 

 broad, very obtuse. Corolla small ; lobes obovate- rounded, 2 lin. long, 

 24 lin. broad. Capsule (immature) oblong, obscurely emarginate. 

 Mozamb, Uist. British Central Africa : Rhodesia ; Salisbury, Rand, 158 ! 



17. S. lanata, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 67. A robust erect 

 herb or undershrub up to 1^ ft. high or more, nearly everywhere more 

 or less densely grey-woolly ; stem woody at the base, up to 2 lin. thick,, 

 branched chiefly in the upper part, very densely leafy ; branches short, 

 nearly erect. Leaves subverticillate, linear dan ceolate or linear, 1^-lf 

 in. long, l-lj lin. broad, acute, slightly revolute. Flowers somewhat 

 crowded along the uppermost parts of the stems and branches, dis- 

 tinctly pedicellate. Pedicels 2-5 lin. long ; bracteoles linear, 4|— 4-^ 

 lin. long. Calyx 4|- lin. long, densely woolly outside and on the inside 

 of the teeth and bearing numerous small orange-yellow excrescences on 

 the inside of the tube ; teeth linear or linear-triangular, 2|— 2f lin. 

 long. Corolla rose, about 5 lin. long, 7-8 lin. in diam. ; lobes broadly 

 obovate or suborbicular, 3-3J lin. long and broad. Perfect anther- 

 cell oblong or ellipsoid, 1J lin. long. Style 54/-5f- lin. long, sparingly 

 pilose at the base. Capsule shortly oblong, 2|- lin. long, about 2 lin. 

 broad, sparingly pilose, rounded at the apex. Seeds £— | lin. long, 

 truncate at both ends. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 774. 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; banks of the Luxillo streams near 

 Quibinda, Welwitsch, 5863 ! Pedras de Guinga, Welwitsch, 5856 ! near Malange,. 

 Teuscz, 460. 



We have not seen the specimens from British East Africa and German East Africa 

 (Stuhlmann, 2091, Goetze, 1079), referred by Engler (Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 67, and 

 xxx. 403) to S. lanata. We suspect that they belong to &. densiflora or S. Carsoni,. 

 eastern species, the material of which we found mixed up in the Kew Herbarium with 

 S. lanata. This remark also applies to <S. lanata, var. anffustifolia, Engl, in Ann.. 

 Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 27, from the Galla Country (Riva, 12S5). 



18. S. Monteiroi, Skan. A bushy plant about 2-2J ft. high, 

 very closely resembling $. lanata, Engl. It appears to be more slender,. 

 is much more branched, has narrower leaves and distinctly smaller 

 flowers. Pedicels scarcely 1 lin. long; bracteoles linear, 2£ lin. long. 

 Calyx 2+ lin. long, densely woolly as in &'. lanata ; teeth linear- triangular,. 

 1^ lin. long. Corolla pale lavender, 3-§- lin. long, 4|— 5 lin. in diam. ; 

 lobes suborbicular, about 1J lin. in diam. Perfect anther-cell oblong,. 

 1^-1^- lin. long. Ovary woolly. Style 3J lin. long, lanceolate at the apex.. 



lower Guinea. Lower Congo : Bembe, Monteiro ! 



19. S. densiflora, Skan. More robust than S. lanata, which it 

 closely resembles, more densely leafy, with the leaves rather shorter, 

 and distinct in having the flowers sub.-essile in dense spikes 1-3 in., 

 long. Bracteoles linear-lanceolate, ^ in. long. Calyx similar to that of 

 S. lanata. Corolla 5| lin. long, 6^-7 lin. in diam. : lobes suborbicular,, 



