Sopubia.] xcn. scrophulakiace^: (hemsley and skan). 455 



.about ~l in. in diam. Perfect anther-cells oblong, 1-| lin. long. Style 

 3| lin. long, shortly and sparingly pubescent, broadly lanceolate at the 

 apex. Capsule subglobose, about 2 lin. long and broad, sparingly pilose. 

 Seeds -J- lin. long, truncate at both ends. 



IVtozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Livingstone Range, east of Lake 

 Nyasa, Johnson ! British Central Africa : South Nyika Mountains, 4000-7000 ft., 

 Whyte ! 



20. S. Carsoni, Skan. A robust erect undershrub up to 2 ft. high 

 or more, branched chiefly in the upper part, densely white-woolly ; stem 

 2-2| lin. in diam. at the base, terete, very densely leafy ; branches 

 mostly short, nearly erect. Leaves entire, usually in whorls of 3, with, 

 tufts of smaller leaves in their axils, linear, f-1^ in. long, |-|lin. broad, 

 acute, slightly revolute. Flowers subsessile in more or less interrupted 

 terminal spikes up to 4| in. long. Bracteoles linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 2-2 J- lin. long. Calyx 3-of lin. long, very densely white-woolly outside 

 and on the teeth inside, bearing numerous small orange-yellow excres- 

 cences chiefly in 10 longitudinal rows inside ; teeth linear-triangular, 

 1§— 2 lin. long. Corolla 4J-5 lin. long, 5| lin. in diam.; lobes obovate, 

 2; 1 ,-2| lin. long, '2-l\ lin. broad. Perfect anther-cell oblong, 1-1^- lin. 

 long. Ovary densely woolly; style 3— 3J- lin. long, pubescent below, 

 narrowly lanceolate at the apex. 



Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungn ; Fwambo, 5000 ft.,. 

 Carson, 77 ! Nutt .' 



Very near S. densiflora and differs chiefly in having its subsessile flowers much 

 less crowded in longer narrower spikes; its indumentum consists of whiter less 

 adpressed hairs : the calyx is more densely woolly; the corolla is smaller; and the 

 style is much narrower at the apex. 



21. S. conferta, S. Moore in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 191. Plant 

 rigid, erect, up to 16 in. high; stems simple, scarcely £■ lin. thick, fur- 

 rowed, shortly grey-villous-tomentose in the furrows, soon becoming 

 glabrous. Leaves crowded, subverticillate, narrowly linear, 7^—10 lin. 

 long, i-|- lin. broad, acute, spreading, at first bearing some very slender 

 whitish hairs, quickly glabrescent. Flowers sessile in very dense broadly 

 oblong terminal spikes up to 2 in. long or more; bracts linear-lanceolate,, 

 about 5 lin. long and 1^ lin. broad, densely villous-woolly on the 

 margin. Calyx ;:JJ lin. long, densely woolly ; teeth triangular-deltoid, 

 1 J lin. long, acute. Corolla pale crimson ; tube funnel-shaped, slightly 

 curved, 3J lin. long, about 1 lin. broad above ; lobes ovate, shorter than 

 the tube. Anthers coherent in pairs ; perfect cells oblong, \\ lin. long. 

 Capsule ovoid, 2 \ lin. long, \\ lin. broad, glabrous, compressed above, 

 beaked. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kuchigga, 6500-7000 ft., Bagshawe y 

 529! 



22. S. ugandensis, *S'. Moore in Joum. Linn. Soc. xxxvii. 192. 

 Plant about 1 ft. high ; stems rigid, erect, stout, simple below, branched 

 above, subterete, 1J-2 lin. in diam., pubescent along broad lines, other- 

 wise glabrous ; branches spreading, very densely leafy, up to 2 in. long. 



