JBaumia.] xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). 457 



lanceolate, costate, equalling the calyx, somewhat obtuse. Calyx 

 coarsely hairy outside, glabrous within ; lobes about a quarter the length 

 of the tube. Corolla-limb about |- in. across. 



lower Guinea. Angola : by the River Onschingue, not far from the River 

 Kuito, 4000 ft., Bainn, 785 ! 



53. MICRARGERIA, Benth. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 971. 



Calyx campanulate, shortly 5-toothed ; teeth semi-ovate or narrowly 

 •deltoid, obtuse or acute. Corolla-tube exserted, enlarged above, often 

 incurved ; limb slightly two-lipped, spreading ; lobes 5, entire, sub- 

 equal, the two upper inside. Stamens 4, slightly didynamous, included ; 

 anthers free, 2-celled ; cells distinct, parallel or slightly arched, affixed 

 at the apex, obtuse or apiculate at the base, both fertile, nearly quite 

 equal or 1 cell of each anther, especially of the lower stamens, distinctly 

 shorter than the other. Style slightly thickened at the apex, elongated, 

 obtuse ; ovules numerous. Capsule globose or subglobose, loculicidal 

 and septicidal ; valves 2 or A. Seeds numerous, small, oblong- cuneate ; 

 testa rather loose. — Slender rigid erect often scabrid branched herbs, 

 drying blackish. Lower leaves opposite or sometimes all alternate, 

 linear, entire, or trifid. Flowers small, in the axils of the upper leaves 

 •or in terminal racemes, 2-bracteolate. — GerardianeUa, Klotzsch in 

 Peters, R,eise Mossamb. Bot. 229, t. 36. 



Species 4, 1 in India and 1 in the Masearene Islands, 



Plant puberulous, scabrid ; capsule 1J— 1-jf lin. in diam. 1. M. scopiformis. 



Plant glabrous, smooth ; capsule 2-2£ lin. in diam. . 2. M. Barteri. 



1. M. scopiformis, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 359. A slender rigid 

 •erect annual herb 1-2-i feet high, minutely puberulous and very scabrid 

 on all the green parts ; stem subtetragonal, usually simple below, very 

 much branched above ; branches erect-spreading, very slender, up to 

 1 ft. long or more. Leaves opposite, narrowly linear or filiform, \-2 in. 

 long, erect or erect-spreading. Flowers nearly always opposite in loose 

 terminal racemes 1-J— 6 in. long. Bracts similar to the leaves but 

 smaller. Pedicels f-4 lin. long ; bracteoles narrowly linear or subulate, 

 j-2 lin. long. Calyx campanulate, lg-2^ lin. long, 10-nerved ; teeth 

 deltoid or ovate, |— 1 lin. long, acute. Corolla pale purple or whitish- 

 rosy, purple-striate near the base of the tube, 4-5 lin. long and about 

 the same in diam. at the base, campanulate, contracted at the base into 

 a short tube, densely pubescent outside; lobes suborbicular, f-lj lin. 

 in diam., obtuse or acute. Anthers quite distinct, 2-celled, with both 

 cells fertile ; cells subequal or usually one (especially in the lower- 

 anthers) distinctly larger than the other; larger cell i-ll lin. long ; 

 smaller cell J-f lin. long. Style 1^-3 lin. long. Capsule subglobose, 

 slightly compressed, lj-lf lin. in diam., usually quite glabrous. — Engl. 

 ■& Gilg in Baum, Kunene-Samb. Exped. 365. GerardianeUa scopi- 

 jormis, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 229, t. 36. Sopubia 



