Bartsia.] xcn. scrophulakiace^; (hemsley and skan). 4GT 



5. B. longiflora, Ilochst. exBenth. in DC. Proclr. x. 545. Shrubby,. 

 li|— 3 ft. high, glandular-hairy and villous. Stems rigid, sometimes 

 much-branched. Leaves longer than the internodes, subsessile, oblong 

 or the upper ovate-lanceolate, mostly f-lj in. long, crenate, flat. 

 Flowers shortly stalked, 1^—1 ^- in. long. Calyx densely clothed with 

 coarse hairs, glandular, 6- or 7-lobed ; lobes shorter than the tube, very 

 obtuse or rounded, upper one sometimes trihd. Corolla slightly hairy, 

 about 1 in. long ; tube straight ; upper lip galeate, erect, enclosing the 

 stamens ; lower lip about |- in. across, nearly equally 3-lobecl ; lobes 

 spathulate-rotundate, undulate. Anthers cordate, bearded. Ovary 

 hairy ; style glabrous, slightly exserted. Capsule a little longer than 

 the calyx. — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 134; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl . 

 Trop. Air. 384. 



Nile Xanci. Abyssinia : Mount Koubi, ScMmper, 418 ! Wojerat, Schimper, 

 853 ! Samen, Steudner, 796 ! British East Africa : Aberdare Mountains, 

 James ! 



6. B. similis, Hemsl. Shrubby, 2-3 ft. high, obscurely glandular- 

 hairy. Stems rigid, erect, branched. Leaves longer than the inter- 

 nodes, subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, ^-1^ m - long, flat, more deeply 

 crenate than those of B. longiflora and glabrescent. Flowers shortly 

 stalked, 1-1} in. long. Calyx glandular, 5-lobed ; lobes nearly equal, 

 narrow, as long as the tube, obtuse or subacute, some of them usually 

 bearing one or more lateral teeth. Corolla puberulous ; lobes nearly 

 equal and orbicular, overlapping, lateral oblique, margin irregularly 

 toothed. Anthers slightly bearded at the top. Ovary densely strigose ; 

 style glabrous, shortly exserted. Capsule slightly exceeding the calyx. 



IKozamb. Eist. Kilimanjaro : Kifinika Volcano, 9OOO-1CO0O ft., Volkens, 

 926! 



This is apparently the most robust of the woody species. 



7. B. kilimandscharica, Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 384. 

 Shrubby, 1-2 ft. high, very minutely glandular-hairy in almost all 

 parts. Stems rigidly erect, with many slender, erect, almost adpressed 

 branches. Leaves crowded, sessile or subsessile, thick, narrow-oblong, 

 \- 1- in. long, bullate-crenate, strongly recurved when dry. Flowers 

 pink, very shortly stalked, |~1 in. long. Calyx 4^-J in. long, almost 

 equally 4-lobed ; lobes united to the middle in lateral pairs, obtuse, 

 often bearing a marginal tooth. Corolla about three times as long as 

 the calyx ; tube very slender, strongly curved, hairy inside ; limb small, 

 distinctly 2-lipped ; upper lip hood-shaped, bearded inside, enclosing 

 the stamens and style; lower lip slightly longer, divided into three 

 nearly equal almost orbicular lobes, about 1 lin. in diam. Stamens 

 attached near the top of the tube ; anthers mucronate at the base, 

 bearded. Ovary very hairy ; style very slender, minutely hairy. 

 Capsule oblong, compressed, hairy, about a third longer than the calyx. 

 Seeds very small, longitudinally winged, but perfect ones not seen. — 

 B. Purtschelleri, Engl, in Hans Meyer " Across E. Afr. Glaciers," 370,. 

 name only; Jahrb. xiv. Literaturb. 61. 



