tSesamothamnus.] xcvu. pedaline.e (stapf). 569 



much over 1 in. long, rather slender; bracts very small, or the lowest 

 sometimes foliaceous with a small obovate densely mealy-glandular blade; 

 pedicels up to 3 lin. long, 2-bracteolate ; bracteoles very small. Calyx 

 li lin. long ; segments ovate, obtuse, subequal or the posticous much 

 smaller and deflexed. Corolla-tube 2J in. long, 1^- lin. wide below, 

 3|- lin. wide near the mouth, sparingly pubescent within near the base ; 

 spur very slender, 1— 1J in, long, recurved ; limb If in. across ; lobes 

 obovate-orbicular, 7-9 lin. broad. Posticous filaments 3 lin. long. — Stapf 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3 JB. 2Q2. 



Mozamb. 3>ist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, Smith ! 



5. S. Erlangeri, Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 113. A small tree, 15 ft- 

 high ; branches glaucous when young ; spines about 5 lin. long, up to 

 2|- lin. thick at the base. Leaves obovate, obtuse or subemarginate, 

 If in. long, 1^ in. broad, thick, rigid, densely mealy-glandular, loosely 

 and prominently reticulate below ; petiole 2|— 3^ lin. long. Bracts long 

 hairy, lower ovate, 1|- lin. long, 1 lin. broad ; bracteoles spathulate, up 

 to 2-J lin. long; pedicels stout. Calyx over 1 lin. long; segments ovate, 

 obtuse. Corolla pale pink ; tube 2h in. long, 2 lin. wide at the middle, 

 slightly widened and long-hairy above ; spur If in. long, 1 lin. wide ; 

 lobes broad-ovate, covered with short white hairs within, 7—10 lin. 

 broad, 10 lin. long. Filaments almost entirely adnate ; anthers 2 lin. 

 long. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia: country of the Arussi Gallas ; Wabi-Budugo, on dry 

 wooded ground, Ellenbeck, 1166. 



ImjJerfectly knoion species. 



(i. S. Rivse, Engl, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 30. A tree with 

 terete glaucescent branches ; spines sparse, recurved or spreading, 5-8 

 lin. long, bearing a pair of shorter spines in their axils. Leaves and 

 flowers unknown. Capsule elongate-oblong, suboblique, apiculate, 2-2^ 

 in. long, 8-10 lin. broad. Seeds very delicately winged, 2\ lin. long 

 and broad. — Engl. Jahrb. xxxii. 114. 



Nile Land. Somaliland : Ogaden ; near Karoul, Riva, 1089. 



Engler suggests (Bot. Jahrb. xxxii. 114) that this may be the fruiting condition 

 of S. Erlangeri. 



12. SIG-MATOSIPHON, Engl. Jahrb. xix. 150.- 



Calyx 5 -partite. Corolla-tube very long, cylindrical, slightly 

 widened towards the ends, S-shaped, densely hairy within up to 

 the middle, symmetric and without a spur at the base ; limb spreading, 

 large obscurely 2-labiate; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse. Stamens 4, subdidy- 

 namous, inserted below the mouth of the corolla; anthers sagittate; 

 cells attached to the connective with their tips. Disc fused with the 

 base of the ovary, equal all round. Ovary 2-celled ; cells divided 

 nearly to the apex by a spurious septum ; ovules many, 1 -seriate in each 



