Herb, up to 1 ft. high. Leaves opp. below, alt. above, linear to
lanceolate, hastate, ½-1 in. long. Peduncles axillary, ab. 1 in. long;
calyx 5-partite, small; cor. yellow, ¼ in. long, 2-lipped, with small
spur; st. 4, didynamous, woolly; stigma emarginate; caps. ovoid, minute.
Red Sea Prov. (Hakeko, Port Sudan District).
=L. Bentii= _Skan._
Densely glandular pubescent undershrub, ab. 1 ft. high. Leaves subopp.
below, alt. above, ovate to triangular, cordate, ⅓ in. long. Fl.
axillary, solitary, subsessile; cor. 2-lobed, spurred, ab. ½ in. long.
Caps. globose-ovoid, minute.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L.).
=L. nubica= _Skan._
Glandular-pubescent, subscandent annual. Leaves opp. below, alt. above,
triangular to ovate, broadly cordate, ab. 1 in. long. Fl. axillary,
solitary; cor. 2-lobed and spurred, under ½ in. long, hairy. Caps.
ovoid, pubescent, small.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L., sea-coast to between 3,000 & 4,000 ft.).
=L. ægyptiaca= _Dum._
Low, bushy shrublet, covered with gland-tipped hairs. Leaves ovate or
ovate-lanceolate, acute, ¼ in. long. Flowers axillary, solitary,
yellowish; pedicels ½ in. long.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat, Gendua River); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra 9,500
ft.).
=L. sagittata= _Hook. f._
Subscandent or procumbent perennial. Leaves linear to lanceolate,
sagittate or hastate or cuneate, ¼-2 in. long. Fl. axillary; peduncles
¼-½ in. long; cor. yellow, pilose outside, bilobed, ¾ in. long, spur ½
in. long; filaments densely pilose. Caps. globose, minute.
Red Sea Prov. (J. Waratab, Wadi Omareg, between Suakin & Erkowit,
Dongonab).
634 =Schweinfurthia pterosperma= _A. Braun._
Herb, 6-9 in. high. Leaves alt., elliptic-spathulate to lin.-oblong, up
to 1 in. long. Fl. solitary; calyx small, 5-partite; cor. ¼ in. long,
gibbous at base, 2-lipped, white, pink at throat. Caps. subglobose, ¼
in. diam.; seeds with 6 subwinged ridges.
Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & coast region, J. Waratab); Between Suakin &
Berber.
635 =Scrophularia arguta= _Ait._
Branched, glandular-pubescent herb, up to 2 ft. high. Leaves broadly
ovate, subcordate, irregularly dentate, up to 3 in. long; petiole ½-1
in. long. Fl. in terminal cymose panicles; calyx 5-fid, minute; cor.
ventricose, 5-lobed, 1 lobe larger, hardly exceeding calyx, deep-red.
Caps. ovoid, beaked.
Red Sea Prov. (Erkowit, Khor Tamanib, & 21° N.L.).
636 =Antirrhinum Orontium= _Linn._
Glandular hairy herb, up to 2 ft. high. Lower leaves opp., upper alt.,
linear to lanceolate, 1-2 in. long. Fl. solitary in upper axils of
leaves; calyx 5-partite; cor. 2-lipped, rose with purple veins, ¼-¾ in.
long, tube gibbous. Caps. obliquely ovoid, up to ½ in. long, hispidly
hairy.
Red Sea Prov. (21° N.L. and other places); Darfur Prov. (J. Marra:
Niurnya, 6,500 ft.).
637 =Sutera glandulosa= _Roth._
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