586 
Segments of leaves few and distant. Peduncles usually shorter 
than the calyx, and naked, sometimes longer, with a pair of 
bracteas. Corolla white, drying bluish; tube 13 inch long; 
lobes of limb short, broad, truncate or emarginate. 
Long-flowered Rhamphicarpa. PI. 3 foot? 
2 R. rusuròsa (Benth. l. c.) leaves lanceolate-linear, entire ; 
limb of corolla a little shorter than the tube, which is a little 
incurved ; capsule truncate, with a short beak. ©.? G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope, in the eastern portion of the 
Uitenhage district, Ecklon, Drége, &c. Plant glabrous, erect, 
a little branched. Peduncles rather longer than the calyx. 
Corolla white, drying bluish ; tube an inch long, slightly curved 
about the middle; lobes of limb obovate, entire, ex Benth. 
Tubular-flowered Rhamphicarpa. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 R. curvirtora (Benth. l. c.) leaves lanceolate-linear, en- 
tire; limb of corolla rather shorter than the tube, which is in- 
curved; capsule acinaciform. ©.? S. Native of Madagascar 
and Mosambique, Forbes. Habit of R. tubulósa. Leaves nar- 
rower. Divisions of the calyx longer; tube of corolla more 
curved, with a larger limb. Capsule very oblique. 
Curved-flowered Rhamphicarpa. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Polycaréna, p. 588. 
LXXVIII. CY'CNIUM (probably from xvkvoc, cycnos, a 
swan; but the application is not evident.) E. Meyer, mss. ex 
Benth. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 368. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx bibracteate at 
the base, long-tubular, 5-cleft at apex. Corolla with a cylindri- 
cal, straight tube, and a deeply 5-cleft spreading limb; segments 
ovate, entire. Stamens didynamous, inclosed. Capsule fleshy, 
indehiscent.?—Rigid scabrous herbs, natives of South Africa, 
becoming blackish on drying. Leaves opposite, or the superior 
ones are alternate, coarsely toothed. Flowers axillary, or race- 
mose. 
1 C. Aproxz'wsr (E. Meyer, mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) stem pro- 
cumbent; leaves ovate, or oblong; flowers sessile, axillary ; 
tube of corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. ©.? G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Addo country, in the 
Uitenhage district, Drége and Ecklon. The whole plant co- 
vered with stiff short hairs. Leaves sessile, cuneated at the 
base. Calyx more than an inch long, opening at the base as the 
capsule swells; divisions foliaceous. Corolla white, tube 21 
inches long ; limb flat, 1$ inch in diameter. Capsule oval, half 
an inch long, ex Bentham. 
Addo Cycnium. Pl. 1 foot. ? 
2 C. racemòsum (Benth. 1. c.) stem erect ; leaves lanceolate ; 
flowers pedicellate, racemose; tube of corolla hardly equal in 
length to the calyx. ©.? G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, near Siloh, on the Klipplaat river, on the eastern side of 
the Witsenberg, in Tambukiland. Habit resembling Melásma 
scübra, or Rhamphicárpa tubulósa. Stem nearly simple, sca- 
brous. Leaves 1} to 2 inches long, with a few teeth, contracted 
at the base, nearly all alternate. Pedicels short. Bracteas 
linear. Tube of calyx 9-10 inches long, striated ; lobes lance- 
olate-subulate. Limb of corolla 14 inch in diameter, ex Benth. 
Racemose-flowered Cycnium. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Polycaréna, p. 588. 
LXXIX. NYCTERI'NIA (from »vrreptvoc, nycterinos, of, 
or belonging to the night; the flowers expand, and are very 
ape in ex i S, D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. vol. 
8. t. s enth. in Hook, comp. 1. p. 369. — Eri i 
of Lin. and other authors. t A 
Lin. syst. Didynàmia, Angiospérmia. 
shortly 5-toothed, bilabiate, or bipartite. 
tube elongated, at length cleft at the base 
Calyx ovate-tubular, 
Corolla permanent ; 
; throat equal, often 
SCROPHULARINEÆ. LXXVII. RHAMPHICARPA. 
LXXVIII. Cycnrum. LXXIX. NYcTERINIA. 
hispid; limb spreading, almost equally 5-parted ; segments 
bifid, or entire. Stamens didynamous : superior ones inclosed 
in the tube, with oblong, erect anthers: lower ones inserted at 
the throat, with smaller, transverse, usually sterile anthers,which 
are sometimes altogether abortive. Capsule coriaceous, or mem- 
branous ; valves bifid at apex.—Herbs or under shrubs natives 
of South Africa, more or less clammy, and often becoming 
blackish on drying. Lower leaves opposite: superior ones 
alternate, usually few-toothed : floral ones often smaller, entire, 
adpressed to the calyx, or sometimes adnate to it. Flowers 
sessile, interruptedly or densely spicate. 
§ 1. Segments of corolla bifid ; tube clothed with fine down. 
Leaves oblong, linear, or lanceolate. 
1 N. corra‘cea (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose ; floral. leaves 
broad-lanceolate, obtuse, toothed, thick, coriaceous, villous, 
about twice as long as the calyx, which is coriaceous and vil- 
lous; spike elongated. h. G. Native on mountains about 
Cape Town. In habit it comes near to N. divaricáta, but is 
much larger and more rigid, and has tlie flowers of N. spathàcea. 
Capsule larger than in any other species, and almost woody. 
Coriaceous-calyxed Nycterinia. Shrub 3 to 1 foot. 
2 N.sPATHA'cEA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, erect; leaves obo- 
vate, or oblong-spatulate : lower ones 3-nerved : floral ones stem- 
clasping, broad-lanceolate, or oblong, obtuse, almost quite entire, 
1-nerved, all coriaceous, pubescent on the margins and nerves, the 
rest glabrous; spike elongated; calyx elongated, a little shorter 
than the floral leaves. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, in Tambukiland, near Siloh, east of the Winterberg, and 
on the Katriviersberg, Ecklon. At the top of the Witberg, 
Drége. Floral leaves spathe-formed, near an inch long, appa- 
rently coloured. Spike much lengthened after florescence. 
Tube of corolla 14 inch long. 
Spathaceous-leaved Nycterinia. Shrub 1 foot. 3 
3 N. marrrima (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, erect, nearly gla- 
brous ; leaves lanceolate, or oblong, obtuse, almost quite entire: 
floral ones broad-lanceolate, exceeding the calyxes a little, all 
rather coriaceous, glabrous ; spike elongated, dense, many-flow- 
ered. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the 
Uitenhage district; and on the sea-coast near the Zeekoe river, 
Thunberg ; near Kachu, Drège. Erìnus marítimus, Lin. suppl. 
287. syst. 571. Thunb. fl. cap. 474. Flowers colour of those 
of N.lychnidea. This species comes near N. spathdcea, but is 
taller. Perhaps a variety of N. lychnidea. 
Sea-side Nycterinia. Shrub 3 to 1 foot. 
4 N. tycunt’pga (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. vol. 3. t. 
239.) suffruticose: branches clothed with adpressed villi; leaves 
oblong-linear, few-toothed, and quite entire, 1-nerved, smooth- 
ish: floral ones stem-clasping, broad-lanceolate, or oblong, ob- 
tuse, few-toothed, and quite entire, having the margins an 
nerves ciliated; spike elongated ; calyxes shorter than the floral 
leaves. à. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, probably 
along the sea-coast; in the Amaponda country, between the 
river Uintenda and Umzimcoolu, Drége. Erinus lychnídeus, 
Lin. suppl. 287. Ker. bot. reg. 748. Sims, bot. mag. 2504. 
Leaves more or less fleshy, the larger ones always toothed. 
Corolla yellowish, white inside, but purplish outside. 
Lychnidea Nycterinia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1776. 
to 1 foot. 
5 N. Cavr'nsts (Benth. l.c. p. 370.) herbaceous, hard; stem 
erect, adpressedly villous; lower leaves lanceolate: superior 
ones or all linear, few-toothed, or quite entire, 1-nerved ; mar- 
gins and nerves usually ciliated : floral leaves oblong-lanceolate, 
quite entire, hardly exceeding the calyxes; spikes oblong. ©.? 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on hills from the Cape 
to Fort Beaufort, in the neutral territory, Ecklon and Drége, 
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