SCROPHULARINEH. LXXIX. Nycrerinia. 
&c.; also northward, in Namaqualand and New Hantam, Drége. 
Erinus Capénsis, Lin. mant. 252. Erinus ZEthiópicus, Thunb. 
fl. cap. 473. This is apparently a very common species, distin- 
guished from N. lychnidea by its herbaceous, probably annual 
root, upright stems, and smaller leaves. Spikes usually short, 
and few-flowered, occasionally the central one acquires a consi- 
derable length. Corolla slender, hardly an inch and a quarter 
long, ex Benth. 
Var. a, hirsita (Benth. 1. c.) branches more villous; leaves 
hairy on both surfaces. ©.? G. 
Var. B, glabráscula (Benth. 1. c.) leaves smoothish. ©.? H. 
Var. y, foliósa (Benth. l. c.) leaves smaller, more numerous ; 
spike few-flowered. 
Var. ò, tenuifolia (Benth. 1. c.) leaves narrow-linear, and more 
glabrous. 
Cape Nycterinia. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
6 N. roxceirróRA (Benth. l. c.) herbaceous ; stem adpressedly 
pilose; leaves linear, pinnatifidly toothed: floral ones lanceo- 
late, toothed, clothed with rather clammy down; spike short. 
u.?G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Kamiesbergen, 
in the north Clanwilliam district, Drége. This differs from N. 
Capénsis by its deeply toothed leaves, and from N. dentata by 
fuer narrowness, from both by the corolla being 18-20 lines 
ong. : 
Long-flowered Nycterinia. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
7 N. Dentara (Benth. l. c.) herbaceous, erect; stem ad- 
pressedly pilose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic, narrowed 
at the base, coarsely toothed, or half pinnatifid, clothed with 
clammy pubescence, as well as the floral ones, which are broad- 
lanceolate; spike short, dense. 2J.? G. Native on the moun- 
tains near Cape Town and Paarl, Ecklon and Drége, &c. Habit 
of N. Capénsis, but is distinguished from it by its broad, deeply 
toothed leaves, often narrowed into the petioles at the base. 
Var. B, humilis (Benth. 1. c.) plant more humble. %4.? G. 
aue on the Zwarteberg, Ecklon; and Nieuweveld mountains, 
rége. 
Toothed-leaved Nycterinia. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. ? 
8 N. ova'rA (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, ? divaricate, or pro- 
cumbent, clothed with clammy villi; leaves ovate, coarsely 
toothed, villous on both surfaces, as well as the floral ones, 
which are oblong ; spike short. Lb. G. Native of Caffreland, 
at Witbergen. Leaves very blunt, narrowed at the base. Spike 
apparently interrupted. Corolla 13 inch long. 
Ovate-leaved Nycterinia. Shrub procumbent. 
9 N. pu‘miza (Benth. ].c.) humble, much branched ; leaves 
oblong-linear, deeply and remotely toothed : floral ones similar, 
twice or thrice longer than the corolla, somewhat dilated at the 
base; flowers axillary, hardly spicate ; tube of corolla hardly 
downy; capsules ovate, coriaceous.—Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, in the Nieuweveld or Kowp, Drége. A remarka- 
ble species, with somewhat the appearance of Castilleja fissifo- 
lia, scarcely 3 inches high, ex Benth. 
Dwarf Nycterinia. Shrub } foot. 
$2. Segments of corolla bifid ; tube glabrous. Leaves spatulate. 
10 N. sexacinorpss (Benth. |. c.) humble, branched at the 
base; leaves spatulate: floral ones dilated at the base; throat 
of corolla crowned by rigid hairs; lower stamens abortive. ©. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sandy plains on 
the west coast from the Cape flats northward, Ecklon. Erinus 
selaginoides, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 475. — Erinus Africanus, Herb. 
un. itin. p. 301, but not of Lin. A low annual, generally 3-5 
inches high, usually covered with spreading, clammy hairs, and 
dries less black than the species of the first section. Lower 
leaves obovate: upper ones oblong, or linear-spatulate, entire, 
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or with a very few teeth: floral ones adhering at the base to the 
calyx, spreading at top. Flowers rather distinct, especially at 
the base of the spike. Calyx and capsules membranous. Co- 
rolla 9-11 lines long, ex Benth. 
Var. a, villósa (Benth. 1. c.) villous. 
Var. B, glabra (Benth. 1. c.) glabrous. 
fants and Zwartdoorn rivers, Drége. 
Var. ò, parviflora (Benth. l. c.) corolla scarcely 5 lines long, 
concealed under the floral leaves. ©. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope, but the locality is not mentioned. 
Selago-like Nycterinia. Pl. $ to 4 foot. 
11 N. Arrica‘na (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. vol. 3. p. 
239.) humble, branched at the base; leaves opposite: floral 
ones oblong-spatulate; throat of corolla scarcely pilose; sta- 
mens 4, all antheriferous. ©.? G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope, in the Carro and Carroid districts; Hexriver ; 
Winterbergen and Sneeuwebergen, Ecklon, Drége; Hermanns 
Kraal, in Albany, Ecklon, Erinus Africanus, Lin. spec. 878. 
Thunb. fl. cap. 474.—Burm. afr. p. 139. t. 50. f. 1. Habit of 
N. selaginoides. Leaves rather more collected at the base of 
the stem. Spike more dense, with the floral leaves more pro- 
minent, and readily distinguished by the 2 lower anthers slightly 
projecting from the mouth of the tube. 
African Nycterinia. Pl. $ to 1 foot. 
©. G. On the Oli- 
$ 3. Segments of the limb of the corolla entire ; tube glabrous. 
12 N. pnivauica A (Benth. l. c.) humble, stiff, branched at 
the base, pubescently hairy; lower leaves on long petioles, obo- 
vate: upper floral leaves lanceolate, toothed; spikes elongated. 
h.?G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on sandy hills 
and plains near Cape Town. Manilea divaricàta, Thunb. fl. 
cap. 468. A common plant in collections, drying black. Co- 
rolla slender, about 10 lines long. Capsule rather coriaceous. 
Divaricate Nycterinia. Pl. dwarf. 
13 N. rEpuwcuLA'nis (Benth. l. c.) humble, leafy at the 
base, branched; lower leaves petiolate, ovate: cauline leaves 
few, lanceolate, a little toothed ; spikes on long peduncles, head 
formed, few-flowered.—Native of the Cape of Good Hope; 
Theopolis, in Albany, Ecklon. Leaves almost all collected at the 
base of the stem, which is scape-formed. Branches 4-6 inches 
long. Flowers like those of N. divaricata, Capsule somewhat 
coriaceous. 
Var. a, hirsüta (Benth. l. c.) plant hairy. 
Var. (4, glabriáscula (Benth. 1. c.) plant nearly glabrous. 
Native at Haazenkraalsrivier, Drége. 
Peduncled Nycterinia, Pl. dwarf. 
14 N. rusírLA (Benth. l. c.) erect, nearly simple; leaves 
almost all radical, petiolate, broadly ovate: floral ones oblong- 
linear, or spatulate; flowers few, distant, or rather approximate. 
—Native of the Cape of Good Hope, between Hol river and 
Micrencasteel, in the North Clanwilliam district. More slender 
than N. pedunculdris, and the branches are not scape-formed. 
Buchnéra divaricàta, Lin. soc. herb. ? 
Small Nycterinia. Pl. 1 to 3 foot. ? 
15 N. vırròsa (Benth. l. c.) stem erect, branched, leafy ; 
leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, almost quite entire; spikes inter- 
rupted at the base, dense at apex.— Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope; Haazenkraalsrivier, Drége. Erinus villósus, Thunb. fl. 
cap. 474.? Taller than the three last, and scarcely blackens on 
drying. Capsule almost membranous. Stamens all antheriferous 
and inclosed, as in the three last species, ex Benth. 
Villous Nycterinia. Pl. 3 to 3 foot. ? 
Cult. All the species of Nycterinia are worth cultivating for 
the sake of the beauty and sweet scent of their flowers. "They 
grow well in a mixture of peat and sand, or vegetable mould ; 
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