590 SCROPHULARINEZ. 
apparently prostrate, slightly pubescent towards the extremity ; 
the calyx has also a few hairs, but the rest of the plant is quite 
glabrous. 
Procumbent Chenostoma. Shrub prostrate. 
6 C. LAxirLóRUM (Benth. |. c.) suffruticose, procumbent, 
subcanescent; branches ascending, fastigiate; leaves oblong- 
ovate, a little toothed, narrowed a long way at the base, flat ; 
racemes loose; flowers on long pedicels; calyxes glabrous or 
canescent; corolla funnel-shaped: tube equalling the calyx, 
or hardly exceeding it. b. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, near the Keiskamma, Drége. Probably a mere variety 
of the preceding ; but the flowers are larger. 
Loose-flowered Chaenostoma. Shrub procumbent. 
7 C. narniurróLIUM (Benth. 1. c. p. 375.) suffruticose, hum- 
ble; branches numerous, erect, white; leaves oval-oblong or 
lanceolate, a little toothed, hoary on both surfaces, flat; racemes 
loose; flowers on long pedicels; corolla funnel-shaped: tube 
equalling the calyx in length, or hardly exceeding it. Lh. G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Karroo desert, near 
Graafreynet, Ecklon; Steeikloof, Hamerkuil, and plains near 
Aasvogelberg, Drége. Habit of Manilea incana. Branches 
densely leafy at the base. Racemes almost leafless; the floral 
leaves being very small and entire. 
Halimum-leaved Chaenostoma. Shrub. 
8 C. potya’NtHUM (Benth. l. c.) herbaceous or suffruticose, 
much branched at the base; branches downy at top, panicled ; 
leaves ovate, toothed, cuneated at the base : upper ones oblong, 
glabrous or canescent beneath; racemes loose; calyx hispid; 
corolla funnel-shaped : tube hardly exceeding the calyx. h. 
G. Native of South Africa, on the Zwartkops river, in Uiten- 
hage, Ecklon ; Algoa Bay, Hook. herb. Habit and corolla of 
C. laxiflorum. Leaves and calyx of C. campanulàtum. 
Many-flowered Cheenostoma. Shrub. 
9 C. pu'mmum (Benth. l. c.) plant suffruticose, of many 
stems, glabrous; leaves oblong: superior ones linear, quite en- 
tire, or few-toothed ; flowers racemose ; corolla funnel-shaped : 
tube hardly longer than the calyx. h.G. Native of South 
Africa, in Uitenhage district, Ecklon; and probably from 
Algoa Bay. Branches many, erect. Leaves slightly revolute 
on the margins. Pedicels longer than the calyxes, which are 
nearly glabrous. Corolla very open, as in all the species of this 
section. 
Dwarf Chenostoma. Shrub 1 to 4 foot. 
10 C. penupa‘tum (Benth. |. c.) suffruticose; branches gla- 
brous; ascending ; leaves distant, linear, quite entire, with revo- 
lute edges, glabrous; racemes few-flowered ; calyx hispid, 
hardly shorter than the tube of the corolla, which is funnel- 
shaped. h. G. Native of South Africa, at Langekloof, in 
George district, Ecklon and Drége. Habit almost of Aspérula 
cynánchica. Calyx of C. campanulàtum. Corolla of C. pèmi- 
lum. Capsule oblong, longer than the calyx. 
Naked Cheenostoma. Shrub ascending. 
* * Tube of corolla twice or thrice the length of the 
calyx. 
11 C. revorv'rum (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, greyish or 
pubescent; leaves linear, quite entire, with revolute edges ; 
flowers racemose ; pedicels hardly longer than the calyx; seg- 
ments of calyx linear or subulate, about equal in length to the 
capsule, which is ovate, but 2 or 3 times shorter than the tube 
of the corolla. h. G. Native of South Africa, under the 
Zwartebergen, from the river Zondereinde to Gaurite river, 
Ecklon and Drége ; and on the Fish river, Dr. Gill. Manülea 
revolüta, Thunb. fl. cap. 467. Much branched. 
Var. a, glabriásculum (Benth. 1. c.) plant smoothish. 
LXXXIII. Cuznostoma. 
Var. B, pubéscens (Benth. l. c.) plant pubescent. h.G, 
Native on the Cedarbergen, and near Boschkloof, Drége. 
Revolute-leaved Chaenostoma. Shrub 1 foot. 
12 C. czAsRA' TUM (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, glabrous ; leaves 
linear, quite entire, with revolute margins; flowers racemose ; 
pedicels more than twice as long as the calyx; segments of 
calyx lanceolate-subulate, rather downy, shorter than the oblong 
capsule ; tube of corolla twice or thrice as long as the calyx. 
bp. G. Native of South Africa, at Kerg river, in Tambuki- 
land; and Kannaland, in Zwellendam, Ecklon; and elsewhere, 
Drége. This differs from C. linifóliun in its narrower leaves, 
longer capsules, and is almost always perfectly glabrous. 
Glabrous Chenostoma. Shrub. 
13 C. uinredtium (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose ; branches hairy 
at top; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or linear, quite entire, and 
few-toothed, with subrevolute edges, hairy or smoothish ; flow- 
ers racemose ; pedicels more than twice as long as the calyx; 
calycine segments glabrous, or scarcely hairy, linear, exceeding 
the capsule a little, but 3 times shorter than the tube of the co- 
rolla. b. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on moun- 
tains in the Cape district, near Worcester, and near Brackfon- 
tein, in Clanwilliam, Ecklon and Drége. Manilea linifólia, 
Thunb. fl. cap. 466. ? An intermediate species between C. gla- 
bràtum and C. ZEthiópicum ; and probably only a variety of the 
latter. 3 
Flax-leaved Chenostoma. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
1 to 1 foot. 
14 C. Arutéricum (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose ; branches nu- 
merous, floriferous, fastigiate; leaves oblong or ovate, few- 
toothed, smoothish ; racemes short, loose, subcorymbose; calyx 
hispid, 2-3 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. h. © 
Native of South Africa, in the Cape district.  Buchnéra ZEthió- 
pica, Lin. mant. 251. but not of Thunb. Intermediate between 
C. linif ülium and C. fastigiàtum. 
ZEthiopian Chenostoma. Shrub. : 
15 C. rasticia‘rum (Benth. l. c. p. 376.) suffruticose ; 
branches numerous, erectish ; leaves linear, or oblong-cuneated, 
deeply few-toothed at apex ; flowers capitately racemose at the 
tops of the branches ; pedicels usually shorter than the calyx; 
calyx hispid, 2 or 3 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Caledon. Ma- 
nulea cephalotis, Thunb. fl. cap. 470.?. A low shrub, with 
leaves very much like those of Sélvia dentata, remarkable for 
the compact racemes, consisting of from 3 to 7 flowers, with 
very hispid calyxes. 
Var. a, hirsütum ; branches and leaves hairy. 
Var. D, glabràtum (Benth. 1. c.) plant glabrous. 
Fastigiate-branched Chenostoma. Shrub. 
16 C. sussPIcA'ruw (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, quite glabrous; 
branches numerous, erectish ; leaves half stem-clasping, oblong; 
deeply few-toothed ; flowers spicately racemose ; calyxes gla- 
brous, or very shortly ciliated, 2-3 times shorter than the tube 
of the corolla. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope: 
but the precise locality is unknown. Spikes of flowers leafy, 
about an inch long. All the pedicels very much shorter than 
the calyx. 
Subspicate-flowered Chaenostoma. Shrub. 
17 C. wamrróLIUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, procumbent ; 
branches clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaves ovate, crenated, 
with subrevolute edges, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, 
or on both surfaces ; flowers on very short pedicels, opposite or 
subracemose ; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx. R» 
G. Native of South Africa, in the Uitenhage district. Manù- 
lea virgata, Thunb. fl. cap. 470.2? Branches long, twiggy: 
Leaves almost sessile, and very white, which does not agree with 
Thunberg’s description, Benth. 
