SCROPHULARINEE. LXXXIV. Lyprria. 
Pers. ench. 2. p. 184. Habit of L. argéntea. Resembles also 
L. cuneáta ; but the leaves are several times larger, and stalked ; 
and the pedicels above an inch long. Corollas white. 
Long-peduncled Lyperia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1790. 
1} foot. 
15 L. rurocirróRA (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, decumbent, 
much branched ; leaves fascicled, petiolate, oblong, deeply tooth- 
ed or pinnatifid, finely pubescent or glabrous; racemes loose, 
clothed with clammy pubescence ; limb of corolla ample, with 
emarginate segments, about equal in length to the tube. h. 
G. Native of South Africa, on the Keiskamma, Drége. Dif- 
fers from L. argéntea chiefly by the leaves, which are smaller 
and more deeply toothed; and by the large expanded limb of 
the corolla. 
Phlox-flowered Lyperia. Shrub decumbent. 
16 L. cnassicAv'Lis (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, decumbent at 
the. base, much branched ; branches strict, stiff, scabrous ; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, pinnate: segments oblong, wedge-shaped, en- 
tire, or 2-3-cleft, scabrous; racemes strict ; pedicels a little 
shorter than the calyx; limb of corolla short, with emarginate 
segments. bh. G. Native of South Africa, on Wildshutsberg 
and Witbergen. Dries black, and is covered with glandular 
dots, which become wbite on drying. 
Thick-stemmed Lyperia. Shrub 1 to 1 foot. 
17 L. wórLis (Benth. l. c. p. 380.) suffruticose, clothed with 
soft villi; branches elongated, procumbent ; leaves subfascicu- 
late, petiolate, ovate, deeply pinnatifid or pinnate: segments 
ovate, entire or cut; pedicels axillary, filiform ; tube of corolla 
hardly twice as long as the calyx. 5. G. Native of South 
Africa, at Graham's Town, in Albany; and Zaureberg, in Uiten- 
hage, Ecklon ; Colesberg, Drége. Branches slender. Pedicels 
8-10 lines long. Corolla 4-5 lines long. 
Soft Lyperia. Shrub procumbent. 
18 L. rmicav/nzs (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, pubescent ; 
branches elongated, slender, procumbent; leaves subfasciculate, 
petiolate, obovate-roundish, deeply pinnatifid: segments obo- 
vate, very blunt; pedicels axillary, filiform. h.G. Native of 
South Africa, on the Witbergen. Allied, but distinct from the 
preceding, 
Thread-stemmed Lyperia. Shrub procumbent. 
19 L. pinwati’ria (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, decumbent, 
much branched; leaves pinnate: segments oblong-cuneated, 
entire, toothed or pinnatifid ; flowers subracemose ; tube of co- 
rolla 3-4 times longer than the calyx. h.G. Native of South 
Africa, in the Karroo desert and Karroid places ; from Beaufort 
to the Fish River, Ecklon. Manülea pinnatifida, Lin. syst. p. 
570. suppl. 285. Thunb. fl. cap. 473. Plant very variable. 
Leaves from 8 to 6 lines long, usually convolute or conduplicate. 
Pedicels few, rather stiff. Tube of corolla 4-5 lines long ; limb 
2-3 lines long ; segments obtuse, or very slightly emarginate. 
Some of the following varieties may prove to be species. 
ar. a, canescéns (Benth. 1. c.) capsule hardly one half longer 
than the calyx. 
Var. B, subcanéscens (Benth. 1. c.) capsule about twice the 
length of the calyx. 
Var. y, viscóso-pubéscens (Benth. l. c.) capsule about twice 
as long as the calyx ; corollas smaller. 
Var. 2, subbipinnatisécta (Benth. 1. c.) corolla larger. 
Var. e, microphylla (Benth. 1. c.) clothed with clammy pubes- 
cence. 
Pinnatifid-leaved Lyperia. Shrub decumbent. 
20 L. mutrr’ria (Benth. l. c.) suffruticose, procumbent, much 
branched; leaves subfasciculate, bipinnate ; segments for the 
most part petiolate, oblong-cuneated, entire, cut or pinnatifid ; 
racemes few-flowered ; calycine segments linear-spatulate, 
hardly a half shorter than the tube of the corolla. h.G 
VOL. Iv. 
Shrub 
LXXXV. MANULEA. 593 
Native of South Africa, at Sternbergspruit and Stormbergen, 
Drége. Leaves much more divided; and the flowers much 
smaller than in Z. pinnatifida, ex Benth. 
Multifid-leaved Lyperia. Shrub procumbent. 
21 L. rortorósa (Benth. l. c.) shrubby, divaricately much 
branched; leaves small, fascicled, linear-cuneate, toothed or pin- 
natifid, canescent on both surfaces; flowers subracemose ; tube 
of corolla about thrice as long as the calyx. 5. G. Native of 
South Africa, in karroid places. Zartehopf and Langekloof, 
Ecklon; between the little Fish river and Brak river, Drége. 
Leaves 1 to 3 lines long, much narrower, less cut, and whiter 
than in L. pinnatifida, var. e, which it much resembles. 
Leafy Lyperia. Shrub. 
92 L. cuwrA' ra (Benth. l. c.) shrubby, much branched; 
leaves minute, fascicled, bi-tridentate at apex, rarely quite 
entire, smoothish, or finely pubescent; flowers subracemose ; 
tube of corolla 3-4 times longer than the calyx. 5. G. Native 
of South Africa, on the Gauritz river, Drége. Leaves interme- 
diate between those of L. foliolósa and L. atropuryürca. Differs 
from L. pedunculata by the minute sessile leaves, and in the 
peduncles, which are seldom half an inch long. 
Cuneate-leaved Lyperia. Shrub. 
23 L. ATnoPunPU' REA (Benth. 1. c.) shrubby, much branched; 
leaves minute, fascicled, linear, quite entire, or rarely uniden- 
tate; flowers subracemose; tube of corolla 6-7 times longer 
than the calyx. bh. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in 
the Karroo and Karroid districts, Ecklon and Drége. Manülea 
atropurpürea, Banks, herb. Leaves glabrous or downy, 1-2 
lines long. Corolla near an inch long. Capsule larger than in 
the neighbouring species. Leaves longer in the cultivated 
lant. 
: Dark-purple-flowered Lyperia. Shrub. 
24 L. aspatatuorpes (Benth. l.c. p. 381.) shrubby, much 
branched ; leaves minute, fascicled, oblong or linear, quite 
entire; flowers racemose ; tube of corolla 2-3 times longer than 
the calyx. b. G. Native of South Africa, at Grassrugg and 
Krakakamma, in the Uitenhage district, Ecklon. Leaves smaller 
than in the preceding, and narrower than those of the following; 
and not imbricated. Corolla 1 an inch long. Branches downy. 
Leaves glabrous. 
Aspalathus-like Lyperia. Shrub. 
25 L. wrcRoPHY/rrA (Benth. |. c.) shrubby, much branched ; 
leaves minute, ovate, quite entire, fascicled in the axils: those 
of the younger branches imbricating in 4 rows ; flowers few, 
towards the tops of the branches. kh. G. Native of South 
Africa, in Karroid districts; Zwartkops river, Ecklon; near 
Garip, and between Addo and Zondag river, Drége. Manulea 
microphylla, Lin. syst. 569. suppl. 285. Thunb. fl. cap. 466. 
Leaves scarcely 4 a line long. Flowers about half an inch long. 
Segments of the limb broad, obovate. 
Small-leaved Lyperia. Shrub. : 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Nycterinia, p. 587. 
LXXXV. MANU'LEA (from manus, the hand; in allusion 
to the divisions of the corolla.) Benth. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 
381.—Némia, Berg.—Manilea species, Lin., Thunb., and other 
authors. Selago species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Didyndmia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-parted ; 
segments linear or subulate. Corolla deciduous; tube elon- 
gated, glabrous or tomentose outside, erectish at top ; limb 5- 
parted, equal, or the 4 superior segments are more approximate. 
Stamens didynamous, inclosed.—Herbs, rarely subshrubs, na- 
tives of South Africa. Leaves generally approximate at the 
base of the stems: floral ones small, bractea-formed. Flowers 
racemose ; racemes sometimes simple and naked, or minutely 
bracteate ; sometimes compound, composed of many-flowered 
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