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peduncles. Corolla usually orange-coloured or yellow, not be- 
coming black on drying. Capsule glabrous. 
* Racemòsæ. Pedicels 1-flowered. Segments of corolla bifid, 
obcordate, obovate, or rarely oblong, obtuse. Leaves almost 
radical. Peduncles scape-formed, simple, naked, or minutely 
bracteate, racemose at apex. 
1 M.? nervosa (E. Meyer, mss. Benth. l. c. p. 381.) 
leaves petiolate, obovate-oblong or ovate, quite entire, glabrous; 
calycine segments broad-lanceolate ; segments of corolla broad, 
emarginate : the 2 upper ones combined beyond the middle, 
quite entire. h.? G. Native of South Africa, at Zilverfon- 
tein, in Namaqualand, Drége. The calycine segments are 
broader and thicker ; tube of corolla shorter; limb larger, and 
less deeply cleft than in any other species. Perhaps a separate 
genus, ex Benth. 
Nerved Manulea. Pl. 1 to } foot. 
2 M. sitenorpses (E. Meyer, mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) annual; 
leaves petiolate, ovate, quite entire, or obscurely toothed ; caly- 
cine segments linear, while young connected by a membrane, 
and exceeding the capsule in the fructiferous state; segments 
of corolla emarginately bifid. (2. G. Native of South Africa, 
at Karakuis. More slender than M. nervosa. Tube of corolla 
longer; limb smaller, with narrow segments. 
Var. B, minor (E. Meyer, 1. c.) ©.G. Native of South 
Africa, between Micrenkasteel and Zwartdoorn river, in Clan- 
william ; and Modderfontein, in Namaqualand. 
Caichfly-like Manulea. PI. 3 to 4 inches. 
3 M. ANpRosA'cEA (E. Meyer, mss. ex Benth. l. c.) leaves 
obovate-oblong, glabrous, quite entire, or subcrenated ; pedun- 
cles glabrous; racemes subcapitate ; calycine segments oblong- 
linear, glabrous, equalling the capsule in length ; tube of corolla 
3 or 4 times longer than the calyx ; segments of the limb obo- 
vate, retuse. (2.? G. Native of South Africa, in sands near 
Noagas, Drége. Rather taller than M. silenoides. Leaves 
rather longer and narrower. Flowers nearly sessile, mostly 
forming a compact head, which is sometimes elongated in the 
manner termed proliferous, Bentb. 
Androsace-like Manulea. PI. 1 to 3 foot. 
4 M. corymsosa (Thunb. fl. cap. 472. Benth. l. c.) leaves 
ovate-oblong, obovate, quite entire and toothed, glabrous, or 
finely downy ; peduncles scape-formed, sometimes furnished 
with 1-2 leaves ; fructiferous racemes elongated ; calycine seg- 
ments linear, longer than the capsule, membranously ciliated at 
the base ; segments of corolla broad, obovate. — Native of South 
Africa, in the Cape district. Flowers often reflexed. Tube of 
corolla 3 lines long ; orifice hairy. 
Corymbose-flowered Manulea. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
5 M. artrssma (Lin. syst. 569. suppl. 286. Thunb. fl. cap. 
472.) leaves oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, or toothed, finely pubes- 
cent; peduncles very long, sometimes furnished with 1-2 leaves; 
fructiferous racemes oblong, dense; calycine segments longer 
than the capsule, clothed with scabrous pubescence.—Native of 
South Africa, in the Cape district. Peduncles or flowering 
stems often a foot and a half high, sometimes with one or two 
branches. 
Very-iall Manulea. Pl. 2 feet? 
6 M. roNerróLIA (Benth. l. c. p. 382.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, quite entire, ór obscurely toothed, smoothish ; floriferous 
branches elongated, branched, nearly naked, or few-leaved at the 
base; fruit-bearing racemes elongated ; calyxes on short pedi- 
cels, with lanceolate, hispid segments, which rather exceed the 
capsules.—Native of South Africa, at Ebenezer, Drége. Per- 
haps a variety of M. altissima; but besides the branched stems, 
narrow racemes, &c. the corolla appears to be much smaller. 
Long-leaved Manulea. PI. 2 feet? 
SCROPHULARINE EX. 
LXXXV. MANULEA. 
7 M. seLLDIròLIA (Benth. l. c.) leaves obovate or oblong, a 
little crenated, glabrous, or finely pubescent; fructiferous ra- 
cemes elongated; capsules remote ; calycine segments lanceo- 
late, nearly glabrous; segments of corolla oblong-ovate.—Na- 
tive of South Africa, in the Uitenhage district, Katrivierberg, 
Addo, and Quaggsvlakte, Ecklon; Klipplaats river, Drége. 
It comes near M. corymbòsa, but is readily distinguished by the 
calyx. Leaves of Béllis sylvéstris. 
Daisy-leaved Manulea. Pl. 2 feet. ? 
* * Tryrsirtore. Racemes compound ; pedicels fascicu- 
lately many-flowered. Segments of corolla entire, oblong, obtuse, 
Stems usually leafy, Benth. 
8 M. mca'wa (Thunb. fl. cap. 468. Benth. 1. c.) suffruti- 
cose, humble, much branched ; leaves approximate at the base 
of the branches, petiolate, oblong, obtuse, toothed at apex, nar- 
rowed at the base, hoary on both surfaces; floriferous branches 
erect, nearly naked, racemose ; peduncles very short, 1-3-flow- 
ered; calyxes hoary, scarcely shorter than the tube of the co- 
rola. h.G. Native of South Africa, near the Cape. Habit 
of Chenóstoma halimifülium. Calyx 3-4 lines long, cleft to the 
middle only. Divisions of corolla narrow-oblong, Benth. 
Hoary Manulea. Shrub dwarf. 
9 M. cnassrrüniA (Benth. 1. c.) perennial; leaves nearly ra- 
dical, oblong-elliptic or spatulate, obtuse, or bluntly subdentate, 
quite glabrous on both surfaces ; stems nearly naked ; racemes 
elongated, interrupted; flowers fascicled ; segments of calyx 
connected by a membrane, lanceolate-linear at apex, about 
equal in length to the calyx; tube of corolla 2-3 times longer 
than the calyx. 2%.G. Native of South Africa, at Moogplats 
and Witbergen, Drége. Very smooth, and almost glaucous. 
Thick-leaved Manulea. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
10 M. su’ncea (Benth. l. c.) perennial, quite glabrous, glau- 
cous; branches strict, erect, rushy, few-leaved ; leaves oblong- 
linear, remotely toothed or pinnatifid: superior ones linear, 
quite entire; racemes compound, short, few-flowered ; seg- 
ments of the calyx subulate, exceeding the capsule a little ; 
tube of corolla 4-5 times longer than the capsule. 2. G. Na- 
tive of South Africa, at Giftbergen, Drége. Racemes 2-7 inches 
long. Calyx slightly downy. Tube of corolla about } inch 
long. 
Rushy Manulea. Pl. 2 feet. 
11 M. nmrícipa (Benth. l. c.) erect, clothed with scabrous 
pubescence ; branches divaricate ; leaves lanceolate, deeply 
toothed or pinnatifid ; racemes elongated ; flowers subfascicu- 
late, on very short pedicels; calycine segments subulate at apex; 
twice the height of the capsule; tube of corolla scarcely twice 
the length of the calyx. %.? G. Native of South Africa, in 
Clanwilliam district; Olifant's river and Brackfontein, Ecklon; 
Wupperthal, Dràge. Stature of M. júncea, but branchy in the 
upper part. Leaves sessile, or embracing the stem, often erect; 
with the midrib very prominent. Pedicels 1-5-flowered. Co- 
rolla of M. jáncea, ex Benth. 
Stiff Manulea. PI. 2 feet. 
12 M. pensirròra (Benth. l. c.) perennial, branched ; cau- 
line leaves oblong-linear, almost quite entire, and toothed ; ra- 
cemes dense, subspicate ; calycine segments subulate, exceeding 
the capsule a little; tube of corolla thickish. 2t. G. Native 
of North Africa, in Clanwilliam district ; Olifant's river, and 
Brackfontein, Ecklon. Inflorescence of M. jáncea, but different 
in habit and foliage. 
Dense-flowered Manulea. Pl. 2 feet. ? 
13 M. ranvirLónA (Benth. l. c. p. 383.) perennial; stem 
erect, a little branched, few-leaved, pubescent; leaves radical, 
oblong-spatulate or obovate: cauline ones linear, quite entire or 
few-toothed ; racemes elongated, slender, many-flowered, wit 
