SCROPHULARINEJE. LXXXV. Manutea. 
a downy rachis; calyx minute, with linear segments, shorter 
than the capsule, which is truncate. %. G. Native of South 
Africa, near the Omtata, in the Amaponda country, Drége. 
Nearly allied to M. rubra and M. leióstachys, but much more 
slender, and tube of the corolla scarcely 2 lines long. 
Small-flowered Manulea. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
14 M. rziósrAcuvs (Benth. l. c.) perennial; stem erect, pu- 
bescent at the base; leaves pubescent: lower ones on long peti- 
oles, oblong, toothed : superior ones oblong-spatulate or linear, 
few-toothed ; racemes many-flowered, elongated, and are, as 
well as the top of the stem, quite glabrous; segments of calyx 
linear, obtuse, scarcely shorter than the capsule. 2/. G. Na- 
tive of South Africa, at Cedarbergen, in Clanwilliam and Gna- 
denthal, Drége. Taller and more erect than M. ràübra, with 
more numerous and slender flowers, and readily distinguished 
by the glabrous and almost glaucous surface of the upper part of 
the plant, ex Benth. 
Smooth-spiked Manulea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
15 M. ru'sra (Lin. syst. p. 570. suppl. 286. Thunb. fl. 
cap. p. 472.) perennial; stem erect, decumbent at the base, vil- 
lous; leaves oblong-lanceolate, dentate, narrowed at the base, 
downy on both surfaces, or villous; raceme interrupted, a little 
branched ; calycine segments linear-oblong, obtuse, about a half 
shorter than the capsule; corolla 3-4 times longer than the 
calyx. 2.G. Native of South Africa, in the Cape flats and 
downs, and Hottentotsholland ; very common in Cape collec- 
tions.  Némia rubra, Berg. fl. cap. 160. Manilea angustifolia, 
Link et Otto. pl. sel. hort. berol. 7. t. 20. This species is very 
variable in the number of flowers and degree of hairiness. 
Flowers half an inch long, or rather shorter, at first golden yel- 
low, but at length of a reddish orange-colour. 
Red-flowered Manulea. Fl. April, Sept. 
to 2 feet. 
16 M. osova'rA (Benth. l. c.) perennial; stem decumbent at 
the base, pubescent; radical leaves ovate: cauline ones obo- 
vate or oblong, coarsely crenated or somewhat cut, pubescent on 
both surfaces ; racemes elongated, many-flowered, a little branch- 
ed; calycine segments linear, obtuse, rather shorter than the 
capsule; tube of corolla 2-3 times longer than the calyx. 2%. 
G. Native of South Africa, in Algoa Bay, Forbes and Ecklon. 
This plant varies in the breadth of the leaves. Flowers much 
more numerous than in M. rübra; the corollas and capsules not 
half the size. 
Obovate-leaved Manulea. 
17 M. tomentosa (Lin. 
Symb. p. 569. mant. 420. 
Thunb. fl. cap. 470.) stem de- 
cumbent, humble, branched, 
tomentosely villous; leaves 
obovate or oblong, toothed, 
thick, densely tomentose on 
both surfaces; racemes short, 
dense ; segments of calyx lan- 
ceolate-linear, villously tomen- 
tose, about equal in length to 
the capsule. )/. G. Native of 
the Cape of Good Hope. Curt. 
bot. mag. t. 322. bad. Link et 
Otto. pl. sel. hort. berol. 45. 
t. 19. good. Selàgo tomentósa, 
Lin. spec. 877.—Plukn. phyt. 
t. 319. f. 2, Branches short and 
stiff. Racemes 2-3 inches long. Flowers at first greenish-yel- 
low, but at length becoming orange-coloured (fig. 56). 
i Tomentose Manulea. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1744. 
oot. 
Cit.1790. Pl. 1 
Pl. decumbent. 
FIG. 56. 
prt 
595 
18 M. ruyrsirLora (Lin. syst. p. 569. suppl. 285. Thunb. 
fl. cap. 471.) stem erect, flexuous, branched, finely pubescent ; 
leaves obovate, coarsely toothed, smoothish ; raceme panicle- 
formed, many-flowered; peduncles loosely cymose; calycine 
segments linear ; tube of corolla slender, 3-4 times longer than 
the calyx; segments of the limb oblong-linear, obtuse. Y.? 
G. Native of South Africa, in the Cape district. Raceme or 
panicle above half a foot long. Lower cymes opposite: upper 
ones alternate, all loosely dichotomous. Corolla slender; tube 
about 3 lines long. 
Thyrse-flowered Manulea. Pl. 1 foot. 
19 M. PANiIcULA' TA (Benth. 1. c.) erect, tall, branched, cloth- 
ed with hoary pubescence; leaves ovate or obovate, coarsely 
crenated ; panicle large ; racemes numerous, leafy at base, 
many-flowered ; peduncles cymose ; calycine segments oblong- 
linear, obtuse ; tube of corolla 3 times longer tban the calyx ; 
segments of the limb ovate. Y.?G. Native of South Africa, 
at Stormbergen, and near the Krai river. Stem thick and hard. 
Panicle a foot long; branches erect; cymes much denser than 
in M. thyrsiflora, ex Benth. 
Panicled-flowered Manulea. Pl. tall. 
20 M. turrrris (Banks, herb. mss. ex Benth. l. c.) stem 
and branches erect, hairy; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, 
deeply toothed, narrowed at the base, hairy on both sur- 
faces ; racemes elongated, slender ; flowers fascicled ; segments 
of calyx linear, obtuse ; tube of corolla slender, 5-6 times longer 
than the calyx ; segments linear-oblong, obtuse. %.? G. Na- 
tive of South Africa, on rocks of Nieuwekloof, Drége ; and in 
the Cape district. This species is remarkable for the white 
hairs of the stem.  Racemes and flowers almost like those of 
M. leióstachys, but the foliage and habit are very different. It 
has the appearance of being occasionally shrubby at the base, ex 
Benth. 
Tower Manulea. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
* Æ * AcuriFLORI (from acutus, acute ; and flos, a flower ; in 
reference to the segments of the corolla being acute.) Benth. 
l. c. Racemes compound, or almost simple. Segments of the 
corolla all, or the upper ones are subulately acuminated, ex 
Benth. 
21 M. srELLA TA (Benth. l. c. p. 384.) stem ascending, 
pubescent, sparingly branched; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, 
deeply serrated, pubescent ; raceme elongated, compound, loose, 
many-flowered ; calycine segments linear-subulate; tube of co- 
rolla 3 times longer than the calyx. h.?G. Native of South 
Africa, on the mountains of the Cape and South Worcester dis- 
tricts, Ecklon. An elegant species, with slender, orange-colour- 
ed flowers, 3 to 7 on each peduncle. 
Stellate Manulea. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. ? 
29 M.rxALTA'TA (Banks, herb. mss. ex Benth. l. c.) stein 
erect, divaricately branched, pubescent; leaves petiolate, broad- 
ovate, deeply toothed, pubescent; racemes very slender, few- 
flowered, interrupted, leafy at the base; segments of calyx 
linear-subulate, but one half shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
4.? G. Native of South Africa, in the Cape and Clanwilliam 
districts, Olifant's river, Brackfontein, and Berg-valei, Ecklon. 
Branches slender. Peduncles very short, 1-3-flowered, remote. 
Flowers half as large as those of M. stellàta. 
Exalted Manulea. Pl. 2 to 3 feet? 
93 M. Cuerra’ntuUus (Lin. mant. 88. syst. 569. Benth. l. c.) 
leaves nearly radical, ovate, obovate, or oblong; peduncles 
scape-formed, erect, simple; racemes compound ; tube of co- 
rolla hardly exserted : upper segments of the limb very long 
and subulate. ©. or ¢.G. Native of South Africa, in vari- 
ous places in the western districts from the Cape to Gariep 
river in Namaqualand. M. rhynchantha, Link, enum. -2. p. 
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