2 
petioled, sinuate. Flowers 
bracts.—Choisy in Ann. Se 
in terminal scorpioid cymes with leafy | 
cat. e669, 7, 18k. 
‘The only two species, both of which extend into South Africa. 
Corolla 13-14 lin. long, white, striped with purple - IL. C. Royeni. 
Corolla 7 lin. long, yellow . 
2. C. Schenckii. 
1. C. Royeni, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, ii. 292. A stout, erect, 
much-branched shrub, 3 ft. or mor 
e high, armed, except the corolla, 
UXXXVIII. HYDROPHYLLACEZ (BAKER AND BROWN).  [Codon. 
with copious spreading white spines, }-} in. long, and densely 
covered with a fine subtomentose gs 
Leaves ovate, 1-3 in. long, 
rounded at the base, sin 
sides ; petiole 4-1 in, long. 
bracts leaf-like; pedicels 
with 8-12 purple stripes 
Flowers in terminal scorpioid cymes; 
preading glandular pubescence. — 
3-1} in. broad, acute or subobtuse, | 
f 
uate on the margin, scabrid on both 
4-3 in. long. Calyx-lobes §-1 in. long, | 
linear or spathulate. Corolla campanulate, 8-12-lobed, white, | 
and thinly pubescent outside; tube about 
¢ in. long, plaited; lobes 4—5 lin. long, 2—2} lin. broad, oblong, obtuse, 
with a few glands on the 
or longer than the corolla; filaments filiform, hairy at the base, their 
back of the apical part. Stamens shorter 
basal partitions 2 lin. long, 1? lin. broad, bordered with woolly 
hairs which connect in an arched line with th 
ing partitions. Anthers 1 
base. Capsule 4—5 lin. in 
with black glands.—Thunb. 
ose from the adjoin- 
4-13 lin. long, oblong ; style hairy at the 
diam., globose, acuminate, often sprinkled 
Fl. Cap. ed. Schultes, 389; Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 325; DC. Prodr. x. 589 ; Engl. Jahrb. x. 247 ; Kuntze in Jahrb. 
Bot. Gart. Berlin, iv. 268 : 
Lower Guinea. 
C. H. Wright in Dyer, F. Cap. iv. ii. 2. 
Hereroland: in sandy ground near Usakos, 2900 ft., Mar- 
loth, 1234; and without precise locality, Pechuel-Loesche. 
Also in South Africa. 
2. ©. Schenckii, Schinz in Abhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. xxx. 173, 
very near C’. Royeni, from which it differs as follows : 
Calyx-lobes 
4-4 in. long. Corolla yellow; tube 3-34 (54 ex Schinz) lin. long ; 
lobes 3} (2 ex Schinz) lin. long, 24-24 (14 ex Schinz) lin. broad. 
Partitions connecting the base of the sta 
3 lin. broad, obtriangular, 
which extend in double ro 
—Engl. Jahrb. x. 248; 
C. Dregei, E. Meyer in Dré 
Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa: 
1800 ft., Marloth, 1235; and without 
west Africa, lat. 23°, Chapman § Baines ! 
mens to the corolla ? lin. long, 
densely bordered with white woolly hairs, 
ws a short distance up the corolla-tube and 
inarch to meet those from the adjoining stamens. 
Anthers 1 lin. long. 
C. H. Wright in Dyer, FI. Cap. iv. ji, 2. 
ge, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 17:\. | 
Hereroland ;_ Tscharridib 
precise locality, Luderitz, Schinz. Southz 
Also in Great and Little Namaqualand. 
2. HYDROLEA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii, 831. 
Calyx 5-partite; sstiy 
Corolla 5-lobed almost to 
ation imbricate at the base, open above, 
the base, rotate-campanulate. Stamens 5 
