Tas. 8215. 
ZALUZIANSKYA MARITIMA. 
South Africa. 
ScROPHULARIACEAR, Tribe MANULEAE, 
ZALUZIANSKYA, F'. W. Schmidt; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 944 
(Zaluzianskia) ; Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vol. iv. sect. 2, p. 333. 
Zaluzianskya maritima, Walp. Rep. vol. iii. p. 307; Hiern, le. p. 335; 
Gumbleton in Gard. Chron. 1907, vol. xlii. p. 161, fig. 64; species Z. lych- 
nideae, Walp., simillima, sed robustior, foliis latioribus trinerviis, floribus 
majoribus et limbi lobis saepe latioribus differt. 
Herba perennis siccitate nigricans. Caulis erectus, decumbens vel adscendens, 
basi saepe paulum suffruticosus, simplex vel parce ramosus, sat dense 
foliosus, pubescens vel puberulus, 15 cm.—l1 m. altus, Folia tenuiter 
coriacea, obtusa, glabra vel puberula, saepius trinervia, integerrima vel 
remote denticulata; inferiora subsessilia vel breviter petiolata, basin 
versus valde angustata, anguste elliptica, obovato-oblonga vel lanceolato- 
oblonga, 2°5-7 cm. longa, 6 mm.-2 cm. lata; superiora sessilia, sensim 
minora, saepe adpressa; floralia sessilia, amplexicaulia, late lanceolata, 
1-2°5 em. longa. Spicae elongatae, sat dense floriferae. Calyx tubulosus, 
1-1°5 cm. longus, profunde bilabiatus, pubescens vel ciliolatus; dentes 
parvi, ovato-deltoidei vel ovato-lanceolati, obtusi. Corolla marcescens, 
extra glanduloso-puberula, saturate rubra vel purpureo-brunnea, intus 
-vivide alba, interdum limbi lobis roseo-marginatis; tubus gracillimus, 
3°5-5 em. longus; limbus patens, 5-partitus, 12-18 mm. diametro, lobis. 
obovatis bifidis. Stamina glabra, 2 longiora paulum exserta. Stylus 
filiformis, exsertus. Capsula coriacea, oblonga, 10-12 mm. longa, —Hrinus 
maritimus, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 287. Nycterinia maritima, Benth. in Hook. 
Comp. Bot. Mag. vol. i. p. 869, et in DC. Prodr, vol. x. p. 348. N. coriacea, 
Benth., Jl.cc, N. spathacea, Benth., ll.cc.  Zaluzianskya coriacea et Z. 
spathacea, Walp. Rep. vol. iii. p. 306. N. natalensis, Bernhardi ex Krauss in 
Flora, 1844, p. 834; Harv. Thes. Cap. vol. i. p. 37, t. 58. 2. natalensis, 
Bernhardi, l.c. 
Mr. Hiern’s monograph of Zaluzianskya in the Flora 
Capensis includes 32 species, all of which are confined to 
South Africa. The difficulty of distinguishing some of 
them is considerable, and it is questionable whether all are 
really distinct. Bentham suggested that the plant here 
figured might be only a variety of 7. lychnidea, which, as 
Erinus lychnidea, is depicted at t. 2504 of this work, and 
Mr. Hiern suspects the identity of 7. lychnidea and Z. 
capensis, Walp. Both are recorded as being in cultivation, 
SEPTEMBER, 1908. 
