12 RUBIACEZ (Sond.) [ Zedyotis. 
acute at the base, scabrous, hairy above; stipules joining the petioles, 
truncate, ciliate ; peduncles solitary, axillary and terminal, 1-flowered, 
often trifid, pedicels 4—5 times, tube of the corolla 3 times longer than 
the calyx, expanded at the throat; lobes acute; fruit globose, smooth. 
Kohautia longiflora, E. Mey. non DC. 
Has. Natal, Drege, Krauss, 305. Gueinzius, 470. R. W. Plant, 64. Gerr.g M‘K, 
583. Jul. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Branches 4—1 foot or longer. Leaves about 1 inch long, 3-4 lines broad, adpressed- 
hairy, sometimes glabrous above, ciliated at the base; upper ones smaller, bract like. 
Peduncles longer than the leaves, 3-1 inch long, the pedicels spreading, about twice 
shorter. Corolla 2 lines long, glabrous in the throat, the 4 lobes acute, anthers sub- 
exserted. Capsule crowned with the short calyx-teeth. 
14, H. rupicola (Sond.); annual, glabrous; stems ascending ; leaves 
shortly petiolate, ovate, subcordate, acute, a little scabrous above ; stipules 
of many bristles ; cymes corymbose, terminal, few-flowered ; pedicels 
short ; calyx scabrous ; lobes ovate, acute, 4 times shorter than the 
corolla; style subexserted. 
Has. Rocky places, Tagoma, Natal, Gerr. § M‘K. 1364. Feb. (Herb. D.) 
A small herb, about a span high, with the habit of 1. (Lucya ) tuberosa, Linn, 
Leaves 5-6 lines long, 4 lines broad, more or less cordate at base ; the margins 
revolute. Cymes 9-12-fl. Corolla white, 4 lines long; the lobes oblong; the throat 
hairy. Anthers inclosed. Style bifid at the apex. Capsule nearly 14 line long, 
crowned by the calyx-lobes. Seeds black, punctate. 
15. H. hirtula (Harv.); perennial? decumbent or prostrate, closely 
much-branched ; leaves ovate, acute, cuneate at base, petiolate, flat, 
roughly hispid with short, swollen hairs; stipules with 2-4 sete; pedicels 
axillary, very short; calyx-lobes ovate, hispid, equalling the tube ; 
corolla-tube 2-3 times as long as the calyx, lobes oblong, hispid on 
both sides ; fruit hispid. : 
Has. On trees, Krauss Kloof, J. Sanderson, 605. (Herb. D.) 
A small plant, 3-4 inches long, with the aspect of 7. ternervia, but rough with 
white, swollen, papilleform hairs. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 2-3 wide; petiole 1~1} 
line long. Pedicels 1-1} line long. Corolla-tube 3-4 lines long. FI. white. 
16. H. Natalensis (Hochst. 1. c. p. 67); perennial? stem erect, tetra- 
gonal, few-branched, pubescent; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, scabrous 
above, pubescent, at length glabrous beneath ; stipules with 2 short 
deciduous bristles; flowers terminal, fasciculate; pedicels much shorter, 
tube of the corolla 3 times longer than the calyx, lobes ovate ; fruit 
ovato-globose, smooth. Crusea ? acuminata, HE. Mey. 
Between Morley and Omtata, and near Port Natal, Drege, Krauss., Cooper, 
1083 ; Kreilis Country, Caffraria, H. Bowker. Feb.-Apl. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
More than a foot high. Leaves about 14-2 inches long, 5-6 lines broad. Three 
flowers aggregated at the top of the terminal branchlets. Calyx with glabrous oval 
tube 1 line long, terminated by the 3 times longer, linear, rigid-ciliate teeth. Corolla 
a little hairy, swollen at the throat, Stamens subexserted. Capsule the size of a 
pea. Seeds angular, punctate. 
¢. Pentodon; flowers pentamerous. (Sp. 17.) 
17, H. pentamera (Hochst.!); quite glabrous, stem decumbent or 
creeping, tetragonal, dichotomously branched ; leaves ovato-lanceolate, 
