536 CAMPANULACEE (Sond.)  [Pavrastranthus. 
In var. 8. the upper part of the branches is leafless or nearly so, the flowers are 
aggregated to a dense corymb; var. y. has the same habit, but the pedicels are 
solitary in the axil of the leaves, and only a few (4-6) form a terminal leafy corymb. 
2. I. Ecklonianus (Sond.); quite glabrous; stems diffuse, procum- 
bent, axillary, branched ; leaves tapering into a short petiole, dentate 
or serrate; the lower obovate or spathulate; the middle oblong-cuneate 
or lanceolate ; the upper sessile, sublinear, bidentate ; pedicels axdlary, 
capillary, half as‘ long as the leaves, bibracteolate at the base ; calyx- 
tube turbinate with subulate lobes. Lobelia Eckloniana, A. DC. l. ¢. p. 
368. Rap. Ecklonianum, Presl! E. Z.n. 2464. E. Mey. Comm. pl. 
Drege, p. 286. Isol. sparsiflorus, A. DC.! l. ¢. p. 353- 
Has, On Kasteelberg, Tablemountain, Z. § Z., W. H. H.; Drakensteenbergen, 
Drege. Jan. (Herb. D., Sd.) . 
Nearly allied to var. y. of the preceding, but the stems diffuse, more capillary, 
weak, and all the flowers axillary, distant. Root perennial. Stems 4-8 in. long, 
, trailing. Leaves 4-8 lines long, the lowest 2—3 lines wide, coarsely ser- 
rate, the serratures 3-4, mucronate ; uppermost leaves about 1 line wide, narrowed, 
at the base. Pedicels 4 lines long. Corolla 2 lines long, white, with purplish lobes, 
lanceolate. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell, Capsule with an inflated, subbilobed 
apex, opening by 2 broad, apiculate valves bearing the septa in their middle. Seeds 
*elliptic.” Harv. in Herb. D. 
V. PARASTRANTHUS, G. Don. 
Calyx 5-cleft, tube cylindrical or obconical. Corolla cleft the whole 
length, bilabiate, upper lip of 3 lobes, lower one of 2 lobes, smaller. 
Anthers all bearded. Stigma bifid. Seeds roundish, very minute. (ren. 
Hist. Gard. 3, p.716. DC. Prodr. 7, p. 354. Endl. Gen. n. 3055. Lobelive 
Spec. Linn. Thunb. Rapuntii, sect. Xanthomeria. Presl, Prodr, Lob. p. 11. 
Perennial or suffruticulose herbs, with sessile, toothed leaves, and terminal racemes 
of nearly sessile or pedicellate flowers. Name from rapacrpedw, to invert, and av@os, 
a flower ; the flowers are upside down, compared with those of Lobelia. 
Flowers yellow : 
Leaves lanceolate, serrate, acute... ... 60. 1. vee ose (1) luteus. 
Leaves linear, the lower entire, upper ones serrate or toothed (2) variifolius. 
Flowers blue or white ; leaves ovate, attenuate to the base ... ..._ (3) thermalis. 
1. P, luteus (A. DC. Prodr. p. 354); glabrous or slightly hairy ; stems 
simple or branched, ascending; leaves lanceolate, serrate, acute ; flowers 
almost sessile at the tops of the stems, forming a loose spike; bractes 
toothed, shorter than their calycine segments ; corolla hairy. Burm. 
Afr, p. 101, t. 39. Lobelia lutea, Linn. Spec. p. 1322. Thund.! Fl. Cap. 
p. 180. Sims. Bot. Mag. t. 1319. Rapunt. luteum, Presl, 1. c. E. § 4. 
n. 2454. P. simplex, Don. t.c. Sieb. ext. Cap. 249. Herb. Un. Itin. n- 
18, 484. Zeyh. n. 1056. 
Var. B, capitatus; flowers subcapitate. Rap. capitatum, Presl/l.c. E. § Z. - 
2456. Parast. capitatus, A. DC. 1. ¢. 
Var. y, euphrasioides ; leaves linear-lanceolate or linear, serrate. Rap. euphra- 
sioides, Presl! 1. c.; E.d& Z.n. 2457. Parast. euphrasioides, A. DC. l. ¢. p. 355: 
Var. 5, ericoides ; stems diffuse, filiform ; leaves very small, alternate or sub- 
wers spiked. Rap. ericoides, Presl, l. c. p. 12.; E. § Z. 2458. Parast. 
- DC. 1. c. Lob. lutea, Thund.! Herb. var. a, ex pte. 
wet places, Cape flats, and in mountains near Capetown, Zoutrivier, 
