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Laurentia. | CAMPANULACEE (Sond.) - oes 
sally glabrous anthers bearded. Lobelia bifida, Thunb.! Prod. p. 40. 
Fl. Cap. p. 183. Solenopsis Dregeana, Presi! Comm. pl. Dreg. p. 290. 
Laurentia Dregeana, A. DC./ l.c. p. 411. 
Has. Mount Bockland, Thunb. Giftberg, Drege. Nov. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Stem filiform, 1-3 in. high. Radical leaves 4-6 lines long, 2 lines wide. Cauline 
leaves 2-3, distant, denticulate. Pedicels 4-6 lines long. Corolla blue, 3 lines long. 
Capsule linear-turbinate. 
3. L. pygme@a (Sond.) ; annual; branches decumbent, filiform, pu- 
bescent; leaves petiolate, rotundate, roundish or obtuse at the base, 
acutely 5-g-dentate, subpilose; petiole hairy, as long or longer than 
the leaf; pedicels erect, capillary, glabrous, naked, 4-5 times longer 
than the leaf; calyx glabrous; tube obovoid, acute at the base, terete, 
equalling the lanceolate, acuminate lobes; corolla 5-6 times longer 
than the calycine lobes; tube narrow ; the 2 upper lobes a little smaller ; 
anthers glabrous, the 2 inferior terminated by a seta. Lobelia pygmea, 
Thunb.! Prod. p. 40. Fl. Cap. p. 181. Rap. pygmeum, Presl Prod. p. 
22. Wahlenbergia micrantha, E. Mey. in Herb. Drege. Laurentia mi- 
crantha, A. DC. l. p. 411. : 
Var. B, glabra; quite glabrous, or the pedicels with a few hairs ; corolla 3-4 
times longer than the calycine lobes. Wahl. micrantha, c, Herb. Drege. 
Var. y, obtusiloba ; glabrous or the petioles with a few hairs; leaves on longish 
petioles, rotundate or elliptical, sinuato-3-7-dentate, teeth obtuse ; corolla 2-3 times 
longer than the calycine lobes. Lobelia minuta, Thunb.! Prod. p. 40. Fl. Cap. p. 
182, excl. syn. L. minuta, Linn. L. pusilla, Don. Gen. Syst. 3, p. 710. 
Has. Mount Ribéck Castel, Thunb. Paarlberg and Dutoitskloof, Drege. Lam- 
bertskloofberg, Wallich. Var. 8, Blauwberg, Drege. Var. y, summit of Tablemoun- 
tain, Thunb., Ecklon, Milne. Dec.—April. (Herb. Thunb., Hook., D., Sd.) 
A small herb, with the habit of Wahlenbergia hederacea. Branches 2-4 inches . 
long. Leaves 2-4 lines wide, membranaceous, angulate-dentate; teeth acute, un- 
equal. Peduncles 1-14 inch long. Calyx minute. Corolla white, 14-2 lines long. 
Capsule ovoid. Var. 7 is at first sight distinct by obtusely-lobed leaves, but the 
same leaves are also found in young specimens of var. 8. The tube of corolla is 
very long in var. a.; in var. y about half the length ; var. 8. is an intermediate 
4. L. hederacea (Sond.); annual, minutely pubescent; branches 
ascending, filiform ; leaves petiolate, reniform-cordate, 5—9-dentate or 
lobed ; petiole as long as the leaf; pedicels axillary, solitary, longer 
than the leaf, naked; calyx ovoid, acute at the base, pubescent; lobes 
lanceolate, twice shorter than the glabrous corolla; anthers glabrous, 
the 2 inferior terminated by 1 or 2 sete. 
Has. Eastern frontier, Henry Hutton. (Herb. D., 8d.) - 
Near L. pygmea in habit and size, differing by a dense but minute pubescence in 
all parts, and cordate leaves, broader than long. Branches densely leafy. Leaves 
4-5 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, obscurely 3-5-lobed ; lobes unequally toothed ; teeth 
subacute. Pedicels 1 inch long. Calyx-lobes about as long as the tube. Corolla 
white, 2 lines long. Capsule oval. 
Lobelia minuta (Linn. Mant. p. 292). “ Plant one inch high. Leaves radical, 
obovate, obtuse, scarcely crenate, longish-petiolate. Scape setaceous, 2 inches long, 
without bractez, 1-flowered. Calyx oblong, lanceolate. Corolla infundibuliform. 
Capsule oblong.” Is possibly not different from ZL. minuta, Thunb. - 
Laurentia minuta (A. DC. 1. c. p. 410); with blue flowers and hemispherical 
calyx-tube. Founded on: Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 2590, and Lod. minima, Sirag? Bot. 
Mag. t. 2077 ; is not a Cape species, but Z. tenella, Biv., perfectl i i 
Sicilian specimens collected by Prof. Parlatore. ; eo ee 
