558 7 CAMPANULACEE (Sond.) [ Lightfootia. 
Many stems from the woody rootstock, 1-2 feet high, more or less branched ; 
branches virgate or short. The whole plant of a greyish colour. Leaves with 
fascicles in the axils, 3-4 lines long, often imbricated, glabrous, but tomentose at 
the base. Calyx 3 lines long. Corolla white, segments linear, longer than the 
3-fid style. Capsule 3-valved, valves shorter than the calyx lobes. 
9. L. spicata (Buck.! 1. c. p. 374); stem erect, woody ; branches 
virgate, angular, shortly pubescent; leaves alternate, reflexed, ovato- 
lanceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, concave, with thickened, denticulate 
margins ; spike elongate; flowers sessile, the lower ones shortly pedicel- 
late ; calyx glabrous or subpilose ; tube hemispherical; lobes lanceo- 
late, 2-3 times shorter than the hairy corolla. JZ. spicata, DC.! Prod. 
p. 418, L. macrostachys. DC. l. ¢. p. 787. L. subulata c. et L. oxycoc- 
coides, e. Herb. Drege. 
Has. Stony sandy places near the cataract of Tulbagh, #. § Z. In mountains, 
Giftsberg and Cederbergen, Drege. Nov. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Stem 1~2 feet high, reddish as the branches. Leaves numerous, with small ones 
in the axils, 3-4 lines long, 1 line broad. Calyx lobes longer than the tube, entire, 
with thickened margins. Corolla 5-parted, segments linear, shorter than the in- 
erassate style, with trifid stigma. It resembles Z. tenella in the shape of its leaves, 
but is distinguished by the sessile, axillary flowers. 
10. L. axillaris (Sond.) ; branches woody, erect, terete, shortly pu- 
bescent ; leaves alternate, erect, appressed, linear-lanceolate, quite 
entire, glabrous, with revolute margins ; spike elongate ; flowers 
shortly pedicellate ; calyx tube hemispherical, pubescent; lobes lan- 
ceolate, a little shorter than the glabrous corolla. 
Has. Mts. between Hottholld. and Caledon Stellenbosch, Ecklon. in (Herb. Sd.) 
Branches as in the preceding. Leaves 4 lines long, 1 line broad, with slightly 
revolute not denticulate margins. Flowers solitary ; the pedicels equalling the 
calyx tube. Calyx 2 lines long. Corolla as in Z. spicata, but not much longer 
11. L, longifolia (DC.! Monog. p. 107, excl. syn. Thunb.) ; stem 
woody, erect, simple or branched ; branches virgate, undivided, mi- 
nutely downy ; leaves alternate, erect, linear-subulate, narrow, rigid, 
subdenticulated, glabrous; raceme terminal, elongate; pedicels soli- 
tary or ternate, as long or a little longer than the calyx ; tube of calyx 
hemispherical ; lobes subulate, twice shorter than the hairy corolla. 
Prodr. VII, 2, p. 417. E. Z. 2341. L. linearis, Eckl. Herb. Un. itin. 
157- 
Vaz. 8. oppositifolia ; leaves opposite, or the upper ones alternate. 
Has. Sandy places amongst shrubs in the Capalints near Doornhoogde & Zeekoo- 
valley, and near Grooteport, FE. ¢ Z., Wallich ; Vaalfontyn near Eersterivier. 
ae gs Var. 8. in the Cape flats, Ecklon, W. H. H. Nov.—Janr. (Herb. 
3 7 
A virgate sub-shrub, 1-1} foot high. Leaves 6-10 lines long, $ line broad, sub- 
carinate, minutely denticulated, stiff. Raceme 2-4 inches long ; pedicels in the 
axil of the leaves, glabrous or minutely downy. Calyx 2-3 lines long; lobes 
longer than the glabrous or downy tube. Corolla 5-parted, segments very narrow, 
equalling the 3-lobed, rarely 4-lobed stigma. Capsule 3-valved, the valves equal in 
length to the base of the capsule. It is nearly allied in habit and characters to L. 
sessiliflora, from which it differs by longer leaves, racemose inflorescence, and 3-valved 
