562 CAMPANULACEZ (Sond.) [ Lightfootua. 
More woody and erect than the following, to which it has a great resemblance, 
and nearly the same but smaller leaves. Stem 1 foot and more, as well as the pri- 
branches leafless. Ultimate branches often finely-pubescent. Leaves, 3-6 lines 
long, 3-1 line broad. Pedicels 2-4 lines long. Calyx with spreading lobes, 2 lines 
long. Segments of corolla very narrow, nearly §-parted. Walves of capsule, shorter 
than the calyx lobes. 
20. L. oxycoccoides (L’Her. Sert. Angl. t. 4); stem glabrous or hairy, 
erectish or ascending, woody at the base, much branched, branches 
diffuse, filiform or capillary ; leaves alternate, reflexed, ovato-lanceolate, 
acute, flat, thin, quite entire or denticulated at the base ; peduncles 
capillary, solitary, terminal, sometimes loosely racemose, equalling or a 
little longer than the leaves ; tube of calyx Jusniepheteal. lobes subu- 
late, entire ; corolla 5-parted, one-half longer than the calyx. A. DC. 
Monog. p. 113, HE. Z. 2360. Campanula tenella, Thunb.! Herb. ex pte. 
act. acad. Petersb. 4,1, 7, f. 3. Herb. Un. itin, 151. C. Ottoniana, R. 
and Sch. Syst. 5, p. 113, fide DC. Drege, 6306, 6315. 
Has. Rocks on Table and Devil’s Mountain; Drakensteensberg, and near Simon’s 
bay. Decb.-Feb. (Herb. Thunb., Holm., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stem short, perennial, with many prostrate, longish branches, resembling Oy- 
coccos. Leaves, glabrous, 1-2 lines long. Calyx 1 line long. Corolla white, with 
rose-coloured nerves. 
21. L. tenella (A. DC. Monog. p. 111, t. 3. £. B.); stem erect, woody, 
branched; branches minutely downy; leaves alternate, usually in fasci- 
cles, reflexed, ovate, obtuse or acute, concave or canaliculate, thick, 
entire or denticulate, with incrassate margins ; flowers racemose ; corolla 
sub-5-parted, 2—3 times longer than calyx ; valves of capsules equal or 
a little shorter than the linear-lanceolate calyx-lobes. DC. Prodr. p. 
418. Z. Z. 2355. Campanula tenella Linn.! suppl. p. 141. Thunb.! 
herb. ex parte. Herb. Un. itin, 156, Roella filiformis et glabra. Poir. 
dict. Lightf. oxycoccoides, Dreg. ex s. ex pte. et 6316, 6318. 
Var. 8. microphylla ; leaves minute, glomerate ; flowers racemose-corymbose or 
subpanicled ; valves of the capsule longer than the calyx lobes. L. nodosa, Buek! 
l. c. 2358. L. tenella, var. longivalvis, A. DC. Drege, 6308. L. oxycoccoides, Drege b. 
Var. ¥y. tenerrima ; branches elongated, filiform ; leaves small ; raceme remote- 
flowered ; valves of capsule equal or a little longer than the calyx-lobes. L. tener- 
rima, Buek fl. c. 2356. 
Var. 6. fasciculata ; leaves very numerous, ovate-acuminate ; flowers shortly 
pedicellate, densely aggregated in an ovate or oblong raceme. L. fasciculata, B. Z.? 
2354. Camp. fasciculata, Thunb, Herb. var. B. 
Var. e. rigida ; more rigid, branches woody, diffused, sparingly leafed ; leaves 
small, pedicels disposed in a loose raceme ; valves of sete Te 5 longer or shorter than 
the calyx lobes. L. diffusa Buek ! l. c. 2357. 
Has. Cape Flats, and on the seashore from Cape town to Port Natal (Miss Owen)» 
Zey. 3126, Nov.-Dec.; var. 8. Port Elizabeth and on the Zwartskops river, Zey- 
3119 ex parte, 3128, Sept. ; var. y. distr. of Swellendam and Hassaquaskloof, FE. SZ. 
Dr. Pappe, Zey. 3125. Nov.-Dec. ; var. 8. near Vankampsbay, and in Uitenhage, 
Thunb. E. § Z., Oct.Nov. ; var. €. on Zondags and Ooegariver, Uitenhage, Z. ¢ Z. ; 
i op, near Beaufort, Burke and Zey. 1062. Africas-hoogde, Zey. 1063; 
Mar. (Herb. Thunb., Holm, D., Hook, Sd.) 
Very variable, from 4 inches to several feet high, but always shrubby and woody. 
Leaves when small about as long as broad, and usually 1 line ; in var. 8. 2-3 lines 
long, coriacous, often in four rows, very rarely in upper branches opposite. 
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