679 CAMPANULACEE (Sond.) _[ Wahlenbergia 
calyx glabrous, with very short 5-gonous tube ; lobes reflexed, spread- 
ing, rigid, cuspidate, as long as the tube; corolla tubulose, 5-lobed at 
the apex, 6-8 times longer than the calyx ; capsule minute, 5-angular. 
Has. Boschkloof, Clanwilliam, Dec., Drege, 6310. (Herb. Sd.) 
Perennial, rigid, 3-4 inches high, Leaves approximate on the lower part of the 
stem and branches. Leaves 2-3 lines long, } line wide. Pedicels rigid, 3-4 times 
longer than the calyx, spinelike after the capsules have fallen. Corolla 3 lines long, 
with linear lobes, white. Capsule hemispherical, not 1 line long, 5-celled, rarely 
3-celled ; valves as long as the base of the capsule. 
5. W. oxyphylla (A. DC.!1.c.); stem much branched from the 
base ; branches subsimple, densely hairy, much leaved, ending in a 
divaricate, dichotomous panicle ; leaves opposite, verticillate and alter- 
nate, longer than the internodes, spreading, ovate-acuminate or lanceo- 
late, rigid, subspinous, marginated, subdenticulate, rather canaliculate 
above, hairy on both sides; panicle finely scabrous, pedicels thick, 
rigid, longer than the leafy bracts; calyx hemispherical, tube shorter 
than the subulate, entire lobes ; corolla tubulose, 5-lobed at the apex, 
3-times longer than the calyx; capsule 5-angular. 
Has. Mountains at Liliefontyn, Kamiesbergen, and near Kaus, Drege, 6313 ; 
Namaqualand, Rev, H. Whitehead. Oct.-Nov. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
A perennial, very rigid herb, approaching W. deeipiens, but distinguished by the 
dense, broader leaves, large panicle, with a very short, greyish indument, and larger 
calyx and fruit. Root thick, with very long branches. Stem or its primary divisions 3 
inches, terminated by an equal or longer diffuse panicle. Leaves 4-6 lines long, 
1 line wide, with a white, spinous point. Primary divisions of the panicle 1-} 
inch long, the upper shorter. Calyx in flower 1-4 line long. Corolla white, with 
short lobes. _ Capsule hemispherical, tube 1 line long; lobes widely spreading, from 
the same length, but twice longer than the valves of the capsule. 
6. W. Ecklonii (Buek! in E. Z. enum. 2379); glabrous or hairy at 
the base ; branches erect or ascending, terminated by a dichotomous 
panicle ; leaves aggregated on the lower part, alternate or opposite, 
linear, acuminate, entire or subdenticulated on the incrassate margins ; 
panicle few, or many flowered ; peduncles short or elongate, capillary, 
glabrous or minutely downy ; tube of calyx hemispherical; lobes 
linear, setaceous, much longer than tube ; corolla tubulose, 5-lobed at 
the apex, 2-3 times longer than the calyx; capsule hemispherical or 
subturbinate, 5-costate or 5-angular, W. Swellendamensis, Buek! 1. ¢. 
2383. W. turlunata et saxifraga, DC.! Prodr. p. 427. Drege, 6313. a 
Camp. paniculata, Thunb. in Mem. acad. Petersb., IV. t. 7, f. 4, exel. 
descript. p. 370, et Herb. Thunb. fol, 8, 2, Camp. paniculata, Herb. Ber- 
gius et Swartz, ex parte. 
Var. B. gracilis ; panicle loose, pedicels elongate, W. paniculata, E. Z.! 2882. 
W. oxyphylla ; var. B. DC.! 1. ¢., W. Dregeana, D@.? 1. c. p. 428. 
Van. y- pilosa ; tube of calyx, pilose, W. pentamera, DC. I. c. sg 
Has. Rocky places, Winterhoeksberg, near Tulbagh, between Puspasvalle 
Kcshesatnekioct, EL. § Z., Sadtiendaany, W. H. Harvey ; Gnadenthal, Dr. Pappe ; 
Witsenberg, Zey. 1066. Rivier Zonder Einde, Zey. 3142; Piquetberg and Dutoits- 
Kloof, Drege ; var. 8, Tulbagh, E. ¢ Z., Namaqualand, Drege, Rev. W. Whitchead ; 
var. y. Wupperthal, v. Wurmb. Oct.-_Dec. (Herb. Holm., Thunb., Hook, Sd.) _ 
_ Habit of Lightf. denticulata, }~-1 foot high, quite glabrous or rather hairy on the 
lower and very leafy part of the branches. Leaves 4-8 lines long, 4-1 line wide, 
