586 CAMPANULACE (Sond.) [Prismatocarpus. 
Annual. Lvs. long, linear, undulate-toothed ; 
pedune. |divaricate... ...  ... ... s+ se (10) erispus. 
** Leaves uniformly scattered over the whole plant : 
‘Lys. ovate-oblong or lanceolate, flat, serrulated ... (12) nitidus. 
Lys. narrow-linear, entire : 
Lvs. channelled, ciliate at base ; fl. axillary, 
crowded, shorter than the leaves ... .. (13) sessilis. 
Lys. flat, glabr. ; bracts ciliated ; fl. sessile, 
spiked, longer than the leaves (14) tenerrimus. 
§. 1. Style exserted. (Sp. 1-2.) 
1. P, fastigiatus (Presl! in Herb. Drege) ; glabrous ; stem woody 
at the base, branches erect, angulate-striate, simple ; leaves scattered, 
erect, linear-acuminate, with revolute, remotely denticulated margins ; 
flowers approximate at top of the branches, sessile ; bracteze ovate, 
acute, subciliated ; lobes of calyx ovate, acuminate, connate at the 
base; corolla 2-3 times longer than the calycine lobes. DC. Prod. 
P- 442. 
Has. Rocky hills, Uienvalei, 2000-2500 ft., Drege. Dee. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
Habit of P. strictus. Branches leafy from the base nearly to the apex. Lower 
leaves more numerous, 6-8 lines long, 3-line wide, upper ones 4-3 lines long, ter- 
minated by a rigid point ; the teeth on the margins very minute, 2-3 on each side. 
2-8 flowers forming a spike. Lobes of calyx 1 line long, 2-3 times shorter than 
the tube. Corolla infundibuliform, tube twice longer than the calyx ; lobes short. 
Style exserted, glabrous: stigmas incrassate. 
2. P. diffusus (A. DC. Monog. p. 164); stem woody at the base, 
erect, terete, glabrous; branches leafy at the base; leaves linear, very 
narrow, entire, glabrous or subpilose; flowers in loose, nearly naked 
panicles ; peduncles diverging, stiff; bractese subulate, lobes of calyx 
ovate, acute, or acuminate, glabrous; corolla 3-4 times longer than the 
calycine lobes. Tracheliuwm diffusum, Linn. fil. suppl. p. 143. Thunb.! 
Prod. p. 38, Fl. Cap. p. 176. P. diffusus, E. Z., 2389. P. laricinus Presl! 
Monog. lob. p. 52. Herb. Zey. 357. 
Has. Mountains in Hottentottsholld. Thunb. £. ¢ Z. ; Winterhoeksberg, Drege ; 
Tulbaghskloof, #. Z., Dr. Pappe, Zey., 1081. Kardow, Zey., 1079. Alexanders- 
kloof and Sneuwkop, Cederbergen, Wallich. Nov._Feb. (Herb. Thunb., Holm., 
Hook, D., Sd.) 
Stem 4-14 foot high, much branched, branches filiform, subflexuous. Leaves 
6-10 lines long, 4 line wide, sulcate, rigid, pointed. Panicle in small specimens 
2-3 inches, in others 1 foot long ; peduncles much-spreading or divaricate, 3-flowered. 
_ Calyx 1 line long. Corolla with longish tube and lanceolate lobes. Anthers sub- 
exserted. Style verylong. Capsule 6-8 lines long. 
§. Style included. (3-14.) 
2. P. roelloides (Sond.) ; branches woody at the base, terete, gla- 
brous or scabrous-hairy, very leafy, dichotomous and naked above; 
leaves fascicled, lineari-subulate, entire, suberect or spreading, setace- 
ously ciliated, incrassate on the margins; panicle loose, often few- 
flowered ; bractexe subulate; flowers sessile, lobes of calyx acuminate, 
incrassate on the margins, glabrous ; corolla 5-fid, broadly infundibull- 
form, subcampanulate, tube as long as the calyx-lobes. Polemoniwm 
roelloides Linn. suppl. p. 139. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. p. 177. Campanula = 
ericoides Lam. ill., 2574. Roella ericoides Spreng. syst. 1. p.723- P- — 
