Prismatocarpus.| CAMPANULACE& (Sond.) 587 
paniculatus I’ Her, sert. angl. p. 1, A. DC. Monog. p. 165, t. 20. Prodr. 
p. 443, H. Z., 2390. 
Var. 8. grandiflorus (Sond.); flowers larger. Roella pedunculata, Berg.! pl. 
cap. p. 42. P. pedunculatus, DC.! Prod. p. 443. P. grandijlorus, E. Mey.! in Herb. 
Drege, DC.l.c. P. interruptus, EB. Z, 2391. 
Var. 8. interruptus (Sond.) ; stem leafy nearly to the apex ; flowers approximate 
at the tops of the peduncles. P. interruptus L’ Her, sert. angl. p. 1, A. DC. Monog. 
p. 166. Prod. p. 443. Camp. interrupta Pers. ench. 1, p. 192. 
Hazs. Mountains, Nieuwekloof, Drege; Waterfall, Tulbagh, Rivierzonder Ende 
and Kochmanns Kloof, £. § Z., Pappe; Kardow, Hassaquaskloof and Buffeljagd- 
rivier, Zey. 3145; var. 8. Breederivier, EZ. § Z., Piquetberg, Drege ; Zwarteberg 
and Rivierzonder Ende, Zey. 3146; Mitchell’s Pass, A. Wyley, Genadenthal, Dr. 
Roser ; var. 7. Klipfontyn, Zey. 1077, Oct.Jan. (Herb. Thunb., Holm., Hook, 
a, Sd.) 
Stem erect, 1-2 feet or more high ; branches simple, greyish. Leaves longer than 
the internodes, sessile, linear-lanceolate, entire, 4-8 lines long, } line wide, pedun- 
culoid, apex of branches dichotomously divided ; rarely in var. 8 1 or 2-flowered ; as 
long or shorter, rarely longer than theleafy branch ; peduncles 1-2 inches long, spread- 
ing, 1-flowered, or with 2~3 sessile approximate flowers at top. Calyx-lobes 2~3 lines 
long, in var. 8. broader and 4-5 lines long. Corolla about 6-8 lines ; in var. 8. 
1 inch long and broad ; lobes ovate, as long or longer than the tube. Base of the 
style incrassate, at length larger, ovate, obtuse, persistent (ovary, Thunb.) ; stigmas 
2 linear, recurved. Capsule 1-14 inch long, 4 angular, striate. Var. y. seems to 
be a distinct species at first sight, but I have intermediate specimens collected by 
E. Z. The stem and branches are 3 feet high, leafy also in the pedunculoid part at 
the base of the shorter and more condensate panicle. Calyx and corollaas in var. a. 
4, P. altiflorus (L’ Her. sert. angl. p. 1); suffrutescent ; leaves linear- 
subulate, entire, ciliated ; flowers few, approximate at the tops of the 
peduncles; bractez subulate; lobes of calyx ovate, acute, velvetty. 
A. DC. Monog. p. 167. Prod. p. 444. Roella erecta, Banks, herb. Camp. 
altiflora Poir. suppl. 2, p. 66. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. Masson in herb. Banks ; unknown to us. 
Leaves and habit of P. roelloides, and probably a variety. Stems nearly simple, 
1 foot, glabrous, naked at the base and top, but very leafy in the middle, divided 
at the SS ae — : yore tale ogg of smaller 
ones in their owers sessile. greyish ; filiform, i 
long, lobes 3 lines long, 1 line broad. = : i os 
5. P. subulatus (A. DC. Monog. p. 166); stem erect, woody, branched, 
minutely pubescent, very leafy from the base to the middle, glabrous 
and naked above ; leaves fascicled, linear-subulate, narrow, entire, 
ciliate, erectish or spreading-recurved ; panicle elongate, loose, naked, 
flowers pedicellate and sessile, bractese subulate ; lobes of calyx acumi- 
nate, glabrous ; corolla infundibuliform, subcampanulate, twice longer 
than the calyx-lobes, Prod.! p. 444, E. & Z.! 2393. Campanula 
subulata, Thunb.! Prod. p. 38, Mem. Acad. Petersb. 4, p. 369, t. 6, 
Fl. Cap. p. 171. Lightf. ciliata Spreng. syst. 1, p. 809. P. altiflorus, 
E. & Z.!1 2394. _ 
Var. 8. pauciflorus ; branches very slender, velvety ; panicle few-flowered. P., 
lycopodioides, A. DC. ! Prod. p. 453. 
Var. y.Bergianus; more robust, branches minutely pubescent ;leaves subracemose, 
canaliculate, recurved, ciliate at the base ; panicle much elongated. P. Bergianus ! 
Cham. ! Linn. vol. 8, p. 199, E. ¢ Z. / 2392- 
Var. 8. penicillata (A. DC.! Prod. p. 444) ; lobes of corolla pubescent atthe apex. 
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