Merciera.] CAMPANULACEE (Sond.) 595 
one half or twice longer than the calyx. Thunb./ fl. cap.p. 175. A. 
DC. Prod. p. 447. #. & Z. 2412. Herb. Un. Itin. 696. &. filiformis, 
Lam. Itl.. 2580, t. 123, f. 2. 
Has. In the Table Mountain and Kasteelberg, Dec—Jan. (Herb. Thunb. 
Holm., Hook., D., Sond.) 
Shrubby, re foot and more high. Branches simple or subpanicled, reddish. 
Leaves glabrous, approximate, subquadrifarious, not faxcicled, 1 line long, in larger 
specimens sometimes 2 lines long and acuminated, setaceously toothed. Bracteze 
a little longer than the leaves, ciliated, with recurved apex. Calyx lobes 1 line long. 
Corolla white, 5-fid ; lobes acute. Capsule cylindrical, glabrous. Seeds ovate. 
11. RB. muscosa (Thunb. ! in Linn. f. Suppl. p. 143); herbaceous, hum- 
ble, trailing ; branches diffuse, filiform, glabrous, leafy; leaves ovate, 
acute, or ovato-lanceolate, spreading reflexed, remotely serrated, gla- 
brous; flowers terminal, solitary; calyx lobes lanceolate, entire, gla- 
brous or subciliated ; corolla infundibuliform, 3—4 times longer than 
the calyx lobes. Flor. Cap. p. 175. A. DC. Monog. p. 177. ‘Prod. p. 
447. #. & Z. enum. 2413. 
Has. In the Poort, in front of the Table Mountain. Jan. (Herb. Thunb., 
Holm., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Perennial, much branched from the base, branches aggregated, 1-several inches 
long. Leaves 1-4 lines long, 1 line wide, acute, subattenuated at the base. Calyx 
tube beset with some leaves. Corolla blue, 4 lines long. 
Doubtful Species. 
R. decurrens (L’Her. Sert. Angl. p. 2, t. 6); stem erect, branched, 
herbaceous, leafy, pilose ; leaves | spreading, decurrent, ovate-oblong, 
ciliated at the base, nearly entire ; flowers ‘solitary, sessile, terminal ; 
tube of calyx ovoid, glabrous, lobes acuminated, ciliated, as long as the 
tube ; corolla campanulate, 5-fid, 3 times longer than the calyx lobes. 
Rh. decurrens, A. DC. Monog. p. 178. 
Has. Cape of Good Hope. Fi. Suly-Sept. (Unknown to us.) 
Leaves 4-8 lines long, 2 lines wide, sessile, flat, paler beneath. Flowers terminal, 
sessile. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 3-4 lines long, half 5-fid, lobes ovate, som 
_spreading. Style filiform, equal in length to the tube of corolla ; etigms a-lobed. 
XVI. MERCIERA, A. DC. 
Calyx 4-5 cleft, tube ovoid. Corolla tubular, 4-5 lobed; tube very 
narrow. Stamens 4—5, free; filaments very slender at the base, much 
longer than the anthers. ‘Ovary inferior, with an incomplete dissepi- 
ment, 1-celled. Ovules 4 (or 2 2?) in the bottom of the ovary. Style 
filiform, usually exserted, glabrous; stigmas 2, very short. Capsule 
unknown, indehiscent? Monog. Camp. p. 369. DC. Prod. 496. iat 
Gen. 3091. Trachelii et Roellae spec. Thunberg. 
Small subshrubs, with the habit of Roella ciliata, Stem erect, branched; branches 
very leafy, downy, rather woody. Leaves sessile, alternate, erect, crowded, linear- 
subulate, rigid, ciliated, with a fascicle of smaller ones in the axils. Flowers sessile, 
solitary, spiked, axillary. Calyx with a very hispid tube, and lanceolate, acute, 
smoothish segments. Corolla like that of Trachelium, long and narrow. Named in 
honour of Philip Mercier, who has written a ee on the order Polemoniaceae. 
Gerolis bine --ccsgeers sce ba es Grins vs see ey: teanifolia, 
Corolla white Wel ern A oe ee ne ee (2) eine, 
