596 CAMPANULACES (Sond.) [ Siphocodon. 
1, M. tenuifolia (A. DC.! 1. c. p. 370, t. 5); leaves ciliated; corolla 
blue, as long or longer than the leaves, 5-lobed at the very apex; lobes 
spreading ; style a little exserted. 
Var. a. Candolleana ; leaves elongated, much ciliated ; corolla longer than the 
leaves, pilose on the back ; lobes lanceolate. M. tenuifolia, A. DC. l.c.and DC. 
Prod. p. 496. E. & Z. 2417. 
Var. 8. Thunbergiana ; leaves subciliated ; corolla as long as the leaves, gla- 
brous ; lobes sublinear. Trracheliwm tenuifolium, Thunb. herbar, var. a. Prod. jl. 
cap. p. 38, et Roella tenuifolia, fl. cap. p. 174, ex pte. 
Var. y. Eckloniana; leaves short, more or less ciliated; corolla one half or twice 
longer than the leaves ; lobes lanceolate. M. Eckloniana, Buek? in E. & Z. enum. 
2420, + 
Has. Mountains Hauhoeksberg, and in Hottentottsholland, Thunb. £. & Z. Zey. 
3152. Var. +. near the cataract of Tulbagh, Z. § Z. Dec—Jan. (Herb. Thunb., 
Holm., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Stems solitary or several from the root, simple or branched, 4-6 inches high. 
Leaves in var. a, nearly 1 inch long, at the base } line wide, recurved at the ciliated 
apex. In var. 8. 6-8 lines, in var. y. 3-4 lines long. Calyx lobes } line long. 
Lobes of corolla 1-1} line long. Style not much exceeding the corolla, rarely twice 
longer than the lobes. Ovary minute, at the base with 2 linear bracts. Var. y- 
has nd, the habit of M. brevifolia, from which it differs by the elongated blue 
corolla. 
2. M. brevifolia (A. DC.! 1. c. p. 371); leaves ciliated ; corolla white; 
as long ora little shorter than the leaves, 4~5-lobed at the apex; lobes 
spreading ; style as long ordoubly longer than the corolla. DC. Prod. 
p. 496. Deless, Icon. Select. vol. 5, p.7,t. 17. M. brevifolia et leptoloba ; 
E. & Z. 2418, 2419. Trachelium tenuifolium, var. B. Thund.! herb. 
Roella tenuifolia, fl. cap, ex part. 
Var. y. leptoloba ; leaves longer ; lobes of corolla linear, nearly as long as the 
tube. M. leptoloba, A. DC. 1. ¢. p. 371. 
Has. Babylon’s Toornberg, Thunb. Zey. 3154. Dutoitskloof, Drege. Zwarte- 
berg, Caledon, and on the Steenberge near Muysenberg, Z. § Z. Genadenthal, 
Dr. Roser. Var. B. Cape, Dr. Thom. In district Caledon, Zey. Dec.-Feb. (Herb. 
Thunb., Holm., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Habit of the preceding, but branches more slender. Leaves 4-6 lines long, in . 
some specimens rarely 3 lines long, and very rigid-ciliated. Corolla 4-5 lines long. 
Style not exceeding the lobes of corolla, or twice longer. M. heteromorpha, Buek ! 
m E. & Z, enum. 2421, is a Rubiacea. 
XVII. SIPHOCODON, Turezan. (Emend.) 
Calyx 5-parted, tube ovoid, Corolla tubular, 5-lobed at the apex ; 
tube narrow. Stamens 5, filaments short, inserted in the middle of tube 
of the corolla; anthers free, 2-celled, longer than the filaments. Ovary 
circumscissile below the calyx lobes, 3-celled; cells 2-ovulate ; pla- 
centa affixed to the vertex. Style filiform; stigmas 3, revolute. Cap- 
sule opening transversely, the upper part of the calyx falling off ; the 
cup-like remains 3-celled, cells r-seeded. Seeds ovoid, with very loose, 
thin, om testa. Turczaninof decas. f. gen. nov. in. Bullet. Mose. 1852, 
3; P- 39. 
_ Aslender, much branched, quite glabrous subshrub, with the habit of Thesium. 
Branches subangulate, filiform, virgate, Leaves alternate, linear, trigonal, minute, 
squamiform, appressed, Flowers blue, shortly peduncled, racemose ; racemes often 
