﻿E/iretia.] boraginejc (Wright). 5 



exserted ; filaments filiform ; anthers ovate or oblong. Ovary 

 2-celIed, or more or less perfectly 4-eelled ; style terminal, 2-fid ; 

 stigma cai>itate or clavate ; ovule inserted at or above the centre of 

 the cell. Drujpe small, usually globose ; endocarp hard, divided into 

 2 2-celled or 4 1-celled pyrenes. /S'eerf straight; albumen scanty ; 

 cotyledons ovate, not plicate. 



Trees or shrubs, glabrous or pubescent ; leaves alternate, entire or dentate ; 

 flowLTB small, usually white, in corymbose cymes or panicles, terminal and also 

 axillary in the upper part of the stem. 



DisXRiB. Species about 50 in the hotter parts of both hemispheres, but more 

 numerous in the eastern. 



Leaves 1^-4J in. long, smooth on both surfaces ,„ ... (1) hottentotica. 

 Leaves not exceeding 1 in. in length, hispid above, tomeu- 



tose below ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (2) amoena. 



1. E. hottentotica (Burch. Trav. ii. 147; ; a shrub about 5 ft. 

 high; branchlets terete, vi^hitish ; leaves obovate, entire, smooth on 

 both surfaces, scabrid on the margin, 1 in. long, 5 lin. broad ; petiole 

 1 lin. long ; cymes corymbose, rhachis tomentose ; calyx tomentose ; 

 lobes triangular, acute, 1 lin. long, rather longer than the tube,; 

 corolla purple; tube 2 lin. long; lobes rather shorter than the tube, 

 ovate, obtuse ; drupe globose, yellow, enclosing 4 pyrenes. DC. 

 Prod. ix. 508. M. zeyheriana, Bueic ex Drege in Linnsea, xx. 196 ; 

 Haw. Thes. Cajy. i. 5, t. 6. Fittosporuvi comniutatuvi, Krauss 

 in Flora, 1844, 301, 7iot of Putterl. Grumilia sp., Drege, Zwei 

 Pfianzengeogr. Documente, 60, 132, 138. Capraria rigicia, Thunb. 

 Prodr. 103. Freylinia? rigida, G. Don, Oen. Syst. iv. 617. 



Coast Region: Uitenhage Div. ; near Uitenhage, Prior! in the forests of 

 Addo and in the fields by the Zvvartkops River, Zeyher, 161 ! Witte River 

 Station (Knon), Gill! Sam Tees Fiats near Enon, Drege, 2360b! and without 

 precise locality, Zeyher! Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, MacOuan, 9Sl 

 Williamson ex Harvey, Blue Kiantz, Burchell, 3626! Queenstown Div. ; near 

 Qiieeiistowu, Coo]?er, 3008! Kat River to Enon, 600-800, ft., Baur, 1096! 

 British Kviffraria, without precise locality, Cooler, 101 ! Eastern Districts, 

 Coo-per, 333 ! 



Central Region : Willowmore Div.; Witpoort Berg (Witte Berg?), 2000- 

 3000 ft., Drege, 2360d ! Somerset Div. ; Somerset East, Bowker ! near Liittle Fish 

 River and Great Fish River, 2000-3000 ft., Drege, 2360l- ! Carnarvon Div.; at 

 the northern exit of the Karree Beruen Poort, Burchell, 1574! Philipstown 

 Div.; on the Table Mountain near the Horsi^'s grave (Boschdueven Kop ?), 

 Burchell, 2690! Graaff Reinet Div. ; near Graaff Reinet, Burchell, 2117! 



Kalahari Region: Griqnaland West, between Griqua Town and Spuigslaug, 

 Burchell, 1704! Lower Campbell, Bwchell, 1798! 1822 ! along the Vaal River, 

 Burchell, 1763 ! Bechuaualand ; on Maadji Mountain, Burchell, 2373 ! Trans- 

 vaal ; on hills near Pretoria, MacLea in Herb. Bolui>. 5712 ! De Kaap Valley, 

 near Barberton, Thorncroft, 227 (in Herb. Wood, 4501) ! Lydenberg, between 

 Spitzkop and Komati River, Wilvis, 598 ! Waterval River, Wilms, 597 ! 



Eastern Region : Natal; hills near Pietermaritzburg, Z^raitss, 376! Inanda, 

 Wood, 679! 1074! Mooi River Valley, 2000-3000 ft., Sutherland ' and without 

 precise locality, Gerrard, 1470 ! 1471 ! 1472 ! Sanderson, 11 ! 



Tlie reduction of Capraria rigida, Thunb., to this species is made from an 

 examination of Thunbeig's type by Mr. W. f . Hiern. 



2. E. amoena (Klotzsch in Peters^ Reise Mossamb. Bot. 248) ; a 



