﻿8 BORAGINEJ; (Wright). [Heliotrojnam. 



Coast Kegion : Vanrhvnsdorp Div. ; bv the Olipliant? River, on tlie borders 

 of Little Namaqualand ; Atlierstone, 8 ! Uitenbage Div. ; on 8aliuQUS__inarshy 

 grounds by the Zwartkops River, Zeijher ! 



Centeal Region: Prince Albert Div.; between Dvryka River and Zwart- 

 bulletje, Drege ! 



Western Region -. Var. j8, Little Namaqualand ; by the Orange River, near 

 Vei-leptpram, Drege ! 



Kalahari Region: Griqualand West, Hay Div.; between Riet Fouteia 

 (Aiikaap) and Kloof Village in the Asbestos Mountains, Burchell, 2018 ! 2019 ! 

 Herbert Div. ; between the Orange and Vaal Rivers, Bolus, 1827 ! 



2. H. ovalifolium (Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 38) ; stem woody, 

 branched from near the base, densely covered with adpressed hairs, 

 lip to 1 ft. high and 3 lin. in diam. ; leaves oval, slightly tapering 

 downwards, apiculate, 1 in. by 5 lin., densely clothed on both 

 surfaces with adpressed hairs ; petiole 5 lin. or less long ; cymes 

 usually once forked, elongating to 9 in. in fruit ; calyx 1 lin. long, 

 adpressedly hairy outside ; lobes 5, unequal, reaching nearly to the 

 base of the calyx, lanceolate, acute ; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx ; lobes I- by i lin., ovate, acute ; stamens inserted below the 

 middle of the corolla-tube ; filaments short, very slender ; anthers 

 oblong ; connective produced into a beak as long as the anther-cell ; 

 ovary glabrous ; style thick, pyramidal, as long as the ovary ; nutlets 

 4, each nestling in a calyx-lobe, flat on tlie two inner faces, convex 

 on the back. Hook,/. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 150. H. coromandelianum, 

 Hetz. Ohs. ii. 9 ; Lelim. PL Asper. 46 ; (S ohovatwn^ DQ. Prod, ix. 

 541. H. apiculatum, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 

 Documente, 93. 



Coast Region : Uitenbage Div. ; by the river at Enon, Drtge ! Albany Div. ; 

 by the Fish River, Gill ! 



Westekn Region : Little Namaqualand ; by the Orange River, near Verlept- 

 pram, below 500 ft,, Drege ! 



Kalahari Region : Griqualand West, Herbert Div. ; in fields, St. Clair, near 

 Douglas, Oripen in Herh. MacOwan, 1926! Transvaal; Boshveld, at Klippaii, 

 Eehmann, 5295 ! 



Also widely spread in Tropical Asia, Tropical Africa, and Madagascar. 



/ 3. H. supinum (Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 130) ; hirsute ; stem herba- 

 ceous, decumbent at the base ; leaves opposite or alternate, oval, 

 obtuse, more or less crenate, up to 9 by 6 lin., shortly petioled ; 

 cymes simple or once forked, up to 5 in. long; calyx 1^ lin. long, 

 hairy outside ; lobes i as long as the tube, obtuse ; corolla -tube as 

 long as the calyx ; lobes exserted, very short, rounded ; stamens 

 inserted just below the middle of the corolla-tube ; ovary glabrous ; 

 style as long as the ovary ; mature nutlets 1-2 to each flower, 2 lin. 

 long, plano-convex, dark brown, with a lighter brown border, 

 enclosed in the persistent calyx, obscurely tubercled. Thunh. Fl. 

 Cap. ed. Schult. 160; Lehm. PI. Asper. 48, excl syn. Forsk. ; Sihth. 

 m. Grcec. t. 157 ; DC. Prod. ix. 533. //. ambiguum, DC. Prod. ix. 

 533. Jl. coromandelianum., Raddi ex DC. Prod. ix. 533. Litlio- 

 spermum heliotropioide^, Forsk. Fl. jEgypt.-Arab. 39. Pipdoclaina 

 supina, G. Don, Syst. Gen. iv. 3G4. 



