﻿lleliotroininn.'] boragine^ (Wright). 9 



South Africa : without locality, Zeyher, 1238 ! 



Coast Region: Van Rliyndorps Div. ; near Ebenezer, below 100 ft., Drege, 

 7835 ! Tulbrtgh Uiv. j Piquetberg Roitd, Schlechter, 783:^1 Cape Div.; TaUTe 

 JVlountain, MacGillivray, 609! Greenpohit, Ecklon ! DitiMihage Div.; Valley of 

 the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 20! Div. ? near Pharum, Echlon, 90! 



Also in Southern Europe, North Africa, and the Canary Islands. 



4. H. tubulosum (E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 

 Documente, 93) ; whole plant densely hirsute, 5 in. or more high; 

 stem terete, up to 3 lin. diam. ; leaves lanceolate, acuminate at both 

 ends, up to 1|- in. by 5 lin. ; petiole up to G lin. long ; inflorescence 

 a terminal cymose panicle ; peduncles up to 1 in. long ; cymes 

 densely many-flowered, up to 3 in. long ; calyx 3 lin. long, divided 

 nearly halfway down into 5 linear obtuse lobes ; corolla infundi- 

 buliform ; tube slightly longer than the calyx ; lobes broad, undulate ; 

 stamens inserted about halfway up the corolla-tube ; anthers oblong, 

 1 lin. long, obtuse at both ends ; ovary minute ; style 1|- lin. long, 

 tapering towards both ends from a swollen disc about its middle, 

 with numerous slightly reflexed hairs in its lower half; nutlets 

 plano-convex, pubescent on the back, JDG. Prod. ix. 537. 



South Afkica : without locality, Jferb. Forsyth ! 



WnsTBEN Region : Little Nainaqualand ; by tlie Orange River near Verlept- 

 prain, under 500 ft., Drege ! Little Bushman Land, Kraiwater, ScJdechter, 

 62! 



Kalahari Region: Calvinia Div. ? Great Bushman Land, WovteljiSc/iZec/iier, 

 113! 



Also in Tropical South-west Africa. 



5. H. Nelsoni (C. H. Wright) ; stem much branched, terete, 

 pilose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, sometimes slightly undulate, 

 hairy on the upper surface, pustulate on the lamina and hairy on the 

 nerves beneath, 1 in. by 4 lin. ; cymes visually in pairs ; peduncle up 

 to 2 in. long ; flowers secund ; calyx divided almost to the base into 

 5 linear segments, 1^ by ^ lin., hirsute on both sides ; corolla salver- 

 shaped ; tube 2-2} lin. long, adpressedly hairy outside ; limb 2} lin. 

 diam. ; lobes obtuse, slightly undulate ; stamens inserted about the 

 middle of the corolla-tube ; anthers l lin. long, apiculate, obtuse or 

 slightly cordate at the base ; style }} lin. long, conical above ; ovary 

 conic. 



Centhal Region : Colesberg Div. ; Colesberg, S/iaiy .' 



Kalahari Region : Griqualand West, Herbert Div. ; between Spuigslang 

 Fonteiu and the Vaal Kiver, Burchell, 1714 ! along the Vaal River, Bnrchell, 

 1766 ! Transvaal ; Linokaua, Holub ! bend of the Vaal River, Nelson, 219 ! 



/ 6. H. lineare (C. H. Wright) ; stem woody, terete, up to 1 ft, 

 /liigh and 3 lin. in diam., adpressedly short hispid; leaves linear, 

 usually 8 by 1\ lin. (rarely larger), with more or less deciduous 

 adpressed hairs all over the upper surface and on the nerves beneath ; 

 cymes (including the short peduncle) not exceeding 2 in. in length ; 

 calyx J lin. long, with short adpressed hairs outside; lolies ulih^ng- 

 ovate, apiculate ; corolla cream-coloured {Boioker), much longer than 



