﻿22 BOKAGiNE^ (Wright). [Lithospermum. 



precise locality, Cooper, 163 ! 357 ! 2805 ! Var. j3, Catbcart Div. ; Blesbok Flats 

 near Windvogel Berg, 3000 ft., Drege .' 



Kalahari Region : Orange River Colony ; Caledon River, Burlce ! 



Easteen Region : Griiiualand East ; cultivated ground near Kokstad, 

 5C00 ft., Tyson, 110 ! and in MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 

 1323 ! 

 / 2. L. scabrum (Thunb. Prod. 34) ; stem herbaceous or slightly 

 woody below, more or less branched, hirsute, up to 18 in. high ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, the lower attenuate below, hirsute 

 with bulbous-based hairs on both surfaces, variable in size but 

 usually about 18 by 4 lin. ; racemes terminal; bracts leafy; pedicels 

 1 lin, long ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, obtuse, with bulbous-based hairs 

 on both surfaces ; corolla white ; tube scarcely longer than the calyx ; 

 lobes obovate-rotundate, undulate ; style exserted ; nutlets 1^ lin. 

 long, ovoid, shining white, smooth. Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. SchuU. 

 160; Drdge, Zwei PJlanzengeogr. JDocumente, 61, 62; Lehm. PI. 

 Asper. ii. 309 ; DG. Prod. x. 77. 



SoDTH Afbica : without locality, Mund .' 

 Coast Region : Alexandria Div. ; Zuur Berg, Cooper, 2796 I 

 Centeai, Region : Beaufort West Div. ; Nieuwveld Mountains, near Beau- 

 fort West, Drege! GraafE Eeinet Div.; near Graatf Reinet, 3000-4<XX) ft., 

 J>rege ! 



Kalahabi Bbgion : Bechnanalaud ; near the source of the Kuruman River, 

 Burckell, 2477 ! 



3. L. afSne (DC. Prod. x. 78) ; stem herbaceous, erect, branched, 

 densely clothed with patent hairs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 acute at the base, flat, pilose on both surfaces ; racemes terminal, 

 few-flowered ; bracts leafy ; calyx 2 lin. long ; lobes linear, rather 

 obtuse, hirsute ; corolla white {Bowkef), 5 lin. diam. ; tube 

 Z\ lin. long; lobes rounded ; style included ; nutlets ovoid, acumi- 

 nate, smooth, shining. L. scabrumf, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei 

 PJlanzengeogr. Document e, 62. 



Central Region : Beaufort West Div. ; Nienwveld Mountains, near Beaufort 

 West, 4000 ft., Drege. Philipstown Div. ; near Hondeblats River, Burchell, 

 2703! Graaff Eeinet Div.; mountains near Graaff Reinet, 4300 ft., Bolus, 696! 

 Bowlcer ! 



? 4. L. hirsutum (E, Meyer ex DC. Prod. x. 77) ; stem herbaceous 

 or slightly woody, erect, branched and hirsute with patent hairs 

 above, \\ ft. high ; leaves lanceolate, hirsute on both sides, the 

 lower rather obtuse at the apex and long attenuate at the base, the 

 upper rather acute, 2\ in. long, 4 lin. broad ; racemes terminal, often 

 geminate, short ; bracts leafy ; calyx irregular, about 2 lin. long, 

 densely hirsute ; lobes oblong, obtuse ; corolla white ; tube cylin- 

 drieal, nearly twice as long as the calyx ; lobes 1^ lin. Ion"-, ovate- 

 rotundate ; anthers oblong, i lin, long, inserted near the'^corolla- 

 mouth ; style subulate ; nutlets unknown. 



Western Region : Little Namaqualand ; near Lilv Fontcin, 4500 ft., 



An imperfect specimen collected by Shaw (129) at Colesherg may belong 

 here. 



