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5. I. ofScinale (Linn. Sp. PI. ed. i. 132) ; perennial ; stem herba- 

 ceous, terete, erect, much, branched above, scabrid ; leaves broadly 

 lanceolate, acute, scabrid on both sides, 2^ in. long, 5 lin. broad; 

 veins impressed above, prominent beneath ; racemes terminal on the 

 stem and branches; bracts foliaceous ; calyx I^-lin. long, hirsute; 

 lobes linear, acute ; corolla scarcely longer than the calyx, hairy out- 

 side, white or yellowish ; lobes rounded ; stamens inserted near the 

 corolla-throat; nutlets smooth, whitish, polished. DC Prod. x. 76; 

 Engl Bot. ed. 3, t. 1101. 



Kalahabi Ekgion": Transvaal, Ivy Range, Hoodies, 5000 ft., Thorncroft in 

 Herb. Wood, 4351 ! 



Eastern Region : Natal ; South Downs, among rocks, Evans, 386 ! 

 Thorncroft's specimen is said to have pink flowers. 

 Also in Europe, the Orient and North Asia. 



/ 6. L. cinereum (DC. Prod. x. 73) ; much branched from a woody 

 ' base, 4-18 in. high, covered in all its parts with adpressed ashy- 

 white pubescence ; stem erect, cylindrical ; leaves linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, attenuate at the base, up to 1 in. by 2 lin, ; racemes terminal ; 

 flowers sessile ; bracts usually foliaceous; calyx-lobes linear-oblong, 

 elongating in fruit ; corolla white ; nutlets ovoid, shining, white, 

 rugose, slightly keeled on the inner face, 1^ lin. long. L. sp., 

 Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 48. 



South Afeica : without locality, Zeyher, 1248 ! 



Coast Region : Queenstown Div. ; between Table Mountain and Zwart Kei 

 River, 4000-5000 ft., Drige, 7838 1 



Central Region : SomerieT Div. ; near Somerset East, 2800 ft., MacOwan, 

 1680 ! Graaft' Reinet Div. j mountains near GraafF Reinet, Bowker, 14 I Albert 

 Div., Cooper, 780 ! 



Kalahari Region: Griqualand West; at Griqua Town, Burchell, 1867! 

 Orpen in Herh. Bolus, 5714 ! Orange River Colony ; Wolve Kop, Burke ! and 

 without precise locality. Cooper, 2795! Transvaal; Jeppes Town Ridges, 

 Johannesburg, 6000 ft., Gilfillan in Herh.- Galpin, 6234! Doom Place Farm, 

 Molappo River, Holuh, 1972 ! 



Eastern Region : Natal ; Blue Krantze, 3000 ft., Wood, 3379! and without 

 precise locality, Oerrard, 195 ! 



7. L. inornatum (DC. Prod. x. 73); a much branched plant 

 about 8 in, high, woody at the base, covered all over with ashy 

 adpressed pubescence ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, cuneate at 

 the base, 6 by 1^ lin., the lower sometimes up to 2 in. by 5 lin. 

 racemes terminal; flowers very shortly pedicelled ; bracts leafy 

 calyx-lobes oblong, half as long as the corolla-tube ; nutlets ovoid 

 subacute, slightly rugose, white or rufescent. L. sp., Drege, Zioei 

 Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 57. 



Central Region: Richmond Div.; Winterveld, near Limoen Fontein and 

 Great Table Mountain, near Richmond, 3000-4000 ft., Drege, 7837a, and Uit- 

 vlngt, between Richmond and Brak Vallei River, 3000-4000 ft., Dre?e, 7837b 

 (ex E. Meyer). GraafF Reinet Div.; near Graaff Reinet, 2600 ft.. Bolus, 80S ! 

 near Wagenpads Berg on the southern side, Burchell, 2836 ! 



8. L. flexuosum (Lehm. PL Asper. ii. 333) ; stem decumbent, 

 shrubby at the base, branched; branches suberect, flexaose, very 



