﻿Lobostemon.] BOEAGiNEiE (Wright). 27 



Radical leaves ovate-lanceolate ... (41) ecklonianus. 



Hadical leaves lanceolate .„ ... (42) splendens. 



Leaves with long silky hairs : 



Calyx with silky hairs nearly as long as the 



corolla (43) eriostachyas. 



Calyx with silky hairs distinctly shorter 

 than the corolla : 



Spike 1 in. long ; leaves acute, up to 



8 lin. broad (44) Oalpinii. 



Spike 1^-2^ in. long ; leaves long 



acuminate, 5 lin. broad (45) spicatus. 



Leaves with very short adpressed hairs ... (46) viridi-argentens. 



1. L. sanguineus (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb, xxiv. 450) ; a robust 

 shrub 4-5 ft. high, sparingly branched; branches densely papillose- 

 scabrid, thick, densely leafy ; leaves erecto-patent, ovate, acute, 

 denticulate-scabrid on the margins and under surface of the midrib 

 and also sometimes near the apex on the under surface, elsewhere 

 glabrous, l-|^-2 in. long, 7-12 lin. wide; cymes racemose; flowers 

 2-seriate; bracts subimbricate, oblong, acute, denticulate-scabrid on 

 the margins, papillose-scabrid below, glabrous above, as long as the 

 calyx ; calyx-lobes unequal, linear or linear-oblong, acute, the wider 

 very sparingly papillose scabrid outside, denticulate-ciliate on the 

 margin, 9 lin. long; corolla blood-red; tube subcylindrical, very 

 slenderly puberulous outside, scarcely longer than the calyx, with a 

 ring of hairs inside near the base ; lobes equal, subquadrate-rotun- 

 date, very obtuse, margins undulate, conspicuously ciliate, 2 lin. in 

 diam. ; stamens about as long as the corolla-tube ; filaments adnate 

 to the middle of the corolla-tube, glabrous ; anthers small ; nutlets 

 trigonous -ovoid, subacute, papillose-scabrid, 2|- lin. long. 



Coast Kegion : Bredasdorp Div. ; amongst rocks on hills near Elim, 650 ft., 

 Schlechter, 7683 ! 



2. L, glaucophyllus (Buek in Linnaea, xi. 138) ; stem quite glab- 

 rous ; branches rather fiexuose ; leaves sessile, rather fleshy, glaucous, 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, scabrid with white callosities on the margins 

 and under side of the midrib ; calyx 3-} lin. long ; lobes | lin. wide, 

 oblong-lanceolate, subacute, ciliate-serrate, not conspicuously reticu- 

 late ; corolla 6 lin. long ; lobes orbicular, imbricate at the base ; 

 stamens inserted in the corolla-tube, unequal, the longest 5 lin. 

 long and exserted ; filaments swollen and with a tuft of hairs at the 

 base. DC. Prod. x. 5. Echium glaucophijllum, Pers. Syn. i. 163; 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 312 ; Andr. Bep. t. 165 ; Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 

 Documente, 67. E. Swartzii, b, Drege, I.e. 180. E. glabrum, Thunb. 

 Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 163, not of Void. E. Icsvigatum, Lam. III. i. 413, 

 not of Linn. 



South Afeioa: without locality, Forbes! Alexander! Zeyher, 1243 

 partly ! 



Coast Region: Cape Div.; Table Mountain, i;Qjclon.^ 1[ MacOiUivray, 

 572! IfacOtuan, 2684 ! Devils Peak, Wilms, 3401! JSo^its, 3724 ! above Tokay 

 Plantation, Wolletj Bod, 1273! Wynberg, Burchell, 878! Wolley Dol,4lOl 

 Camps Bay, Burchell, 342 ! top of Elsie Peak, Wolley Bod, 2936 ! near Cape 



