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6. L. Swartzii (Buek in Linnaea, xi. 137, not of Drege) ; a shrub ; 

 branches adpressedly hairy when young, glabrous when old ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, 1 in. long, 2 lin. broad, acute at both ends, glabrous 

 or with adpressed hairs on the upper surface, and bulbous-based 

 hairs on the margins and lower surface; cymes terminal, branched ; 

 bracts lanceolate, acute, hispid ; calyx-lobes linear, 1| lin. long, 

 i lin. broad, adpressedly hairy ; corolla 6 lin, long, 4 lin. broad, 

 2 lobes much larger than the rest ; stamens inserted 1^ lin. above 

 the base of the corolla-tube^ ex sorted ; anthers short, oblong. DG. 

 Prod. X. 5. Echium angustifolium, Thunh. Fl. Gap. ed. 1, ii. 248; 

 ScJiuH. 163, not of Lam., nor Mill, nor Drege. E. Swartzii, Lehm. 

 PI. Asper. 426, Ic. t. 16; Roem. Sf SchuUes, Sj/st. Veg. iv. 714. 

 E. papillosum, Thunh. Fl. Gap. ed. i. ii. 8, not of Lehm. 



SotrxH Africa : withoafc locality, Sieber ! Thorn ! Zeyher, 1244 ! 



Coast Region: Cape Div. ; ■Cape-Plats^ Mckls n, 258 ! Ladies Mile near 

 Alphen, Wolley Dod, 2018 ! near Wvnberg. 50 ft., Bolus, 2897 1 Worcester 

 Div. ; Michell's Pass, 1500 ft., Bolus, 2619 ! 'Orey ! 



7. L. acutissimus (Buek in Linnaea, xi. 139) ; stem branched ; 

 branches elongate, compressed and angular, quite glabrous ; leaves 

 sessile, erect, linear-lanceolate, very acute, slightly keeled, rugose on 

 both sides with inconspicuous papillae ; cymes few-flowered, in a 

 terminal panicle; flowers on short thick angular pedicels; calyx 

 5-partite, 5-angled, grey, subglabrous ; lobes papillose, erect, acute ; 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx ; stamens exserted, fixed in the 

 upper part of the corolla-tube. JDG. in DG. Prod. x. 6. 



Coast Region : Tulbagh Div. ; amongst shrubs in stony places on the 

 mountains near Tulbagh (New) Kloof, Ecklon ^ Zeyher. 



8. L. cinereus (DC. Prod. x. 10); shrubby; branches slender, 

 terete, with minute ashy pubescence ; leaves linear-lanceolate, taper- 

 inp^ towards both ends, 1 in. long, 2 lin. wide, with minute ashy 

 pubescence on both surfaces and bulbous-based hairs on the under ; 

 cymes several at the apes of the branches, racemose ; calyx 3 lin. long, 

 hairy on both surfaces ; lobes oblong-lanceolate, obtuse ; corolla 

 6 lin. long, oblique ; tube gradually tapering downwards ; lobes 

 unequal, broad, undulate, glabrous ; stamens inserted 1 lin. above 

 the corolla-base, included; style glabrous. Echium trichotomum, 

 Drege, Zivei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 108, not of Thunh. 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div. ; between Heerelo^ement and Knagas 

 Berg, under 1000 ft , Drege ! Zeekoe Vley, 500 ft., Schlcchter, 8489 ! 



9. L. Wurmbii (DC. in DC. Prod. x. 11); stem shrubby, 

 branched ; branches at iirst with minute adpressed pubescence, at 

 length glabrous ; leaves sessile, approximate, erect, lanceolate- 

 linear, rather acute, 4 lin. long, with ash-coloured pubescence on 

 both surfaces, nerveless ; cymes simple or bipartite, corymbosely 

 arranged at the apex of the branches ; calyx, white, villous ; lobes 

 linear, rather obtuse; corolla white when dry, glabrous, at least 



