﻿30 " BOEAGiNK^ (Wright). [Lobostemon. 



twice as long as the calyx, irregular ; stamens shortly exserted ; 

 style glabrous. Eehhim sp., Drege, Ztcei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 



Centeal Eegion : Clanwilliam Diy. ; Wupperthal, Wurmh. in Herb. Drege, 

 7845 ! Pakhuis Berg, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 3260 ! and MacOiyan Eerh. Aust.-^fr., 

 1927 ! Koude Berg, near Wupperthal, 3500 ft., Schlechter, 8736 ! 



10. L. argenteus (Buek in Linntea, xi, 133, partly) ; stem 

 shrubby, branched, hoary, especially when young ; leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate, oblong-, ovate- (rarely linear-) lanceolate, acute, l|-2 in. 

 long, densely clothed on both sides with silky adpressed tomentum ; 

 cymes terminal, spicate, unbranched, somewhat leafy ; calyx 3 lin. 

 long, divided rather more than half-way down ; lobes ovate- 

 lanceolate, hairy outside, glabrous inside ; corolla irregular, 7-8 liu. 

 long, blue ; lobes short, rounded, slightly hairy outside ; stamens 

 inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, included ; style hairy. 

 Echium argenteum, TJiunb. Fl. Gap. ed. Schult. 166, not of Both ; 

 Burchell, Trav. S. Afr. i. 20 ; Andr. Eep. 1. 154 ; JJC. Prod, x. 7 ; 

 var. a, Lehm. PL Asper. 421; Brege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. 

 Documente, 67. E.fruticosum, Jacq. Hart. ScJicenbr. i. t. 34. Echium 

 sp.^ Drege, I.e. 107. 



South Africa: without locality, Boivin! Forder ! Thorn! Villette! 

 Alexander ! 



Coast Region : Malmesbury Div. ; Zwartland, Thunherg. Cape Div. ; 

 Camps Bay, Zeyher, 4842 1 4844 ! Table Mountain, MacOwan, 2683 ! LiocL, 

 ]^untain/ann-.1Q<J0 ft. _ Tilr.Jf.ln'n., 25fl t Bolus, 4508! Burchell, 141 ! MacOwan, 

 Herb Aust.-Afr., 1928 ! Wolley Dod, 2329 ! Rondeboich,J2r^fl£»JZ848_! Worcester 

 Div.; between Worcester and Villiersdorp, BoZms, 520o ! Uuiondale Div.; hills 

 near Avontuur, Bolus, 2429! 



Westeen Begion : Little Namaqualand ; between Pedros Kloof and Lily 

 Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drege. 



11. L. pilicaulis (C. H. Wright) ; a dwarf shrub ; branches 

 terete, densely pilose ; leaves oblanceolate, 15 lin. long, 4 lin. wide, 

 the upper sometimes ovate, acute, densely pilose on both surfaces, 

 some of the hairs bulbous-based ; calyx silky on both surfaces ] lobes 

 unequal, 3-5 lin. long, i-1 lin. wide, lanceolate, acute ; corolla 6 lin. 

 in diam., tubular-campanulate, oblique ; lobes short, rounded ; 

 stamens inserted near the base of the corolla-tube ; filaments shorter 

 than the corolla ; style 7 lin. long, glabrous. 



Coast Region : Albany Div. ; Cypher Fontein, and Flats near Grahams- 

 town, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 431 ! 



12. L. montanus (Buek in Linnsea, xi. 132) ; a much branched 

 shrub, 2-3 ft. high {Biircliell) or a dwarf tree, 5-6 ft. high, with 

 stem up to 3 in. in diam. {MacOwan); younger branches "densely 

 covered with long white strigose hairs ; leaves oblanceolate, acute, 

 entire, 3 in. long, 9 Hn. wide, clothed with long adpressed hairs ; 

 midrib prominent beneath ; flowers densely crowded at the ends of 

 the branches ; calyx 6-7 lin. long, hirsute on both surfaces ; lobes 



