﻿34 BOMGiNE^ (Wright). [Lolostemon. 



ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, scabrid on the underside of the midrib; 

 calyx-lobes linear, ciliate, glabrous outside except on the nerve, 

 pubescent-scabrid within; corolla tubular, subregular, rather glab- 

 rous, purple, 7-8 lin. long (also stated by DC. to be 8-9 lin. long 

 and blue), twice as long as the calyx ; stamens included. 



South Africa : without locality, Drege, 9358. 



22. L. ferocissimns (DC. Prod. x. 7); a shrub; branches 

 canescent, purplish and green, silvery when young ; leaves sessile, 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, up to 20 lin. by 5 lin., pilose, with 

 spinous bristles on the midrib and margins; cymes terminal, 

 gpicate, unbranched, leafy ; calyx divided nearly to the base, 4 Im. 

 long, with simple hairs outside and thicker ones at the apex of the 

 lobes ; lobes oblong, 1 lin. broad, acute ; corolla 6-7 lin. long ; 

 lobes elliptic, ohtuse, ciliate ; stamens inserted near the base of the 

 corolla, about as long as the corolla or slightly exserted ; style 

 pilose. Echium ferodssimum, Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 39. B. ferox, 

 Pers. Syn. i. 163; Moem. S{ SchulL Syst. Veg. iv. 11. E. argen- 

 teum, Roth, Bot. Alh. 63; var. /3, LeJim. PL Asper. 422. E. 

 verrucosum, Drege, Zioei Pfianzengeogr. Documente, 101. E. sp., 

 Drege, I.e. 103, 114. 



Vae, |8, albicalyx (C. H. Wright) ; leaves oblong or oblanceolate, 1\ in. long, 

 2-3 lin. broad, spinous bristles smaller than in the type ; calyx divided rather 

 more than half-way down, with more numerous simple white hairs and fewer 

 thickened ones than iu the type. 



Coast Region : Malmesbury Div. ; Biebeek'a Castle, under 1000 ft., Brege, 

 1964b I Cape Div. ; railway near Maitland Bridge, Wolley Dod, 2164 ! 

 Paarl Div. ; Klein Drakenstein Mountains and Dal Josaphat, under 1000 tt., 

 Dreo Cj 1964 a, ! Great Drakenstein Mountains and at the foot of Paarl Mountain, 

 "Below 1000 ft., Drege. Tulbagh Div. ; Steendal near Tulbagh, Pappe ! New 

 Kloof, Schlechter, 7488! Ceres Road, 800 ft., SchlecUer, 9069! Worcester 

 Div. ; on mountains near De Liefde, 1000-2004 ft., ^re^e^JSlQ^l Caledon Div. ; 

 mountain ridges between Zwart Berg and Zonder Einde River, Zeyher, 1241 ! 

 Albany Div.; without collector's name, 36! Fort Beaufort Div.; without 

 precise locality, Cooper, 550 ! 



Centbai, Region ; Tar. yS, Graaff Reinet Div. ; on the sides of Oude Berg, 

 near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 155 ! 



23. L. scaber (DC. Prod. x. 6) ; stem woody, branched, terete, 

 pilose when young; leaves approximate, sessile, oblong, acute, 

 9 by 3 lin., with short bulbous-based hairs on both surfaces, margins 

 ciliate ; cymes terminal on the branches, spicate, often branched ; 

 bracts similar to the leaves but smaller ; calyx divided almost to the 

 base, 4 lin. long; lobes linear, f lin. wide, acute, hairy outside; 

 corolla blue, 7-8 lin. long, irregular, hairy outside ; lobes broad, 

 undulate ; stamens elightly exserted ; style longer than the stamens, 

 hairy. Echium scahrum, Thunh. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 166, not of 

 Lehm. 



Coast Region : Swellendam Div. ; without precise locality, Zeyher ! Mossel 

 Bay Div. ; near the landing-place at Mossel Bay, Burchell, 6301 ! Huroansdorp 

 Div. ; hill sides, Humansdorp, 300 ft,, Oalpin, 4344 I Uitenhage Div. ; Grasrug, 



