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BOKAQINEJE (Wrigtt). 



[^Lododemof 



petioled, linear-lanceolate, erect, scattered, 1 in. or rather more 

 long, firm, on the upper side green, with bulbous-based hairs and 

 channelled down the centre, on the under side densely canescent 

 with long hairs, margins reflexed ; cymes spicate, terminal, simple, 

 few-flowered ; bracts as long as the calyx ; calyx 5- (rarely 6-) fid ; 

 lobes linear, two much longer than and half as wide again as the 

 others ; corolla subregular, one-third longer than the calyx ; tube 

 pilose from the middle to the limb; stamens fixed at the bottom of 

 the corolla, very short. JEchium rosmarlnifolium, Vahl, Symb. iii. 

 22 ; Lehm. PL Asper. 431. 



South Africa : without precise locality, Biiloiv. 



28. L. mieropliyllus (Buek in Linnsea, xi. 142) ; stem erect, 

 branched ; branches straight, densely incano-pubescent ; leaves 

 sessile, somewhat sheathing, ovate-lanceolate, rather acute, 5 by 



2 lin., densely hispid on both surfaces when young, hairs deciduous 

 and leaving conspicuous bulbous bases especially on the lower 

 surface ; cymes terminal, much contracted ; calyx 2|- lin. long, with 

 long hairs outside and shorter inside ; lobes oblong, obtuse ; corolla 



3 lin. long, violet (Buek) ; lobes rounded, obtuse ; stamens inserted 

 in the corolla-throat, long exserted ; style glabrous, DC. Prod. x. 

 12. 



Coast Region : Stellenbosch Div. ; near Gordon's Bay, 50 ft., Bolus, 8080 ! 

 XJniondale Div. ; mountains near Langekloof, 'Ecklon ^ Zeyher. 



29. L. diversifolius (Buek in Linngea, xi. 140) ; branches erect, 

 hirsute ; leaves sessile, the lower 1 in, by 2 lin., linear-lanceolate, 

 attenuate at both ends, rather obtuse, slightly keeled, papillose- 

 hispid, those of the flowering branches 3-5 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, 

 recurved at the apex, imbricate, silky-canescent or white scabrid; 

 spikes terminal, panicled ; flowers secund ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 

 acuminate, hispid ; corolla violet, 3 lin. long ; tube scarcely 1 lin. 

 in diam. ; stamens fixed in the corolla-throat, exserted. DC. Prod. 

 X.9. 



Coast Eegion : Caledon Div. ; mountain ridges between Zwart Berg and 

 Zonder Einde River, 1000-2000 ft., Zeyher, 3452 ! Swellendara Div. ; Karoo- 

 like hilla between Hessequas Kloof and Breede Eiver, Ecklon ^ Zei/her (ex Buek). 

 Uniondale Div. ; at the foot of Kammannassie Mountains near Uniondale, Bolus, 

 2436 ! 



30. L. sphaerocephalus (Buek in Linnsea, xi. 143); stem 

 slender, shrubby; branches ascending, glabrous or canescent, 

 when young almost villous ; leaves sessile, somewhat sheathing at 

 the base, approximate, lanceolate, obtuse, 4 by li lin., with 

 adpressed hairs on both surfaces and a few bulbous-based ones on 

 the lower ; cymes terminal on branches near the apex of the stem, 

 often congested ; bracts oblong ; calyx 2 lin. long, divided nearly to 

 the base ', lobes oblong-lanceolate, with long hairs outside and shorter 

 inside ; corolla 3 lin. long, broadly campanulate, subregular ; lobes 



