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B0EAGINE3! (Wright). 



[Lohostemon. 



long as the flowers; calyx densely silvery villous; stamens exserted, 

 scarcely bearded at the base. Echium lati/oUum, DC. Prod. x. 

 14. 

 Coast Region: MalmcBbury Div, ; Saldanha Bay, Bcfclon ^ Zeyher. 



40. L. caudatus (Buek in Linnsea, xi. 147) ; stem 1 ft. high, 

 simple, angular, purplish, villous, ascending ; radical leaves elliptic 

 or oblong, tapering towards both ends, pseudo-pet iolate, 1 ft. long, 

 1 in. wide; cauline leaves sessile, lanceolate-oblong, erect, 1 in. 

 long, the upper gradually smaller, all entire, papillose and white 

 pilose-hispid on both surfaces, especially near the margin ; panicle 

 spicate, terminal, 3 in. or more long, 1 in. in diam., ovate-oblong, 

 villous ; calyx white-tomentose ; corolla minute ; stamens exserted. 

 Echium candatum, Thunb. Prodr. 33, in Schracl. Neues Journ. i. iii. 

 43, and Fl. Gap. ed. Schult. 165 ; Lehm. PL Asi^er. 434, Jc. t. 32 ; 

 J)G. Prod. X. 13. E. spicatum, Burm. fil. Prod. Gap. 4. 



Coast Regtoh^: Malmesbury Div. ; Sildanha Bay, Thunberg. Stellenbosch 

 Div. ; Stellenbosch, EcUon ^ Zeyher. 



41. L. eeklonianus (Buek in Linnsea, xi. 144) ; stem ascend- 

 ing, pilose ; radical leaves ovate-lanceolate, rather acute, attenuate 

 towards the base, cauline sessile, semi-amplexicaul, obtuse, all hispid 

 ■with patent white bulbous-based hairs ; inflorescence terminal, 

 spicate, ovate-oblong, sometimes interrupted ; calyx white tomen- 

 tose ; lobes obtuse, nearly as long as the corolla ; corolla 2 lin. 

 long; lobes short, rounded. Echium ecMonianum, DG. Prod. 

 X. 14. 



Coast Region: Stellenbosch Div. ; near Sfcellenbo3ch, Ecklon ^ Zeyher ! 



42. L. splendens (Buek in Linnaea, xi. 146) ; stem ascending, 

 angular above, pilose with long white hairs ; leaves lanceolate or 

 ensiform, obtuse, with a few hairs on both surfaces, or glabrous, or 

 callous-punctate near the apex ; radical leaves very long attenuate 

 downwards ; petiole dilated, membranous and sheathing at the base, 

 purplish- villous ; cauline leaves sessile, semi-amplexicaul, subobfcuse j 

 inflorescence spicate, linear-oblong, interrupted at the base, 3-4 in. 

 long, 6-8 lin. in diam. ; bracts scarcely longer than the flowers, 

 subacute; calyx-lobes silvery-villous, rather acute, half as long as 



. the corolla ; corolla 3 lin. long, regular ; tube longer than the limb ; 

 lobes rounded ; stamens exserted, scarcely bearded at the base. 

 Echium splendens, DG. Prod. x. 15. 



Coast Region : ClanwilUam Div. ; Clanwilliam, EcJclon d- Zeyher. 



43. L. eriostachyus (Buek in Linnssa, xi. 148) ; stem densely 

 villous with silky hairs ; radical leaves lanceolate, up to 5| in. by 

 9 lin., petiolate, cauline semi-amplexicaul, lanceolate, gradually 

 passing into the bracts ; panicle oblong-ovate ; calyx 5 lin. long, 

 densely silvery villous ; segments linear, i lin. wide ; corolla 



