﻿128 scROPHULARiACEiE (Hiern). [Aptosimum. 



shorter than the calyx, i in. long, ^ in. broad. Aptosimum sp., 

 Burchell, Trav. S. Afr. i. 453 (one of the two species referred to), 

 286, 289, 298. 



Central Region : Carnarvon Div. ; afc Leenwe Fontein, Burchell, 1524.' at 

 the northern exit of Karree Bergen Poort, near Carnarvon, Burchellf 1571! 

 Hopetown Div. ; Brak soil on the Hopetown road, Shaiv, 56 ! 



Western Ukoion : Great Namaqualand ; Tsau, H-rmann, 22 ! and near Aus, 

 Steingroever, 17 (ex Engler). Little Ivlainaqualaud ; Ookiep, Morris in Herb. 

 Bolus, 6482 ! Steinkopf, Schlechter, 11492 ! 



Kalahaei Eegion : Griqualand West, Herbert Div. ; plain, between Lower 

 Campbell and the Vaal Kiver, Burchell, 1784 ! 



4. A. abietinum (Burchell, Trav. S. Afr. i. 308) ; a prostrate or 

 spreading undershrub, glabrous or towards the extremities glandular- 

 puberulous, not exceeding 1 ft. high ; rootstock thick, woody ; 

 branches robust, more or less leafy, spiny ; leaves needle-shaped 

 or sublinear, rigid, spiny-pointed, dark green above, paler beneath, 

 sessile, not bordered with white, I- to 1 (usually |-^) in. long ; 

 flowers usually exceeding the leaves, i-| in. long ; calyx rather 

 shortly 5-cle£t, puberulous both inside and out, \-\ in. long ; lobes 

 unequal and ovate or ovate-acuminate ; corolla tubular, purple ; 

 capsule ovoid, at length oblately spheroidalj with an abrupt short 

 compression at the apex perpendicular to the dissepiment, |- in. long, 

 septicidal ; valves bifid, persisting long after the fall of the corolla 

 and the shedding of the seeds; seeds about 12, black, roundly 

 reniform ; funicle without a membranous dilatation. Benth. in DC 

 Prod. X. 345. Ruellia spinescens, Thunb. Prodr. 104, and Fl. 

 Cap. ed. Schult. 479. 



Var. $, elongata (Benth. in Lindl. Bot. Reg. under t. 1882) ; branches elon- 

 gated, less densely leafy than the type. 



CbnteaIi Region; Calvinia Div. ; hills and flats near Karnos and Gamosep, 

 2000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 1321 ! near Springbok Kuil and Bitter Fontein, Zeyher, 

 lb21a ! Hantam, Thunherg ! Masson ! Worcester Div. ; Witteberg, near Matjes 

 Fontein, Rehtnann, 2888! Graaff Reinet Div.; flats by the Sunday River near 

 Graaff Reinet, 2000-3000 ft., Brtge, 2013a! Bolus, 714! Sneeuw Bero;?, 

 Wallich! Beaaiort West Div.; Rhinoster Kop near Beaufort West, Burke'. 

 Rhinoster Kop and Doom Kop, Zeyher, 1321b ! Sutherland Div. ; Ro^geveld, 

 Thunherg > Philipstown Div. ; near Petrusville, Burchell, 2678 ! Prieska Div. : at 

 Keikams Poort, Burrhell, 1615 ! Var. : Victoria West Div. ; hills near Victoria 

 West, Shaw, 1240 ! Hopetown Div.; near Hopetown, Muskett in Herb. JBoJws, 6481 . 



Wkstken Region -. Little Namaqualand ; valley near Kooper Berg, 2000- 

 3000 ft., Br^ge, 2013b ! Kamies Berg, Zeyher, 1272 ! Var. j8 : Little Namaqua- 

 land ; flats between Verleptpram and the mouth of the Orange River, below 

 1000 ft. , Brk^e, 2443 ! 



Forms occur intermediate between the type and the variety. 



5. A. scaberrimum (Schinz in Verhandl, Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 

 xxxi. 185) ; a small undershrub, about 4 in. high ; stems densely 

 leafy, clothed with short spreading stiff hairs ; leaves narrowly 

 linear-lanceolate, acute at the apex, very scabrous with bristles 

 directed forwards, 1\ in. long, ^^-y\ in. broad ; midrib strong and 

 prominent beneath, persistent and hardening into a spine ; flowers 



