﻿Feliostomum.] scROPHULAEiACEiE (Hiern). 135 



and Eeit Eiver, MacOwan, 1605 ! Somerset East, Miss Bowher ! GraafE Reinet 

 Div. ; Oude Berg, on stony mountain flats, 3000-4000 ft., Drege, 2317! near 

 Graaff Eeinet, Burchell, 2906 ! BoUs, 356 1 Graaff Reinet or Zuur Berg 

 Mountains, Bay! Victoria West Div.; Nieuweveld, between Brak River and 

 Uitvlugt, 3000-4000 ft., DreV, 626<i! Carnarvon Div.; Klip Fontein (probably 

 Kliplaats Fontein, near Carnarvon f, Burchell, 1530 ! Buffels Bout, Burchell, 

 1596! Hanover Div.; Karroo plains near Hanover, 4500ft., Bolus, 2197! 

 Shaw ! 



Kalahari Region .- Griqualand West, Herbert Div. ; Griqua Town, Bwrc^eZZ, 

 1961/4 ! Albania, Shaw, 58 ! 



Tbis species is probably tbat mentioned by Burchell (Trav. S. Afr. i. 304 note) 

 as a doubtful species of Capraria, 



5. P. leucorrhizum (E. Meyer ex Benth. in Bot. Keg. sub t. 

 1882) ; a rigid, much-branched, very nearly glabrous undershrub, 

 3-12 in. high or more; branches slender, furrowed, somewhat 

 herbaceous and angular towards the apex, whitish, smooth and 

 ■woody towards the base ; branchlets somewhat virgate, slender, 

 minutely puberulous; leaves alternate, linear or linear-obovate, or 

 obovate (in the variety y), obtuse, subsessile, rigidly fleshy, glabrous 

 or nearly so, |-1 in. long; midrib of the lower leaves obsolete; 

 peduncles axillary, -gV-xV i^- ^^ng; bracts very small ; flowers 

 usually -i-l in. long, deep purple ; calyx-segments linear-lanceolate, 

 Ta-Ta" i"' long, minutely puberulous or glabrous ; contracted portion 

 of the corolla-tube often exceeding the calyx, gradually widening 

 into the tubular-funnel-shaped upper part; anthers long-ciliate, 

 capsule ovoid-conical, slightly compressed, subobtuse or scarcely 

 acute, ^1 in. long. Benth. in BG. Prodr. x. 346. P. leucorrhizon, 

 Brege in Linnaea, xx. 198. 



Vab. /8, junceam (Hiem) ; branches twig-like; leaves sparse, linear, small. 



Vab. 7, grandiflorum (Hiern); leaves narrowly elliptical or obovate; flowers 

 about 1 in. long. 



South Africa : without locality, Wyley, 103 1 109 ! 110 ! Miss Owen ! 

 "Vab. 7 : Mrs. Clarice! 



Centkal Region : Calvinia Div. ; Bitter Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Zeyher, 

 1323 ! between Lospers Plaats and Springbok Kuil River, Zeyher, 1324 ! Prince 

 Albert Div. ; between Dwyka River and Zwarti)ul!etje, Drege, 626c ! Victoria 

 West Div. ; near Victoria West, Mrs. Barber! Colesbeig Div. ; Colesberg, ncHr 

 the Orange River, Mrs. Barber ! Jansenville Div. ; by the Sunday River, 1500- 

 2000 ft., Brege! Hopetown Div.; near Hopetown, Muskett in Herb. Bolus, 

 2043! Prieska Div.; at Keikams Poort, Burchell, 1619; at Zand Valley, 

 Burchell, 1624! 1629! 



Western Region : Great Namaqualand, Schi^iz, 2 ! 3 ! 25 ! Little Bushman- 

 land ; Stickheim, Max Schlechter, 77 ! Little Namaqualand ; between Hollegat 

 River and the Orange River, 1000-1500 ft., Drege, 626a ! 



Kalahaki Region : Griqualand West, Hay Div. ; at the foot of the Asbestos 

 Mountains, Burchell 2018! 2019! Barkly West Div. ; Vaal River, near Barkly 

 West, 3800 ft.. Bolus, 6811 ! Bechuanaland ; between the Mosliowa River and 

 Hot Station (Chue Vley), Burchell, 2404! Transvaal; Komati Poort, lOGO ft., 

 Schlechter, 11857 I and without precise locality, Holub ! Vae. ^ : Bechuana- 

 land ; Chooi desert, Burchell, 2333 ! 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



This species is mentioned by Burchell (Trav. S. Afr. i. 541 note) as a doubtful 

 new species of Capraria,. 



