﻿136 SCROPHULARIACE^ (Hiem). {Peliosiomwm. 



1/^ 6- P- calycinum (N. E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, 1891, 390) ; an 

 undershrub ; branches angular or subterete, subglabrous, pallid, elon- 

 gated, 1-3 it. long ; brauchlets 2-6 in. long ; leaves alternate, linear, 

 acuminate at the apex, narrowed to the sessile or subsessile base, 

 ascending or spreading, somewhat rigidly fleshy, glabrous or minutely 

 puberulous, i-2 in. long, aV^iV ^- broad ; midrib impressed above, 

 prominent beneath ; peduncles glabrous, bibracteate near the apex, 

 i-i- in. long ; bracts linear, acute, subglabrou?, i-yV ^^- lo°o> 

 aV in. broad; calyx-segments linear, acute, subglabrous, -|-y\ i"- 

 long, -g^ in. broad ; corolla blue or violet, f in. long, gradually 

 narrowed below ; constricted portion of the tube \-\ in. long ; 

 lobes rounded, violet-purplish, sparingly glandular-pubescent outside, 

 i in. in diam.; stamens about f in. long; filaments glabrous; 

 anthers ciliate-bearded ; capsule ^-^ in. long, compressedly ovoid, 

 acute, glabrous j seeds scrobiculate-tuberculate. 



Kaiahari KEaiON: Orange River Colony; without precise locality, Cooper, 

 1205! Transvaal; Barberton, in stony places, 2918 ft., T/ior?icro/)5, 72 {in Herb. 

 Wood, 4171) ! in stony places near Louws Creek, near Barberton, 500 ft., Bolus, 

 Herh. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 13281 



Eastebn Region : Natal ; Urahlali, 400-500 ft.. Wood, 5619 I 



Used by Kaffira in making perfume balls, according to Cooper. 



III. ANTICHARIS, Endl. 



Calyx herbaceous, 5-partite ; segments narrow, valvate in bud 

 or nearly so. Corolla membranous, exceeding the calyx, tubular- 

 funnel-shaped ; tube narrow in the lower part, above dilated into an 

 elongated throat ; limb spreading, almost equally 5-clef t, flat ; lobes 

 rounded, the two posterior exterior. Stamens 2-4, the two anterior 

 perfect, the other one or two (when present) shorter and without 

 anthers ; filaments filiform, inserted above the base of the corolla ; 

 anthers somewhat transverse, glabrous or somewhat pilose, by con- 

 fluence 1-celled, before dehiscence semilunar or horseshoe-shaped, at 

 length straight. Ocary 2-celled ; style filiform, somewhat claviform 

 towards the apex ; stigma obtuse, entire or emarginate ; ovules 

 numerous. Capsule ovoid or oblong, somewhat acutely pointed at 

 the apex, bisulcate, exceeding the calyx, dehiscing both loculicidally 

 and septicidally, exposing the central placentiferous column. Seeds 

 numerous, small, oblong or ovoid, striate-ribbed ; embryo straight ; 

 cotyledons ovate. 



Small erect viscid- pubescent herbs ; leaves alternate, entire ; flowers axillary, 

 solitary, shortly pedunculate, purplish ; peduncles usually bibracteate. 



DisTEiB. A genus of about 9 species, extending to tropical Africa, Arabia, and 

 Eastern India. 



1. A. scoparia (Hiern ex Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 

 xxxi. 189); an erect suffruticose perennial herb, rigid, much 

 branched from the base upwards, glandular-pubescent, viscid, 



