﻿142 scROPHCLAEiACEjE (Hiera). [Diascia. 



Corolla-sptirs J-J in. long ; 



leaves i-li hi. long ... (39) capsularis. 

 Flant pilose or patently hairy : 

 Stamens all bearing anthers : 

 GoToIla about § in. 

 broad ; spurs abont 



Jin. long (40) stachyoides. 



Corolla abont | in .broad ; 

 spurs or pouches about 



JLj in. long (41) Flanagan!. 



One pair of stamens without 



anthers (42) purpurea. 



- Leaves sessile : 



Filaments nearly equal in length (43) rigescens. 

 Filaments in pairs of unequal 

 length : 



Leaves cordiform, ^-| in. 



broad (44) Macowani. 



Leaves ovate- oval or oblong, 



^L-iia- broad (45) denticulata. 



'f't Capsules linear or nearly so : 



Corolla § in. broad ; spurs ^ in. long (46) macropbylla. 



Corolla about | in. broad ; spurs about -^-^ in. long (47) veronicoides. 



1. D. Engleri (Diels in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 471) ; a stemless herb, 

 annual, glabrous, 1-|— 2|- in. high ; leaves radical, ovate or lanceolate, 

 obtuse, subentire or sparingly toothed, somewhat fleshy, -j-i ^^' 

 long, y 2-i in. broad ; petiole about f in. long ; peduncles numerous, 

 leafless, 1-flowered, |— 1 in. long ; calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, 

 -rt-8 in. long, -J^ in. broad ; corolla rotate, nearly without any tube, 

 neither foveolate nor saccate ; segments suborbicular ; filaments 

 subulate, shaggy with glandular hairs, about i in. long ; style yV ^^• 

 long ; capsules globose, i in. in diam. ; valves acuminate, about 

 half as long again as the calyx. 



Centkal Region : Calvinia Div. ; Hantam hills, Meyer. 



2. D. monasca (Hiern) ; an erect herb, suffruticose at the base, 

 glabrous below the inflorescence, shining, l^ ft. high or more, 

 apparently perennial, trichotomously branched ; stems and branches 

 tetragonous, wiry ; branchlets erect-patent, leafy, slender, rigid ; 

 leaves opposite, narrowly lanceolate or sublinear, obtuse with a 

 callous apiculus at the apex, wedge-shaped at the subsessile or very 

 shortly petiolate base, distantly denticulate or subentire, somewhat 

 fleshy, rigid, spreading, glabrous, i-li in. long, -^l in. broad 

 (lower leaves not seen) ; teeth spreading at the pointed apex or 

 very small ; racemes terminal, centripetal, few- or several-flowered, 

 subcorymbose or at length oblong, i-2 in. long, bracteate ; bracts 

 ovate, obtuse, alternate or the lower opposite, entire, sessile, smaller 

 than the leaves ; pedicels axillary to the bracts, slender, rigid, 

 ^-f in. long, minutely glandular-puberulous, erect-patent; calyx- 

 segments ovate or lanceolate, subacute, minutely glandular-puberu- 

 lous and ciliolate, about ^\-l in. long ; corolla |-i in. in diam., 

 subrotate, glabrous, scarlet ; larger segments glandular-punctate on 



