﻿146 scROPHULAEiACE^ (Hiem). [i)mscia.| 



Miss BowTcer ! Worcester Div. ; along shrubs, in Hex River Valley, 1700 ft., 

 Bohi-i, 7888! 



CENTRii EEGinN: Oraaff Reinefc Div. ; Flats near Sunday River, 200O- 

 3000 ft , Drege, 2294! at tbe foot of the Tandjes Berg, near' Griiatf Reinet, 

 2800 ft., Bolus, 1867 ! 



Eastern Region : Tembuland ; in cultivated places around Bazeia, 2000 ft., 

 JSaur, 652 ! 



10. D. diffusa (Benth. in Hook, Comp, Bot. Mao^. ii. 16) ; a herb 

 like some Nemophilas in habit ; root fibrous, annual ; stem single or 

 several radical ones together, simple or sparingly branched, angular, 

 decumbent or prostrate, glabrous, 1-|— 12 in. long ; radical leaves 

 rosulate, spathulate-oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex, attenuate at the 

 base, pinnatifid, dentate or subentire, including the petiole |— 1|- in. 

 long, i-i in. broad, glabrous or nearly so ; upper leaves pinnati&d or 

 subpinnatisect, opposite or verticillate or sometimes alternate, 

 elongated, |— 1 in. long, i-i in. broad, glabrous or nearly so ; lobes 

 or segments 9-11, ovate or oblong, obtuse, unequal ; petiole ^-1^ in. 

 long ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, as long as or exceeding 

 the leaves, 1-2 in. long, furrowed ; calyx-segments ovate-acuminate 

 or lanceolate, acute, shortly ciliate, green, striate, xV~6^ ^^- ^^"o> 

 three of them approximated and erect, the other two reflexed ; corolla 

 whitish outside, purple-violet inside, about \ in. broad, bifoveolate, 

 yellow outside the two small pouches ; upper lip deeply bifid, lobes 

 obtuse ; lower lip trifid, with equal obtuse concave lobes, middle 

 lobe emarginate ; stamens all fertile ; filaments 4, the lower bifur- 

 cate at the middle, one branch antheriferous, the other membianous- 

 dilated; anthers 4, glabrous; capsule obliquely ovoid, pointed, 

 ■1-1 in. long. BG. Prodr. x. 257. 



South Afbica -. without locality, Masson ! Menzies ! Herb. Burmann ! Thorn ! 

 Forbes, 112 ! Grey ! 



Coast Region; Clanwilliam Div.; in sandy plices near Alexanders Hoek, 

 .SOO ft., Schlechter, 5136! Piquetberg Div.; at the foot of Piquetberg Moun- 

 tains, 20O ft. , Schlechter, 5219 ! Cape Div. ; sand dunes near Cape Town, Outhrie, 

 71 ! Devils Mountain, Pappe ! Cape Flats, Harvey ! near Witteboom, Drege, 

 468a.' near Oatlands Point, Wolley Dod, 2934! Camp ground, Wolley Pod, 

 2758! Simons Bay, Wright, 619! beyond Slmonstown, Wolley Dod, 160! 

 Red Hill, near 8imonstown, Wolley Dod, 1534! Caledon Div.; Zwart Berg, 

 near the baths, 1000-2000 ft., Zeyher, 3481a ! 



Centeal Region : CaUinia Div. ; Karoo hills near Wilhelms River, 

 3200 ft., Leipoldt in Herb. Bolus, 2870! Onder Bokkeveld, on hills at Matjes 

 Fontein, Schlechter, 10929; Bitterfontein, on hills, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 

 11016 ! 



11. D. eloDgata (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 16) ; a 

 nearly or C[uite glabrous herb, annual, ascending or decumbent, 

 1-12 in. long, simple or usually branched at least at the base ; upper 

 internodes usually exceeding the leaves ; radical leaves rosulate, 

 oblauceolate or obovate, obtuse at the apex, tapering towards the 

 base, pinnatisect, pinnatifid or toothed, i-1 in. long, xV-f ^"- t>road ; 

 petiole about as long as or shorter than the blade; upper leaves, 

 opposite, verticillate or alternate, oblauceolate or oval, pinnatifid or 



