﻿Diascia.] scrophulariacevE (Hiern). 147 



pinnatipartite, |-l|- in. long, lobes obtuse; peduncles axillary, 

 slender, solitary, 1-flowered, exceeding the leaves, l-4i in. long, 

 furrowed; calyx-segments ovate or broadly lanceolate, acuminate, 

 acute, shortly ciliate, green, ^L_i. in. long, marked at the back with 

 the raised slender midrib ; corolla i-|- in, broad, with two pits ; 

 stamens 4, all fertile ; lower filaments bent at the middle, undivided, 

 with a membranous dilatation ; anthers all cohering ; capsule ovoid- 

 subglobose, obtuse, somewhat oblique, ^-^ in. long. DC. Prodi: x. 

 257. B. hergiana, Pl.Exsiec. Ecld. 23^, noi of Linh ^ Otto, nor of 

 Bevth. in Hook. Comj). Boi. Mag. ii. 17. Hemimeris diffusa, Linn. 

 /. Svpjpl. 280 ; Thunb. Nov. Gen. PI. iv. 80, Prodr. 105, and M. 

 Cap. ed. Scliult. 485. Cf. II. peduncularis, Lam. Encycl. iii. 105 ; 

 III. t. 532 f. 3. 



Specimens with flowers smaller than in the type belong to the variety 

 parvijlora of D. elongata, Benth. in Hook. Gomp. Bot. Mag. ii. 16. 



Specimens with a very low habit belong to the variety humilis of D. elongata, 

 Krauss in Flora, 18^4, 833, No. 1635, the type of which I have nob seen. 



South Africa: without locality, Oldenland ! Tliom, 35! S ieher, 248 ! 

 Barrel/, 442 ! Masson ! 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div, ; Packhuis Berg, 2900 ft., Schleclter, 

 8645 ! Olifauts River and Brackfontein, Zeyher ! Piquetberg Div. ; Piquetberg 

 Mountains, 1000-1500 ft., Schlechter, 5197! Paarl Div.; Paarl Mountain, 

 Drege, 4685 ! Cape Div. ; near Capetown, Timnherg ! Trimen ! Bolua, 3740 1 

 Bunbury, 160! Greenpoint, Krauss, 1635! Lion Mountuin, Burchell, 8738! 

 Table Mountain, g^j ow, 233 ! Bolus, 7963! Camp ground, Wolleij Dad. 158! 

 169! near Hout Eaj, Wolleif Dod, 1532 1 Wyubersr, Scott-EUiot, 1145! 

 Uitenbage and Albany Divs. ; in damp stony places, Bowie ! 



12. D. pachyceras (E. Meyer ex Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. ii. 16); an annual herb, erect or ascending, very nearly 

 glabrous, 3-8 in. high, branched at the base or nearly simple ; stem 

 and branches striate, terete ; radical leaves rosulate, narrowly 

 oblauceolate, obtuse or rounded at the apex, attenuate at the base, 

 more or less deeply pinnatifid, glabrous, |-1} in. long, J—J- in. broad ; 

 teeth or lobes ovate or oblong, obtuse ; petioles i-J in. long, ddated 

 towards the base ; upper leaves alternate or fasciculate, often distant ; 

 peduncles axillary or subradical or subfasciculate and subterminal, 

 slender, 1-flowered, 1-3 in. long ; flowers nodding, large, about I in. 

 in diani. ; calyx -segments ovate, acuminate at the apex, broad and 

 overlapping near the base, \-\ in. long, ciliolate with very short 

 whitish hairs ; corolla slightly puberulous outside, about \ in, long 

 and f-| in. broad, with two wide pouches (about ^V i"- ^^ng and 

 broad) at the base ; stamens all fertile ; two lower hlaments dilated 

 and incurved at the middle ; young capsules obUqaely ovoid, short. 

 DC. Prodr. X. 257. 



Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div.; Zuur Fontein, 150 ft., SchlecUer, 

 8555 ! _ , 



Central Region : Fraserburg Div. ; on a rocky hill at Dwaal River Poort, 

 Burc?ie2f, 1488! doubtfully referred to this species, ^. ^ ,., 



Western Region : Vanrbynsdorp Div. ; by Holle River, on Karoo-hke 

 hills, below 1000 ft., Drege, 3157 ! 



