﻿Dtascia.] sCROPHULARiACEiE (Hiern). 149 



Western Region : Little Namaqualand ; between Koper Bera: and Kook 

 Fotitein, 2u00-3O00 ft., Ih-Sge ; on the Flats at Silver Fontein, 2000 ft., Drege, 

 3154& ! Garrakoop Poort, in stony places about 3000 ft., Bolus, 644 ! 



15. D. cardiosepala (Hiern) ; an annual herb, erect, simple, nearly 

 glabrous, minutely glandular, shining, 3-5 in. high, leafy, weak ; 

 stem 1-3 in. long ; leaves crowded at the base, alternate, erect or 

 suberect, petiolate, narrowly elliptical, ovate or obovate, obtuse at the 

 apex, attenuate at the base, dentate, incise or subpinnatifid, mem- 

 branous, subglaucous beneath, J-l in. long, i-f in. broad ; teeth or 

 lobes obtuse, directed upwards; petioles :|— 1 in. long, somewhat 

 dilated at each end ; flowers pedunculate, axillary, about ^ in. long 

 and i in. broad, few ; peduncles 1-flowered, erect or suberect, often 

 bent or curved near the apex, slender, furrowed, 1^-3 in. long, 

 ebracteate ; calyx-segments pale green, cordate-ovate, subacuminate, 

 minutely glandular, ciliolate, nearly equal, about J- in. long by Jy in. 

 broad ; corolla in the dry state pale purple for the most part, dark 

 purple about the base and on the two short broad depressed blunt 

 pockets, with two orange-coloured patches above the pockets ; 

 stamens 4, all bearing anthers, glabrous ; anthers cohering 

 in pairs ; filaments flattened, not lobed, even or one pair slightly 

 dilated towards the base, ^VVo i"^- lo°g ^ pollen globose, corrugated- 

 furrowed ; furrows shallow, about 7-8 radiating from a pole ; capsules 

 not seen. 



Centbal Eeqion : Calvinia Div. ; Nieuwondtville, Leipoldt in Herh. Bolus, 

 93801 



16. D. nutans (Diels in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 472) ; an annual herb, 

 3-5 in. high, erect, pilose on the stem and petioles, otherwise 

 glabrous ; leaves ovate, obtuse at the apex, membranous, petiolate, 

 orenate or dentate, f-l in. long, J-i in. broad, the floral sessile, 

 lanceolate or linear and entire or witti few teeth ; petioles }-} in. 

 long; peduncles patent, subfasciculate ; flowers axillary, nodding; 

 calyx-segments lanceolate, acute ; corolla flattened, 5-lobed, witli 

 2 pouches ; lobes broad, obtuse ; the two posterior (lower by resupi- 

 nation) very short, reaching the base of the corolla, round, J in. in 

 diam. ; the three anterior (upper by resupination) J-J in. long, 

 i-fV in. broad, broadly ovate, middle one the largest ; stamens 

 exserted, the longer about -/o '»■ lo"gJ ^'^^^^ filaments dilated and 

 geniculate at the base, yV in. broad at the dilatation, exceeding the 

 upper ; anthers shaggy ; style i-^ in. long. 



Central Region : Calvinia Div. ; Hantam Mountains, Mei/er ! 

 I have not seen the type of tliis species ; the resupinate flowers are exceptional 

 in the genus. 



17. D. bergiana (Link & Otto, Ic. PI. Sel. 7, t. 2) ; an annual 

 herb, glabrous or nearly so, decumbent or ascending, simple or 

 branched chiefly at the base, short or scarcely 1 ft. long, l|-3 in. 

 high; stem and branches angular, striate, rather slender; lower 



