﻿Diascia.] scROPHULARiACEJi) (Hiern). 153 



green above, somewhat paler beneath, obtusely denticulate or sub- 

 repand, |-1 in. long and broad ; petioles -jV-i in- long, pubescent ; 

 peduncles axillary, slender, pubescent, |— 1 in. long, longer than the 

 leaves, erect-patent ; calyx-segments narrowly oval, xV""8 i"^* lo"g» 

 obtuse, puberulous, corolla about \ in. broad ; spurs 2, oblong, 

 obtuse, Yo~8" in- lo°gj minutely glandular-puberulous ; filaments 4, 

 glabrous, filiform, all antheriferous, two of them shorter than the 

 others ; anthers glabrous ; ovary glabrous, obliquely conical. 



Eastern Region: Natal; between Pietermaritzburg and Greytown, Wilms, 

 2182! 



24. D. dissecta (Hiern) ; an annual herb, strictly erect, slender, 

 glabrous, loosely branched near the base, 1~ ft. high ; branches 

 opposite, patent, prostrate or ascending, tetragonous, 4-8 in. long ; 

 leaves opposite or the upper alternate, bipinnatisect, sessile or shortly 

 petiolate, i-1 in. long and broad ; segments linear and obtuse ; base 

 or petiole narrowly decurrent ; intemodes mostly longer than the 

 leaves; racemes terminating the stem and branches, few-flowered; 

 pedicels short ; bracts entire or cut like but smaller than the leaves ; 

 calyx-segments linear or lanceolate, obtuse, -^ in. long, sparingly and 

 minutely glandular ; corolla f in. broad, with two very short 

 pouches ; filaments linear, glabrous ; the two lower long, slender, 

 arching, with a membranous dilatation at the base ; anthers some- 

 what hairy ; ovary depressedly ovoid ; style long ; ripe capsules not 

 seen. 



Centbal Region : Sutherland Div. ; Klein Roggeveld, Burchell, 1289 ! 

 Tbis is one of the 3 species of Hemimeris mentioned by Burchell, Trav. 

 8. Afr. i. 245. 



25. D. tmilabiata (Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 257); an annual 

 herb, erect or ascending, glabrous or somewhat hairy, 6-18 in. high ; 

 stem tetragonous, hairy, purplish, branched from the base or simple ; 

 branches decussate, tetragonous, glabrous, simple or divided, erect- 

 diffuse, long ; branchlets like the branches ; leaves opposite and 

 alternate, ovate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse at the apex, obtuse 

 or attenuate at the base, pinnatifid or pinnati partite, i-l| in. long, 

 f-| in. broad ; lobes or segments alternate, linear or oblong, obtuse, 

 entire or nearly so or again pinnatipartite ; petioles glabrous, shorter 

 than the leaves, channelled above, convex beneath ; flowers racemose, 

 alternate, pedunculate ; peduncles tetragonous, somewhat hairy, 

 erect, drooping, 1 -flowered, ^-^ in. long, bracteate at the base, 

 fasciculate-racemose towards the ends of the branches ; bracts linear, 

 obtuse, glabrous, patent, shorter than the peduncle; calyx green, 

 somewhat hairy ; segments lanceolate or linear, obtuse, spreading, 

 or the two posterior reflexed, many times shorter than the corolla, 

 ■xVi in- long ; corolla crimson, | in. broad ; upper lip violet at the 

 lower part, nectariferous pouch at the base lengthened out into two 

 yellowish horns somewhat shorter than the calyx ; lower lip very 

 small in proportion to the upper; filaments 4, glabrous, the two 



