﻿154 scrophulaeiacej: (Hiern). [Diascia. 



upper longer and larger than the others, clavate at the base, filiform 

 above, arched-inflexed ; anthers inflexed, green at the base, yellow 

 at the middle, hairy and blue at the apex ; style long, persistent ; 

 capsule ovoid, subtetragonous, bisulcate, compressed at the apex, 

 emargiuate, somewhat pubescent. Hemimeris unilabiata, Thunh. 

 Nov. Gen. PI. iv. 78 ; Prodr. 105, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 486. 

 Antirrhinum tinilabiatum, Linn.f. Suppl. PI. 279. Alonsoa unilabiata, 

 Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 1, 31. 



South Africa : without locality, Herli. JBurmann! 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam' Div. ; Zunr Fontein, 150 ft., Schlechter, 

 8556 ! in candy fields between Verlooren Valley and Lange V:illey, Thunherg ! 

 Masson .' Piqnetberg Div. ? ; in sandy places near Alexanders Hoek, 300-100 ft., 

 Schlechter, 5124 ! 



Centkat. Eegion : Calvinia Div.; on hills at Matjes Fontein, in the Onder 

 Bokkeveld, 2200 ft., Schlechter, 10919 I 



26. D. parviflora (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 17); an 

 annual herb, erect, ascending or decumbent, slender, glabrous, simple 

 or sparingly branched from the base, 4-i— 12 in. high ; stem and 

 branches tetragonous, smooth, nearly bare of leaves above the mid- 

 dle ; leaves opposite, ovate or subrotund, obtuse or subacute at the 

 apex, often somewhat cordate at the base, entire or mostly denticu- 

 late, membranous, -i— •§• in. long, i-f in. broad, petiolate ; lower 

 petioles about as long as the leaves ; racemes terminal, elongated, 

 many-flowered, 2-6 in. long ; pedicels slender, alternate, spreading, 

 ■^-f in. long, mostly bracteate at the base ; bracts cordiform-lanceo- 

 late, sessile, very small or ranging up to \ in. long ; calyx-segments 

 lanceolate or ovate-oblong, subacute, x2~to" i^- long, not ciliate ; 

 corolla shortly bivsaccate, nodding, I— i- in. broad ; filaments 4, 

 subulate, glabrous ; capsule narrowly ovoid-oblong, obtuse, about 

 ^ in. long. DC. Prodr. x. 258, incl. var. tenera. Antirrhinum 

 Icevigatum, Sol. in herb. Banks, ex Benth. in DO. Prodr. x. 258. 



South Africa : without locality, Masson ! 



Coast Region : Worcester Div, ; Hex Eiver Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Brdge, 

 7876! mouutaius east of Hex River station, Wolley Dod, 4007! Caledon Div.; 

 mountain ridges along the lower part of Zondereinde Eiver, Zeyher, 34:78! 

 Port Beaufort Div. ; damp shady places by the Kunap River, Zeyher ! 



27. D. Burchellii (Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 258) ; an annual 

 herb, glabrous or very nearly so ; stem weak, decumbent, usually 

 branched at the base, striate and furrowed, obtusely tetragonous, 

 6-12 in. long ; leaves opposite, broadly ovate or suborbicular, obtuse 

 at the apex, usually cordate at the base, crenate-serrate, rather thinly 

 membranous, i-li in. long, i-1 in. broad, the upper subsessile, 

 the lower petioles ranging to an inch long, the lowest to 4 in. ; 

 racemes terminal, many-flowered, simple, rather lax or elongated ; 

 ped icels slender, the lower -^— | in. long, the upper shorter ; bracts 

 ovate, acute, cordate, sessile, smaller than the leaves, usually deflexed ; 

 calyx-segments ovate, oval or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, xV^ro }°" 

 long; corolla puce-coloured or purple, about ^-\ in. broad, with 

 two very short pouches ; filaments linear, flattened, glabrous ; 



