﻿172 scEOPHULARiACEiE (Hiem). [Nemesia. 



Leaves J— 1 in. long, ovate or lanceo- 

 late, shortly petiolate (37) diffusa. 



Branches erect or nearly so : leaves sub- 

 linear, obtuse (3S) divergens. 



Spur of the corolla |-^ in. long ; leaves 

 linear or lanceolate ... ... ... ... (39) foetens. 



Spur of the corolla -^-J in. long ; leaves 



ovate or sublanceolate (40} melissaefolia. 



** Flowers axillary. (See nho 32, platysepala.) 

 Glabrous : 



Procumbent ; leaves sessile ; calyx-segmeuts 



acuminate or acute, |-i in. long (41) acuminata. 



Erect or ascending ; leaves subsessile or 

 shortly petiolate J calyx-segments obtuse, 



i-i in. long (42) chamaedrifolia. 



More or less hairy : 



Petioles ranging up to ^ in. long : 



Decumbent ; corolla-lips about J in. long (43) hanoverica. 

 Erect or ascending ; corolla-lips about 



I in. long or less (44) pubescena. 



Petioles not exceeding J in. long : 



Corolla-lips J-f in. long ; capsule not 

 horned : 



Leaves ovate (45) albi9ora. 



Leaves lanceolate (46) lauceolata. 



Corolia-lips i-| in. long ; capsule slightly 

 horned (47) Flanagani. 



1. N. pallida (Hiern) ; a perennial undershrub, 13 in. high, 

 glabrous or nearly so ; branches woody at the base, apparently 

 procumbent ; branclilets herbaceous, wiry, pallid, erect or ascending, 

 3-7 in. high ; moderately leafy ; leaves opposite, linear, obtuse and 

 minutely apiculate, narrowed towards the sessile somewhat clasping 

 base, entire, xo-f in. long ; flowers racemose, ^ in. long, numerous ; 

 pedicels ^-\ in. long ; racemes 2-4 in. long, oblong, not very dense ; 

 bracts alternate and opposite, lanceolate or ovate, shorter than the 

 leaves, spreading or in fruit refiexed ; calyx-segments lanceolate- 

 oblong, obtuse, minutely glandular-puberulous, J^- in. long, per- 

 sistent, spreading or in fruit refiexed ; corolla lilac, slightly and 

 minutely glandular outside, densely bearded on the palate inside ; 

 lobes of the anterior lip 4, oval, entire, rounded at the apex, \ in. 

 long ; posterior lip as long as the anterior, i in. long, broad ; one 

 lobe white ; throat yellow ; pocket at the base of the corolla broad, 

 very short ; stamens glabrous ; capjule oblong, almost equally 

 rounded at the base, subtruncate and not horned at the apex, glab- 

 rous, ^^-| in. long, i-i in. broad. N. capensis, var. ecalcarata, 

 sulwar. pallida, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. iii. ii. 237. 



Centeai Region : Beaufort West Div. ; Beaufort West, 3150 ft., Kuntze! 



2. N. strumosa (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 18) ; an 

 erect herb, annual, 6-24 in. high, glabrous below, somewhat 

 glandular-pilose above, leafy at least below, usually branched from 

 the base ; stem and branches quadrangular ; leaves opposite, glab- 

 rous, .1-3 in. long, the lower oblanceolate-spathulate and entire or 



