﻿Nemesia.] scrophulaeiace.'e (Hiern). 181 



Var. ^, crocea (Sclilecbter, I.e. 176) ; flowers saffron- yellow throughout, nither 

 larger tliiin in the type. 



CoAsi Region: Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; in sandy places behind Wind Hoek 

 about 400 n., ScJdechter, 83fiO ! Var. fi: Vanrhynsdorp DLv.; ia sandy places 

 near Aitys, by tl>e Diooge River, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 8325 ! 



Wbsteun Region: Little Bushmanslaud ; at Keuzabies, 3Iax Schlechter, 

 83 ! 



18. N". parviflora (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 20); 

 an erect or ascending iierb, often dilfuse, annual, glabrous below, 

 slightly pilose above, shining, simple or branched from the base, 

 4-18 in. high; stem and branches quadrangular, smooth or nearly 

 so, slender ; upper internodes exceeding the leaves, the lower or 

 basal short ; leaves mostly opposite, ovate or lanceolate or sub- 

 linear, obtuse at the apex, rounded at the ses.-ile base or the lower 

 somewhat narrowed and shortly petiolate, denticulate or entire, -J-1 

 in. long, g^o^-g- in. broad ; racemes subcorymbose or oblong, elongat- 

 ing, rather lax, several- or many-flowered, 1-12 in. long ; I)ract3 

 alternate, smaller or narrower than the leaves; pedicels inserted in 

 the axils of the bracts, slender, ^-f in. long, finely pilose ; flowers 

 orange-red and yellow {Galpin) ; calyx-segments lanceolate-linear 

 or sublinear, puberulous, obtuse or subacute, yV-yV ^^- ^^ng; upper 

 corolla-lobes oblong, rounded at the apex, yV~i i"- ^^"^o "> l^wer lip 

 -\ in. long, rounded ; palate bearded ; spur narrowly conical-cylin- 

 drical, straight, blunt, purplish, about ^^ in. long, not ddated at the 

 free end ; capsules |r-i in. long, i-| in. broad, broad and emfirginale 

 at the top, rather unequally rounded at the base. Benth. in DC 

 Prodr. X. 262. 



South Atbica : without locality, Forhes, 275 ! Harvey / 



Coast Region: Clauwilliam Div.; Vogel Foiitein, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 

 8511! Tulbagb Div. ; Tulbagli, Pappe ! Piquetberg Div.; Fiquft B.r-, i,()) ft., 

 Guthrie in Herb. Bolus, 2671! Cape Div.; Cape Flats at Doom llo()<rt.', 

 Ztyher, 1270! near C-a\)Q Tov/t^, Alexander {Prior)'. Table Mountain, Ecklon, 

 ^o7 I Sunkwuter, Hehmann, 1231! lower part of Silvermine Rivi-r, iVolht'j Dod, 

 277! Slang Kop River, Wolleti Dod, 1447 I Bredasdorp Div. ; mountains behind 

 Koude River, Schlechter, 9588! rfwellen.lani Div.; hillside at Barryd:de, 1200 ft., 

 Galpin, 'iSbS 1 JMossel Bay Div. ; Klein Berg, 800 tt., Galpi?^, 4:U)2 \ Stoeki-n- 

 Blroin Div. ; at Elands Post, Cooper, ^69! 



Kalahari Region : Bechuanaland ; banks of the Woshowa river, between 

 Takun and Molito (a diffuse form), Burchell, 2288 ! 



19. N. viscosa (E. Meyer ex Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 ii. 21) ; an erect herb, annual, closely branched, vi.'^cid-pubescent, 

 3-12 in. high; stem and branches tetragonous, leafy; branches 

 opposite, spreading, ascending ; leaves opposite, ovate or lanceolate, 

 acute or obtuse at the apex, obtuse or somewhat wedge-shaped at the 

 base, shortly petiolate or the upper sessile, entire or minutely denticu- 

 late, |-1| in. long, yV|- in- broad; racemes terminating the stem 

 and branches, oblong or subcorymbose, -^-6 in. long, several- or many- 

 flowered ; bracts alternate, narrowly lanceolate or sublinear, acute, 

 sessile, entire, smaller than the leaves, i-f in. long ; pedicels -J-f in. 

 long, inserted in the axils of the bract- ; calyx-.segmfnts lanceolate 



