﻿190 scEOPHULAEiACEiE (Hiem). [Nemesia. 



terminal, few- or several-flowered ; pedicels i-f in. long ; calyx- 

 segments broadly ovate or oval, rounded or obtuse at the apex, green 

 and very narrowly bordered with white, to~t '^- ^^"o' tV^ \^' 

 broad ; upper corolla- lobes oval, emarginate, ^-^ in, long, ^-| in. 

 broad; lower lip deeply bilobed, \ in. long, f in. broad; palate 

 nearly glabrous, bicallose ; spur very broad, conical, somewhat 

 pointed, |—f in, long, 1-^ in. broad. 



Central Region: Calvinia Div. ; arouud Hantam, Meyer; among hills at 

 Pupel Fontein, 2200 ft,, SchlecMer, 10S99 ! 



33. N. calcarata (E. Meyer ex Bsnth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 ii. 20) ; an erect herb, annual, glabrous below, puberulous above, 

 shining, simple or sparingly branched at the base, about 6 in. high ; 

 stem and branches quadrangular ; upper internodes much exceeding 

 the leaves, the basal short ; leaves opposite, oval or lanceolate or the 

 upper sublinear, obtuse or rounded at the apex, narrowed to the 

 sessile or subsessile base, toothed or subentire, i-^ in. long, -aV^e ^^' 

 broad ; racemes subcorymbose, few-flowered, i-f in. long ; bracts 

 alternate, broadly linear, obtuse, xo~« i°- long, puberulous ; pedicels 

 in the axils of the bracts, the lower at length ranging up to f in. 

 long; calyx-segments narrowly oval, rounded at the apex, slightly 

 glandular- puberulous, about ^^ in. long in flower and -} in. long in 

 fruit; upper corolla-lobes broadly obovate-ob'ong, rounded at the 

 apex, about l in. long and ^ in. broad ; lower lip subrotund, nearly 

 i in. long, f in. broad ; palate bearded ; spur nearly -^ in. long, 

 conical- pro longed, nearly straight, narrowed at the apex, obtuse; 

 capsule (not quite mature) J- in. long and broad, broad and emargi- 

 nate at the apex, with short spreading points at the sides near the 

 top, unequally rounded at the base, Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 

 261. 



Coast Rkgion : Ceres Dip. ; on mountain slopes and stony bills between Hex 

 Rivev and the Dvaai, SOOO-4000 ft., Dreje, 628 ! Worcester Div. ; Hex River 

 Valley, 1600 ft., Tyson, 686 ! Wolley Bod, 4004 ! 



34. N. pinnata (E. Meyer ex Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 ii. 20) ; an erect or ascending herb, annual, glabrous below, slightly 

 puberulous above, shining, slender, simple or branched from the 

 base, 3-15 in. high; stem and branches quadrangular, smooth or 

 nearly so ; upper internodes long ; leaves opposite, linear ov 

 oblong, the linear subentire, the oblong dentate or pinnatipartite 

 with linear or small segments, obtuse, sessile or the lower almost 

 petiolate, i-f in. long, -J^^-l in. broad ; racemes terminating the 

 stem and branches, oblong or short, blunt, 1-6 in. long, several- 

 flowered ; bracts alternate, small, entire ; common peduncles ranging 

 up to 4 in. long ; pedicels inserted in the axils of the bracts, }-} in. 

 long, slender; calyx-segments linear-oblong or linear, ^^—\ in. 

 long, obtuse; corolla I- in. long, golden or pale yeliOW, or nearly 

 white ; upper lip very short ; lobes rounded ; spur straight, narrowly 

 conical, obtuse, yV in. long, longer than the upper lip, shorter 



