﻿192 scEOPHULARiACE^ (Hiern). [Nemesia. 



amplexieaul or subdecurront sessile base, sharply denticulate, \—^ in. 

 long, -j-V-i in. broad (lower leaves probably larger) ; racemes terminal, 

 simple or divaricately branched, corymbose or elongated, usually 

 zigzag, 1-6 in. long, bracteate ; bracts alternate or the lower some- 

 times opposite, lanceolate or subulate, acute, entire or somewhat 

 denticulate, smaller than the leaves, sessile ; pedicels axillary to the 

 bracts, |— f in. long, slender, minutely puberulous, spreading or 

 ascending ; calyx-segments lanceolate or sublinear, subacute, 3-5- 

 nerved, minutely glandular-puberulous, entire, yV^i i^- ^^"SJ 

 coioUa white, marked with violet lines outside, closed at the throat; 

 upper lip ^ in. long, shortly 4-cleft, lobes rounded, ^V i"- ^^ng ; 

 lower lip about i in. long, pubescent inside about the base; spur 

 narrow, straight, Jq in. long ; capsule semi-ellipsoid, unequal and 

 slightly narrowed at the base, widened for a short distance towards 

 the slightly horned apex, |-| in. long, -}-l- in. broad, top lines of 

 the valves inclined at a very obtuse angle. 



Coast Region : Culedon Div. ; mountains of Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, 

 Burchell, 7627 ! 



37. N. diffusa (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 22); a 

 procumbent herb, hard and almost woody at the base, glossy, 

 glabrous or slightly puberulous above ; root apparently perennial ; 

 stems much branched, diffusely rambling amidst shrubs, about 1-2 ft. 

 long, slender, wiry ; bratichlets compressedly quadrangular, leafy ; 

 leaves opposite, ovate or lanceolate, acute at the apex, rounded or 

 obtusely narrowed at the base, shortly petiolate or the upper sessile, 

 more or less serrate, ^-1 in. long, X5~f in. broad ; racemes termi- 

 nating the stem and branches, lax, elongating, slender, often flexuous, 

 one- or few-flowered, bractpate, ranging up to 3 in. long ; bracts 

 alternate, sublinear, sessile, yo~TV ^^- ^^^S 5 pedicels slender, ^-^ in. 

 long ; calyx-segments lanceolate-linear, subacute, 3-nerved, yV~8 "^' 

 long, minutely glandular-pilose ; corolla white and purple, lobes often 

 marked beneath with red lines ; lips about equal, y^~1 i"- ^^^^'^ "' 

 lobes short, oblong, rotmded at the apex ; spur straight, narrowly 

 cylindrical or conical-prolonged, obtuse, turning yellow, about xV'i 

 in. long ; palate pubescent ; capsules semi-elliptical, scarcely con- 

 tracted and broadly notched at the apex with the outer points diverg- 

 ing or subevect, unequal and nearly rounded or somewhat narrowed 

 at the base, glabrous, '}—l in. long, \-\ in. broad. Benth. in DO. 

 I'rodr. X. 263. 



Vak. P, rigida (Beiitli., II. cc) ; leaves and flowers rather larger than usual 

 in the type, Imt sc;ircely differing. p 



Coast Region: Woroester Div. ; D-.itoifcs Kloof, 3000-4500 ft., J»re?e, 7879a! 

 Piiarl Div. ; Paarl Mountain, 1000-2000 ft., Drege. 78796 ! Paarl, Schlechter, 

 176! Stellenboseh Div.; on mountains near French Hoek, EoZms, 8399 1 Lowrys 

 Pass, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 7239! Caledon Div.; Zwart tiers, near Calndon, 

 lOOO fr., Galpin, 4359! Bredasdorp Div.; Elim, 400 ft, Schlechter, 7695! 

 Riversdaie Div. ; mouutnin swamps, between Little Vet River and Kampsehfi 

 Bvrg, Surchell, bSSl \ Var. j8 : Btellenbo^ch Div.; Hottentots Holland Moun- 

 tains, on the western side, Zeuher, 3487 ! Caledon Div.; Paliniet River, Echlon! 

 'Echlun .y ZeylK'T, 1(37 ! 



