﻿Kemesia.] scrophulariace.tc (Hiern). 199 



leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute at the apex, a little narrowed at the 

 usually 5-nerved sessile or subsessile base, firmly herbaceous, serrate- 

 toothed, i-l| in. long, J^-f i°- broad, the upper bract-like; flowers 

 axillary, about -V- in. long, arranged in terminal leafy rather lax 

 racemes 3-6 in. long; peduncles |-| in. long, firm, the upper 

 successively shorter; flowers about |^-f in. long,- calyx-segments 

 linear-lanceolate or sublinear, subobtuse, pubescent, J-J in. long in 

 flower, ^-i in. long in fruit; upper corolla-lip {-| in. long; its 

 lobes oblong, i-^ in. long; lower lip about -^ in. long, rounded, 

 convex, umbonate; palate bearded; spur conical -prolonged, obtuse, 

 about A in. long ; capsule obovate-oblong, broadly notched at the 

 apex, not or scarcely contracted near the apex, unequally narrowed 

 towards the base, i-| in. long, i-^ in. broad ; valves rounded at the 

 apex; seeds tuberculate, broadly winged, together with the wings 

 xV in- long and -^^ in. broad. 



Western Bbgion: Little Namaqualaud; oa hills at Steinkopf, Schlechter, 

 11479! 



47. N. Flanagani (Hiern) ; an erect or suberect herb, apparently 

 perennial or perhaps annual, hard or almost woody at the base, rigid 

 and herbaceous above, pilose, about 1| ft. high, sparingly or 

 moderately branched ; branches opposite, ascending, tetragonous, 

 furrowed ; middle internodes mostly longer than the leaves ; leaves 

 opposite and ovate or the upper floral alternate and lanceolate, obtuse 

 or the upper subacute at the apex, subcordate or somewhat narrowed 

 at the many-nerved subsessile or sessile subdecurrent base, rather 

 firmly membranous, pilose, unequally and strongly serrulate-denticu- 

 late, i-l| in. long, i-| in. broad ; flowers axillary, about |-| in. 

 long (including the spur), arranged in elongating terminal leafy and 

 bracteate racemes ; bracts alternate, like the upper leaves but rather 

 smaller and denticulate or subentire ; peduncles or pedicels ^-} in. 

 long, rather slender, pilose; calyx-segments sublinear, subobtuse or 

 scarcely acute, pilose, |-i in. long ; upper corolla-lip }-\ in. long ; 

 lobes oblong, tV-to ^^- long, rounded at the apex; lower lip about 

 fis long as the upper, roundly obovate ; palate papillose-pilose ; spur 

 about i-i in. long, linear from a conical base, obtuse and emarginate 

 at the tip, straight ; capsules oblong, slightly ovoid, a little contracted 

 below the slightly horned broadly excised apex, obliquely rounded 

 at the base, i-| in. long, i-i in. broad ; seeds winged, about ^V i"- 

 long and broad or somewhat broader including the wings, 



Ckntkal Region ■ Albert Div. : Broughton, near Molteno, Flanagan, 

 1617! 



Easteen Region-: Natal; Highlands, 5000 ft., Sc^Zec/ttei-, 6847! 



Imperfeetly known Species. 



48. N. patens (G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. 534) ; stem subherbaceous, 

 tetragonous, glabrous, semewhat erect, branched, 1 ft. and more high ; 

 branches opposite, divaricate j leaves opposite, lanceolate, acute at 



