﻿HaUeria.] sck,ophulaeiace.e (Hiern). 209 



younger sparingly glandular-punctulate ; petioles i-f in. long, 

 dilated and somewhat clasping at the base ; pedicels rather slender, 

 |-|- in. long, bracteate at the base, bibracfceolate about or below the 

 middle ; bracts and bracteoles obtuse, -gV-rV io- long ; calyx sub- 

 rotate, about i in. long and I in. in diam., subbilabiate, unequally 

 4-or5.cleft; lobes rounded; corolla straight, f-f in. long, nearly 

 regular, very shortly 5-lobed ; lobes rounded, subreniform, ciliolate ; 

 tube not or scarcely gibbous at the base, slightly and shortly 

 narrowed above the ovary, funnel-shaped above ; stamens and style 

 shortly or sometimes not at all exserted. Benth. in DC. Prodr. 

 X. 302 ; Jauhert ^ Spach, Illustr. PI. Orient, v. &5. 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div. ; by the OHphants River and at Brak 

 Fontein, Ecklon & Zeyher ! 



«^Z. H. elKptica (Thunb. in Nov. Act. Upsal. vi. 39) ; a glabrous 

 shrub, 4-6 ft. high, erect ; stems numerous, much branched ; 

 branches opposite ; branchlets rather slender, erect-patent, tetragonal, 

 leafjf ; leaves opposite, elliptical or elliptic -oblong, apieulate, more or 

 less narrovfed at the base, rigid, shining, thinly coriaceous, sprinkled 

 with punctiform gland?, rather pale and glaucescent beneath, 

 sharply serrate except near the base, narrowly reflexed along the 

 margin, erect-patent, 1^-1} in. long, :^— {r in. broad; petioles xV~s i^^- 

 long, slightly thickened near the joint at the base; articulation 

 dilated below and very narrowly decurrent ; flowers pendulous, red 

 or purple, usually two together or subsolitary in each axil ; pedicels 

 slender, decurving at least near the apex, f-f in. long, bracteate at 

 the base, bibracteolate below or about the middle; bracts and 

 bracteoles very small ; calyx basin-shaped or campanulate, oblique, 

 i-i in. in diam., -^\ in. long, shortly 3-5.cleft ; lobes rounded, often 

 minutely apieulate ; corolla straight, funnel-shaped, nearly regular, 

 contracted above the ovary, somewhat dilated but not gibbous at the 

 hase, beset outside with reflexed setse, |-1 in. long, very shortly 

 4-lobed ; lobes rounded, glandular-ciliolate, the lateral flat, the 

 anterior and posterior somewhat folded ; stamens nearly included or 

 shortly exserted ; style shortly exserted or included ; berries globose 

 or oval, glabrous, \-\ in. in diam. Thnnh. Prodr. 98, and Fl Cap. 

 ed. Schult. 457 ; Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 54, and in 

 -DO. Prodr. x. 302 ; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 833 ; Jaub. ^ Sjmch, 

 Illustr. PI. Orimt. v. Qo ; Pappe, Silva Cap. ed. 2, 30 ; Drerje, 

 ^v:d Pflanzengeogr. Bocumente, 189. H. lucida, var. ^, Linn. Sp. 

 PI ed. i. 625. Hallia elliptica, Drege, Zicei Pflanzengeogr. Docn- 

 mente, 99. Lonicera folio acuta, etc., J. Burm. Bar. Afr. PI. deeas 

 ix. 243, f. \xxx.ix.fig. 1. 



South Africa: without locality, Tliom, 752! Ejklo>iJ:_Zeiiherj^ Herb. 



Coast Region • Piquetberg Div. ; Piqueniors Kloof, in January, Dickson in 

 Herb. BolmJ Tulbagh Div.; New Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drege, 943c! on the 

 rocky parts of the mountains about Mitchells Pass, 1000 ft., afacOwa», Herl. 

 ^'orm. Aust.-Afr., 582 1 Bolut^, 7885! at Saron, 800 ft., gciie^Aifir^Ogai ! 

 Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drege, 9i3b] Paarl Div.; on 

 hills between Paarl and the railway bridge, below 1000 ft., Drege, 943tt ! banks 



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