﻿Manulea.'] scrophulariacb<e (Hiern). 229 



long ; pedicels short, -^^^- in. long, bracteate at or above the base ; 

 bracts linear-subulate, mostly exceeding the i^cdicels ; calyx deeply 

 5-lobed, glandular-pubescent, l~l- in. long, persistent; segments 

 lanceolate-subulate, obtuse or in fruit acute, afc length spreading 

 above ; corolla yellow ; tube pubescent ; limb spreading, usually 

 l~-§ in. in diam. ; lobes rounded, subenlire or crenulate-undulate ; 

 throat glabrous or nearly so ; stamens included ; capsules glabrous, 

 about } in. long and i in. broad. Thunh. Prodr. 102, and M. Cap. 

 ed. Sclmlt. 472 ; Benth. in Jioolc. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 382, and in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 363. M. scahra, Wendl. ex Steud. Nomtwel. Bof. 

 ed. 2, ii. 99 {name only). 



Var. )3, longifolia (Hiern) ; lower leaves oblaucoolsite, pubonilous ; oorolla- 

 limb J— i in. in disvm. M, longifolia, Benth. in HonJc., I.e., and in DC, I.e., 

 364. 



Vak. y, glabricaulis (Hiern] ; stems scape-like, glabrous; corolla-limb J-'i 'ii- 

 in diam. 



South Africa: witbout locality, Thunherg ! Zcyher, 27S\ Masson! 



Coast Region, below 1000 ft. : VanrliynsdorpTDiv. ; near Holle River, 

 Drege, 13211)! Wind Hoek, Schlechter. 8359! Clanwilliam Div. ; near Clan- 

 william, Bodkin in Herh. Bolus, 9069 ! Schlechter, 50.')3 ! on a mountain in 

 Long Valley, Zeyher, 1294! Langefontein, Echlon, 114! Malmesbnry Div.; 

 between Greene Kloof and Saldanha Bay, Drege, 1321a ! Eckloti, 22(1 ! Vah. /3 : 

 Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; on sandy bills at Bbeticzar, Drege, 3139ti ! 



Western Region: Var. 7: Namaqualaud ; Spektakel Mountain, .¥orr/,>' in 

 Herh. Bolus, 5744 ! Modderfontein, Whitehead ! and witbout precise locality, 

 Scully, 179! 262! and in MacOwan tf Bolas, Herh. Norm. Austro-Afric, 

 1332! 



10. M. pusilla (E. Meyer ex Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. 

 i. 384) ; an annual herb, slightly puberulous, not or scarcely glossy, 

 densely branched at the base, 1-3 1- in. high ; branches usually 

 numerous, procumbent, ascending or erect, 1-4 in. long, rather 

 slender ; leaves mostly basal, obovate or spathulate, rounded at the 

 apex, attenuate at the base, glabrous or nearly so, repand or subentire, 

 M in- long, J^-^- in. broad; petioles mostly [--^ in. long; upper 

 leaves few, smaller, subsessile ; flowers numerous, about i in. long, 

 subracemose, the upper crowded ; racemes subspicate, subsimple, 

 elongating in fruit ; pedicels .jVtV in. long, bracteate at or above 

 the base ; bracts subulate, nearly glabrous or minutely papillose, 

 about „i^ in. long; calyx glandular-puberulous or in fruit subglabrous, 

 deeply" 5-lobed, V-.-iV; i"- io"g5 segments sublinear or oblong; 

 corolla-tube nearly glabrous, shortly or scarcely exceeding the calyx; 

 limb i-j- in. in diam.; lobes ovate or lanceolate; one pair of 

 stamens appearing at the mouth of the corolla or included, the other 

 included ; capsules ovoid or ellipsoidal, glabrous, about i in. long. 

 ^C. Prodr. X. 366. 



Vah. j8, insigniflora (Diels in Engl. Jabrb. xxiii. 479) ; flowers twice as large 

 as in tlie type, with the corolla-lobes often less acuminate. 



Centbal Region: Var. yS: Calvinia Div.; Hantam Mountains, Meyer. 

 Western Region: Little Namaquaiaud ; in rocky places at Silver tontem, 



