﻿230 SCROPHULAKIACE^ (Hiern), [Manulea. 



2000-3000 ft.,. Dreije, 3136! Vaiirbynsdovp Dlv. ; Zont Rivcv, 450 ft., Schlechter, 

 8108 ! 



I have not seen tlie variety. 



11. M. incana (Thunb. Prodr. 101) ; shrubby and much branched 

 below, Tviry-herbaceous and hoary papillose above, erect or ascending, 

 4i-G in. high ; branches leafy below, simple above up to the 

 inflorescence, flexuose-erect, hoary, unequal ; leaves opposite, approxi- 

 mated at and near the base of the branches, narrowly oval or 

 oblanceolate, obtusely narrowed or rounded, attenuate to the base, 

 rather thickly hoary on both faces, somewhat dentate, especially above, 

 i-i in. long, Jg_i ^^- l3™ad, erect ; petioles J^— f in. long ; flowers 

 thyrsoid-racemose, erect, mostly opposite, about ^-\ in. long ; bracts 

 lanceolate-linear, yV~6" i^- ^ong or less, hoary ; pedicels 1-3 together, 

 -sjj~k i°- lo'^aj hoary ; racemes subfastigiate, ^-1^ in. long ; calyx 

 unequally 5-clef t, hoary, glandular-pulverulent, ^-^ in. long ; lobes 

 ovate or lanceolate, obtuse or scarcely acute, x^-^ in. long; corolla 

 orange-coloured, hoary, tomentose-puberulous outside ; tube shortly 

 or scarcely exceeding the calyx ; limb spreading, ^-^ in. in diam., 

 glabrous above ; mouth glabrous ; lobes lanceolate, oblong, obtuse, 

 entire, xV~to i^- ^o"o > stamens and style included ; capsules oblong- 

 ellipsoid, obsoletely-glandular, about ^— ^- in. long, tV'ttj ^^^- 1^^^'oa*^- 

 FL Cap. ed. Sc/iuU. 468 ; Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 382, 

 and in J)Q. JProdr. x. 364. 



South Afeica : without locality, Thimherg ! Masson ! 



12. M. thodeana (Diels in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 479); an erect 

 herb, 8-10 in. high ; stem simple, pubescent, shaggy above, few- 

 leaved ; radical leaves oblong-spathulate, obtuse, attenuate towards 

 the base into the broad petiole, obsoletely dentate, glabrescent, 2 in. 

 long, about f in. broad ; upper leaves similar but smaller, subsessile 

 and pubescent ; thyrsus short, cylindrical, dense ; fllowers crowded, 

 subsessile ; calyx tomentose ; segments linear, i in. long, mem- 

 branously connate nearly up to the middle ; corolla yellow ; tube 

 tomentose, gibbous at the apex behind, i in. long, -is-To ^^- ^^^^^ ' 

 lobes ovate, i in. long, J^- in. broad ; throat at the back crowded 

 with clavate hairs ; posterior pair of stamens included, anthers of 

 the anterior pair shortly exserted. 



Kalahari Region: Orange River Colony ; Mont-aux-Sources, 7000-8000 ft-, 

 Thode, 72 ! 



13. M. crassifolia (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 382) ; an 

 erect herb, rigid or robust, somewhat glossy, glabrous or somewhat 

 puberulous, perennial or rarely annual, 8-GO in. high, usually 

 branched at the crown of the root ; stem or radical branches leafy 

 chiefly below ; leaves oblong-elliptic or oblanceolate, obtuse, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, petiolate or subsessile, subentire or denticulate, 

 f-4J- in. long by ^-1} in. broad or longer, rather thick ; petioles up 



