﻿234 SCROPHULARIACE^ (Hiem). [llanulea. 



Range, Bre'je ! noiir Bmndywyn River, SchlocMer, 10820 ! Worcester Div. ; 

 niouiitains near Worcester, Sehmann, 2484! C;ilcdoii Div.; moniitains of 

 Baviiians Kloof, BurcheU, 7630 ! Breje ! Cutlicart Div. ; Ciitheurt, Kuntze. 



Z' 19. M. obovata (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 383) ; 



' a puberulons herb, perennial, branched below, i-2 ft. high ; stems 

 decumbent and almost shrubby at the base ; branches erect or 

 aseendinfj, leafy ; leaves opposite, elliptical or obovate, obtuse, 

 wedge-shaped at the ba?e, crenate-dentate or somewhat incise, 

 A-2-J- in. long, \-l in. broad; petioles up to ^— | in. long ; flowers 

 numerous, thyrsoid-paniculate, about \-\ in. long ; pedicels very 

 short; bracts sublinear, small; calyx deeply lobed, about yg- in. long 

 in flower, -^^ in. long in fruit, nearly glabrous ; segments linear 

 or oblong, obtuse ; corolla orange -coloured ; tube slender, sparingly 

 minutely or obsoletely glandular outside : limb spreading, \-\ in. in 

 diam., glabrous above ; lobes oval or oblong, obtuse, ^V^tV i^- ^''^S 5 

 throat naked, stamens and style included ; capsules glabrous, ovoid, 

 about \ in. long, DC. Frodr. x. 365 ; Krauss in Flora, 1844, 

 835. 



Coast Resign : Knysna Div.; on sand dunes, Zitzikamma, Kraus^s, 3^2i; 

 Uitenhage Div. ; between Kromme River and Uitenhuge, ZeyJier, 3505 ! Port 

 Elizabeth Div.; Port Elizabeth, Ecklon, 587! Algoa Bay, Varies, li\ Bath- 

 liurst Div. ; between Theopolis and Port Alfred, BurcheU, 3918 ! 3976 ! Kasuga 

 River, MacOwan, 730 ! 731 ! 



Ckntkai, Region -. GraafF Reinet Div. ; near Compass Berg (doubtfully be- 

 longing to this species, rootstock thick, the branches rigid, almost erect), Bolus, 

 2242! 



V 20. M. rubra (Linn, f . Suppl. 286) ; root annual or perennial ; 

 / stems herbaceous above, shrubby below, rigid or wiry, leafy below, 

 more or less shaggy with soft whitish hairs, decumbent at the base, 

 branched or simple, ascending above, 6-24 in. high 5 leaves oblanceo- 

 late or narrowly elliptical, obtuse, wedge-shaped or attenuate at the 

 base, toothed or incise-dentate, pubescent, |-2|- in. long, |-f in- 

 broad ; petioles up to about 1 in. long ; flowers numerous, thyrsoid, 

 subfasciculate, |-| in. long ; ultimate pedicels short or very short, 

 pubescent ; bracts sublinear, obtuse, about i in. long ; cymes elongat- 

 ing, interrupted below, often arranged in leafy corymbs or panicles ; 

 calyx deeply 5-lobed, about -^r in. long ; segments linear, obtuse, 

 ciliate ; corolla-tube reddish or orange, papillose-puberulous on the 

 upper part outside, glabrous or puberulous below, slender ; throat 

 glabrous or somewhat hairy ; limb spreading, about \ in. in diam. ; 

 lobes oval-oblong, entire, obtuse, glabrous above, red or orange ; 

 stamens included ; capsules ovoid-oblong, glabrous, i-y^ in. long. 

 Thunb. Prodr. 102, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schidt. 472 ; Beiith. in Hook. 

 Gomp. Bat. lloff. i. 383, and in DC. Prodr. x. 365 ; Krauss in 

 Flora, 1844, 835. M. Jiirta, Gartn. Fruct i. 258, t. 55, fig. 1 ; 

 Desroim. in Lam. Fncycl. iii. 707 ; Thunb. Prodr. 101, a7id Fl. 

 Cap. ed. Schult. 471 ; Benfh. in DC. Prodr. x. 367. M. tomentom, 

 Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 322, vot of Linn., nor of G. Don. M. angustifolia, 

 Link (|- Otto, Tc. PI Sel. 47, t. 20. mmia rubra, Berg. PI Oaj). 



