﻿236 SCROPHULARIACE^ (Hiem). [Mnnulea. 



Schult. 470 ; Benth. in Hooh. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 384, and in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 367. M. juncea, Benth. in Hook., I.e. 382, and 

 in DC. I.e., ;)G4. M. j)i»ea, Drerje, Zwei Pjlanzengeogr. Documente, 

 71, 201 {name only). Sutera cephalotes, 0. Ktintze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 

 467, excl. si/n. BenfJi. 



South Africa: without locality, Thunherg ! 



Coast Region, between 1500 and 5800 ft. : Vanrliynsdorp Div. ; Gift Berg, 

 Drege, 7921 ! Ceres Div, ; Gydouw Berg, >Schlcchter, 10048 ! at Wage Drift, 

 SchlecMer, 10077 ! Worcester Div. ; Hex River Mountains, Rehmann, 2701 ! 

 hills near Touws Biver Station, Bolus, '73621 andin Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 

 1089! 



23. M. th3rrsiflora (Linn. f. Suppl. 286) ; an erect horb, some- 

 what shrubby below, perennial, branched, delicately puberulous 

 above, 1-1^ ft. high or more, leafy; branches iiexuous, slender; 

 stem-leaves oval or obovate, obtuse, narrowed at the base, shortly 

 petiolate, dentate, subpuberulous, I— 1^ in. long, ^-^ in, broad; 

 flowers numerous, thyrsoid-paniculate, ^-^ in, long ; pedicels short or 

 xV-tV ^^- I'^^gj puberulous ; bracteoles small, subulate, puberulous ; 

 panicles comparatively lax, subthyrsoid, oblong, 3-6 in. long ; lower 

 bracts like the leaves but smaller ; calyx ^\-jo i"* -^^^S ^° flower, 

 up to i-i in. long in fruit, deeply lobed, puberulous ; segments 

 linear- oblong, erect, subacute ; corolla-tube puberulous outside, 

 slender; limb spreading, -^— i in. in diam.; lobes oval-lanceolate, 

 obtuse or scarcely acute, tb-tV i^- lo^g 5 throat naked ; stamens and 

 style included ; capsules oval-oblong, J— f in. long. Thunb. Prodr. 

 102, and Fl. Gap. ^ed. Schult. 471 ; Benth. in Hook. Cmnp. Bot. Mag. 

 i. 383, and in DC. Prodr. x. 365. 



Var. 6, albiflora (0. Kuntze, Rev, Gen. PI. iii, ii. 236) ; flowers white, 

 Var. 7, versicolor (0. Kuntzij, I.e.) ; corolla lilac; tube livid or orange. 



South Africa : without locality, Hermarm ! Tlmnherg ! Auge ! 



Coast Region, below 500 ft.: Malmosbury Div.; between Groene Kloof and 

 Saldanha Bay, Drege, 1326 ! in saudy places near the mouth of the Berg River, 

 Bolus, 6299 ! 



Central Region: V.ik. 0, Albert Div. ; Molteno, Kuntze. 



Eastern Region : Var. 7, Natal ; Cluirmont, Kuntze. 



24, M. densiflora (Benth. in Hook. Comp, Bot. Mag. ii- 382); 

 a rigid herb, perennial, seabrid-pubescent or glabrous, branched, 

 moderately leafy, erect, about 1} ft. high or more ; stem-leaves 

 oblong-linear or linear, obtuse, wedge-shaped towards the rather 

 broad base, sessile, denticulate or subentire, -^-1 in. long, 3^"^ ^'^• 

 broad ; midrib rather strongly marked beneath ; flowers numerous, 

 cymose, ^%~l in. long ; ultimate pedicels short or very short, densely 

 packed at the top of the cyme ; bracts linear-subulate, exceeding the 

 calyx, callous or reflexed at the top ; cymes compact above, rather 

 laxer below, subcapitate in flower, somewhat elongated in fruit, 

 hispid-pubescent; calyx hispid-pubescent, deeply lobed, -}-} m. 

 long ; segments linear-subulate or linear, tips callous or reflexed ; 

 corolla-tube glandular-papillose outside, about j% in. long, slightly 



