﻿Manulea.] sceophulariacb^ (Hiern). 237 



curved, about I- in. in diatn. at the top ; limb spreading,', glabrous 

 above, about ^ in. in diam. ; throat glabrous ; lobes rounded : 

 stamens all included ; lower pair of anthers oblong, hairy on the 

 back ; upper pair round, small ; capsules oval, about -fV hi. lonf^ 

 DC. Prodr. x. 365. 



South Africa : without locality, Zeyhcr, 1295! 



Coast Eegion, below 500 ft. : Clanwilliiun Div. ; by the Olifants Kiver and 

 near Brakfoiitein, ^ciZon, 411! Olifants River, Sc/Jec/iVflr, 7996 ! Doom Kiver, 

 Schlechter, 8060 ! 



Central Region : Ceres Div. ; near Karroo Poort, Bolus, 2617 ! 



25. M. paniculata (Benth. in Hook. Conip. Bot. Mag. i. 383) ; 

 an erect herb, perennial, robust, branched and shrubby at the crown 

 of the root, hoary-pubescent nearly throughout or in the dry state 

 slightly tawny, l-}-2 ft. high or more ; pubescence short, rather stiff; 

 branches leafy, rigid ; leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate, 

 elliptical or obovate, obtusely pointed or the uppermost subacute, 

 narrowed at the sessile or shortly petiolate base, crenate -dentate or 

 denticulate, J-2^- in. long, }-! in. broad ; flowers thyrsoid-panicu- 

 late, numerous, about l—^ in. long ; pedicels very short ; cymes 

 thyreoid, interrupted, paniculate ; panicles terminal, leafy about the 

 base, ^-l^ ft. long or more ; bracts sublinear or subulate, -,\,->; in. 

 long ; calyx deeply lobed, -rV-i- in. long ; segments linear, obtuse or 

 scarcely acute, ciliolate ; corolla ivory-white ; tube rather slender, 

 glandular-puberulous outside except the upper part ; limb spreading, 

 about i^i in. in diam., imbricate in bud, glabrous above or nearly 

 so; lobes oval or oblong, obtuse, entire, yV-ro i"- ^O"?! mouth 

 naked, usually showing one pair of anthers ; capsules ovoid or oblong, 

 glabrous, i-i- in. long. DC. Frod. x. 365. 



South Africa -. without locality, Zeyher, 1280 ! 



Central Rkgion, between 4000 and 6000 ft. : Somerset Div. ; top of Bosch 

 Berg, MacOivan, 1474! Wodehouse Div.; Stormberg Range, Drejre, 3592a ! 

 Aiiwal North Div. ; hills near the Kraai River, Dreje, 3592b ! Witte Bergen, 

 Cooper, 1374 ! 



Kalahari Region, bttween 4000 and 6000 ft. : Orange Kiver Colony ; 

 Wolve Kop, Burke.' near Bethlehem, Bolus, 8222 1 Transvaal; Standarton, 

 Rehmann, 6784 ! Jeppestown Ridge, near Johannesburg, GilfiUan in Herb. 

 Galpin, 1451 ! 



Eastern Region : Griqualaud East; on rocky hills near Kokstad, 4500 ft., 

 Ti/son, 1420 ! Pondoland ; Fakus territory, Sutherland ! 



^ 26. M. parviflora (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 3S;;) ; 

 an erect herb, glandular-puberulous or subglabrescent, robust or 

 rigid, somewhat shining, more or less branched pyramidally, 

 moderately leafy, 1-2J- ft. high, apparently perennial; branches 

 angular especially above ; radical leaves obovate, oblong-spathulate or 

 oblanceolate, obtuse, attenuate to the petiolate base, repand or 

 denticulate or entire, .1-2 in. long, nearly glabrous, J- 2 in. broad ; 

 petioles up to ^^-l in. long ; stem-leaves sublinear or narrowly 

 elliptical, obtuse, wedge-shaped to the sessile or subsessile base, 

 denticulate or entire, slightly puberulous, 1-2 in. long, .V-i *"• 



