﻿242 scK0i'HULAiU4.cE.E (Hierii). [Manulea. 



33. M. gariepina (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 384) ; 

 an ere;;t herb, glabrous, shining, annual, branched at or near the 

 base, 5-10 in. high ; basal branches erect or ascending, scape-like, 

 leafy about the base, bare above ; leaves mostly radical or subradical, 

 rosulate, obovate or oblanceolate, rounded, attenuate to the base, 

 crenate-dentate or repand, j-l in. long, J-f in. broad; petioles up 

 to 3 in. long ; flowers numerous, thyrsoid, about } in. long; pedicels 

 very short, subfasciculate or solitary ; thyrsus oblong ; bracts subu- 

 late, s'o-iV i^^- lo^ig 5 calyx deeply lobed, iV~iV ^^- ^^ng in llower, 

 y\ in. long in fruit ; segments linear, obtuse, minutely glandular ; 

 corolla-tube slender, much exceeding the calyx, slightly or .scarcely 

 glandular outside ; throat naked ; limb spreading, I in. in iliam. ; 

 lobes narrowly lanceolate or linear-oblong, I—} in. long, unequal, 

 the anterior obtuse, the others acute ; stamens and style included or 

 one pair of anthers appearing at the mouth of the corolla ; cajjsules 

 ovoid, vj-y in. long. DC. Prodr, x. o66. M. gartpensit^, Drcge, 

 Zwei Ffianzengeogr. Documente, 94, 201, ivithotd description. 



South Afbica : without locility, lltom, 61! 



Western Region -. Little Namaqualaud ; near the mouth of the Orange 

 lliver, below 600 ft., Drege, 7918 ! 



Imperfectly known Species. 



34. M. uncinata (Desrouss. in Lam. Encycl. iii. 706) ; stems 

 ascending, shrubby below, subterete, slightly angular, not much 

 branched, 6-10 in. high, moderately hispid as well as the rest of the 

 plant with whitish jointed hairs ; leaves .scattered, linear, somewhat 

 pointed, narrowed at the base, sessile, mostly entire or sometimes 

 sparingly toothed, j-a in. long, about I in. broad ; Hewers lacemose, 

 scattered ; racemes simple, terminal, leafy, rather dense at first, 

 elongating and laxer in fruit; peduncles axillary, exceeding the 

 leaves at their base ; calyx 5-cleft to the middle ; lobes setaceous, 

 straight, hooked at the tip ; corolla funnel-shaped, slightly tomentose 

 outside, three times as long as the calyx ; tube arched ; limb some- 

 what irregular ; segments 5, oval, obtuse. Boith. in DC Ffodr. 

 X. 367. 



SoLTii AiRU A : witliout locality, Sonneral. 



35. M. aurantiaca (Jarosz, PI. Nov. Cap. 18) ; root annual, 

 fibrous, twisted ; stem herbaceous, erect, simple, terete, hispid, 4 in. 

 long ; leaves few, alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acute, petiolate, entire, 

 somewhat hispid towards the petiole, erect, shorter than the inter- 

 nodes ; spike terminal, distichous ; bracts solitary, longer than the 

 calyx, persistent, pinnatifid, acute, sessile, hispid, keeled; flowers 

 crowded at the apex, distant below ; calyx persistent, ■} in. long ; ' 

 lobes linear, subcartilaginous, hispid, erect; corolla orange-coloured, 

 f in. long; tube slender, dilated towards the base; lobes erect, 

 tV in- long. 



South Afbica : without locality, Jarosz. 



36. M. longiflora (Jarosz, PI. Nov. Cap. 18); root annual, 

 fusiform, oblique, twisted; stem herbaceous, simple, erect, terete, 



