﻿8utera.] sceophulariace^ (Hiern). 249 



Leaves i-J in. long ; an under- 

 shrub, 1 ft. high ; branches 



erect (95) virgalosa. 



Leaves J-f in. long; suffruticose, 

 apparently annual ; branches 



ascending (96) canescen*. 



Flowers |-1a in. long : 



Calyx-segments sublinear, obtnse : 



Corolla-lobes tV~t'o '"• 1""? ••• (97) incisa. 

 Corolla-lobes i-J in. long ... (98) (prandiflora. 

 Calyx-segments liaear-snbulate ... (99) stenopotala. 

 f-f Corolla-tube hispid outside with gland- 

 tipped setae, lengthening after the expan- 

 sion of the limb (100) accreacens. 



***** Leaves entire or towards the apex denticu- 

 late or at or near the apex excise-dentate : 

 Flowers J-l in, long: 



Leaves J-i in. long (101) brunnea. 



Leaves y^-J in. long (102) atroparpurea. 



Flowers J-| in. long : 



Leaves J^-^ in. long : 



Leaves usually excise-dentate about 



the apex (103) pedunculata. 



Leaves quite entire : 



Flowers ^-^ in. long (104) aipalflthoides. 



Flowers -J— J in. long : 



Leaves cuneate-oblong or 

 linear-spathulate, X2~i ^''■ 

 long; flowers racemose .. . (105) tortuosa. 

 Leaves oval-oblong, 2\>~Ti 

 in. long ; flowers axillary (106) deneifolia. 

 Leaves '^\-Jq in. long (107) microphylla. 



1. S. platysepala (Hiern) ; suffruticose at the base, i-1 ft. high, 

 apparently perennial ; stems decumbent, ascending, loosely or but 

 little branched, minutely papillose-puberulous, nodulose below with 

 the scars of fallen leaves, wiry, pallid, shining and moderately 

 leafy above ; branches slender or wiry, pallid, minutely glandular- 

 papillose, moderately leafy; leaves opposite, ovate, obtuse, more or 

 less wedge-shaped at the base, sometimes obtusely or shortly so, 

 obtusely dentate or repand, membranous, shining, minutely glandular- 

 papillose, 1-2 in. long, |-li in. broad; petioles -}-} in. long; 

 flowers axillary and subracemose, several, about | in. long, white 

 with orange centre ; peduncles or pedicels slender, weak, |-|: in. 

 long, arching; bracts smaller than the leaves; calyx glandular- 

 papillose outside, campanulate, about J- in. long in flower, ^ in. long 

 in fruit, 5-lobed ; lobes ovate, acute, unequally connate at the base ; 

 corolla marcescent; tube shortly cylindrical-funnel-shaped, about 

 T*o in. long, sparingly and minutely glandular outside, straight or 

 nearly so; throat glabrous ; limb somewhat spreading, y^ in. in diam.; 

 lobes oval, rounded, entire ; one pair of stamens exserted, the other 

 about equalling the corolla-tube ; style shortly exserted ; capsule 

 ovoid, glabrous, | in. long or a little more. 



Eastern Region : Zululand ; Entumeni, 20C0ft., Wood, 3892! 



