﻿8utera.] 



SCEOPHULABIACE^ (Hiern). 



249 



Leaves |-J in. long; an under- 

 shrub, 1 ft. high; branches 



erect 



Leaves J-f in. long; suffruticose, 

 apparently annual ; branches 

 ' ascending 



Flowers J-1^ in, long : 



Calyx-segments sublinear, obtuse : 

 Corolla-lobes jV~t'o '"• long ... 

 Corolla-lobes i-^ in. long 

 Calyx-segments linear-subulate 

 tt Corolla-tube hispid outside with gland- 

 tipped setae, lengthening after the expan- 

 sion of the limb 

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

 late or at or near the apex excise-dentate : 

 Flowers J-1 in. long: 

 Leaves J-J^ in. long 



Leaves Jj -J in. long 



Flowers J-| in. long : 



Leaves Jq-j in. long : 



Leaves usually excise-dentate about 



the apex ... 



Leaves quite entire : 



Flowers J- J in. long 

 Flowers ^-| in. long : 



Leaves cuneate-oblong or 

 linear-spathulate, j^~i ^°- 

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

 Leaves oval-oblong, 35-^2 

 in. long ; flowers axillary (106) dentifolia. 

 Leaves ttV-oq in. long (107) microphylla. 



(95) virgaloia. 



(96) canesceni. 



(97) iQcisa. 



(98) grandiflora. 



(99) stenopetala. 



(100) accrescens. 



(101) brunnea. 



(102) atropnrparea. 



(103) pedancniata. 



(104) aipalathoidei. 



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

 apparently perennial ; stems decumbent, ascending, loosely or but 

 little branched, minutely papillose-puberulous, nodulose below with 

 the 8cars 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, |-l; in. broad; petioles -}~l- 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, campanula te, about | in. long in flower, a in. long 

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

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

 Tn in. long, sparingly and minutely glandular outside, straight or 

 nearly so; throat glabrous ; limb somewhat spreading, ^-^ 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, I in. long or a little more. 



Eastern Reqiox : Zululand ; Entumeni, 20C0 ft., Wood, 3892 ! 



