﻿Sutera.] scrophulariace^ (Hiern). 251 



gated, wiry, more or less pubescent, terete; branchlets opposite, 

 divaricate, rather slender, pubescent ; internodes mostly exceeding 

 the leaves ; leaves opposite, obovate or ovate-rotund, obtuse, wedge*^ 

 shaped sometimes abruptly so tov/ards the base, coarsely dentate, 

 rather thick, yellowish-green, viscid-pubescent on both faces, ;,-} in. 

 long, i-i in. broad ; petiole about ,\r in. long, viscid-pubescent ; 

 flowers few, axillary and subterminal, }-} in. long, ebracteate ; 

 peduncle ^-i in. long, viscid-pubescent ; calyx }-} in. long, viscid- 

 pubescent ; segments 5, narrowly lanceolate-linear, subacute ; corolla- 

 tube funnel-shaped, straight or nearly so, viscid-puberulous outside, 

 l-l in. long; lobes rounded, entire, ■^\^~l in. long; stamens glabrous; 

 filaments exserted or included ; anthers all alike, rounded ; style 

 exserted or included ; capsules shorter than the calyx, about ^',-f in. long. 

 Chcenostoma pauciflorum, Benth. in Hooh. Comp. Jiot. Mag. i. 374, 

 and in DC. Prodr. x. 354. Gkaenostoma pauciflorum, Bftgp, Zwn 

 Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 59, 172 {a not b), not 52. 



Coast Region : Port Elizabeth Div. ; Krakakamma, ErMon, 360 ! Albany 

 Div. ; hills near Grahamstown, Bunhitry, 150 ! 



Centrai, Region : Beaufort West Div. ; Nieuweveld, between Rhinoster Kop 

 and Ganzefontein, 3500-45a) ft., Vref/e, 74.5a ! 



6. S. roseoflava (Hiern) ; suffruticose, shortly pubescent, much 

 branched, decumbent or procumbent, 4-18 in. high, apparently 

 perennial ; branches elongated or intricate, pale or dark brown, 

 below subterete, puberulous and wiry or woody ; branchlets opposite 

 or the upper alternate, divaricate, procumbent or ascending, slender, 

 wiry, pallid, leafy ; internodes about equalling or exceeding the 

 leaves ; leaves opposite, broadly ovate or the upper oval-ovate, 

 obtuse, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, firmly niem- 

 branou.<*, serrate-dentate, glandular-puberulous, sessile or suhses.sile, 

 {-4 in. long, l~^ in. broad; flowers rather numerous, racemose 

 and axillary, i- J in. long, pink and yellow ; racemes terminal, rather 

 lax ; pedicels rather slender, J-| in. long, glandular-puberulous, 

 bracteate at the base ; bracts like the leaves but smaller ; calyx 

 glandular-hispid, deeply 5-lobed, J-, V in. long; segments sublinear, 

 obtuse ; corolla-tube funnel-shaped, glandular-pu])erulous or -pubes- 

 cent outside, }-]. in. long ; limb spreading, about j-;* in. in diam. ; 

 lobes semicircular* or semi-oval, rounded^ entire, spreading or 

 revolute, -^\-y in. long ; throat glandular ; stamens glabrous, ex- 

 serted ; anthers rather small j style glabrous, shortly exserted ; 

 capsules oval-ovoid, minutely or obsoletely glandular, ], in. long. 



Coast Region: East Loudon Dir. ; sea-coast near East London, aO-.Wft., 

 Galpin, 1878! Humansdorp Div.; hillside at Huuiausdoip, 300 ft., OaJpin, 

 4377 ! 



6. S. elliotensis (Hiern); erect, much branched, 2 ft. high or 

 more, rigidly herbaceous above, puberulous; branches obtusely 

 quadrangular, purplish ; branchlets opposite or the upper alternate, 

 erect-patent or ascending, rather slender; internodes mostly 1-1^, in. 



