﻿252 sCROPHULARiACEiE (Hiem), [Sutera. 



long ; leaves opposite or the uppermost alternate, elliptical, obtusely 

 pointed or subacute, somewhat narrowed at the sessile base, sub- 

 membranous, minutely glandular-puberulous, dentate, -}~l^ in. long, 

 ^-f in. broad ; flowers numerous, thyrsoid-racemose, about \—\ in. 

 long ; racemes terminal, many-flowered, comparatively dense, oblong, 

 somewhat compound, 1-6 in. long, f-l|^ in. broad ; ultimate pedicels 

 short ; bracts narrow ; calyx |— i- in. long, deeply 5-lobed, glandular- 

 puberulous ; segments linear-subulate, acute ; corolla-tube ---^ in. 

 long, narrowly cylindrical-funnel-shaped, nearly straight, minutely 

 glandular-puberulous outside ; limb patent, ^-^ in. in diam. ; lobes 

 oblong or subrotund, unequal, tV~iV i^- ^^^^S > stamens included or 

 one pair appearing at the mouth of the corolla-tube ; capsule ovoid- 

 oval, obsoletely glandular, -^ in. long, obtuse. 



Eastern Eegion : Tcmbuland ; on the high plain by the Slang River, near 

 Elliot, 5000 ft., Bolus, 8762 ! 



7. S. polelensis (Hiern) ; suffruticose, softly pubescent, branched, 

 about 1 ft. high or more, apparently perennial ; branches rambling, 

 pale brown, below subterete, puberulous and woody ; branchlets 

 opposite or alternate, erect or ascending, rather slender, wiry, pallid, 

 more or less leafy; internodes equalling or rather exceeding the 

 leaves ; leaves opposite, broadly ovate or cordiform, mostly obtuse, 

 broadly subcordate or subtruncate at the base, membranous, incise- 

 dentate, subsessile, subamplexicaul, i-l-^- in. long and broad; teeth 

 sometimes sparingly toothed ; flowers few or somewhat numerous, 

 racemose and axillary, ^-| in. long, white and orange ; racemes 

 terminal ; pedicels slender, or moderately firm, i-| in. long, glan- 

 dular-pubescent, bracteate at the base ; bracts smaller than the 

 leaves, similar or lanceolate ; calyx glandular-pubescent, deeply 

 5-lobed, about ^-\ in. long ; segments narrow from a broader base, 

 subulate, acute ; corolla-tube subcylindrical, nearly straight, nearly 

 glabrous , upwards slightly widened and yellow, to^I ^^' ^'^^S^ about 

 the middle about ^^^ in. in diam. ; limb spreading, pallid above, 

 about ^-l in. in diam. ; lobes 5, oval-oblong, rounded, entire, 

 tV-to ^^- loiig ; throat minutely glandular ; stamens glabrous, just 

 included or two partly exserted ; anthers reniform ; style equalling 

 the corolla-tube, glabrous; capsules ovoid, obsoletely glandular, 

 iV-i in- long. • 



Eastern Regiok : Natal ; Drakensberg Eange, near Polela, 6000-7000 ft-, 

 Evans, 518 ! Cathkin Peak, 8000 ft., Bolus in Herb. Guthrie, 4949 ! 



8. S. flexuosa (Hiern); herbaceous, low, 2-4 in. high; stems 

 procumbent, terete, slender, rigid, glandular-puberulous, pallid, 

 branched; branches numerous, divaricate, erect or ascending; 

 branchlets often zigzag, very slender, with short thick whitish 

 glandular-pubescence ; internodes rather longer than the leaves; 

 leaves mostly alternate or the lower opposite, ovate, obtuse or sub- 

 acute, rounded or somewhat narrowed at the base, dentate, mem- 

 branous, subglabrous, minutely sessile-glandular, somewhat shining, 



