﻿Sutej'u.] soROPHULAKiACE.E (Hierii), 255 



brauclied at tlie base, glan<iular-puberuloas ; bmnehea sliorl or some- 

 what elongated, wiry, spreading, up to o in. long; braiiclilets 

 opposite, rather short, moderately leafy, dull grey-green; leaves 

 opposite, ovate or oval-oblong, obtuse, more or less narrowed at oi 

 towards the base, sessile or subsessile, subdentate, viscid-puberulous 

 or minutely glandular, rather thick, l-l in. long, ,\-,} in. broad ; 

 flowers raeemose, ,}-!• in. long ; racemes terminal, short or elongating, 

 simple or somewhat compound ; pedicels rather firm, viscid-puboiu- 

 lous, l-^ in. long, alternate or subopposite ; bracts basal, ovate or 

 oval-oblong, smaller than the leaves, foliaceous ; calyx viscid- 

 puberulous, deeply 5-lobed, ,\ in. long in flower, I in. long in fruit ; 

 segments lanceolate-linear, pointed ; corolla-tube cylindrical -funnel- 

 shaped, minutely sessile-glandular outside, nearly straight, somewhat 

 oblique at the mouth, J^ -J, in, long ; limb about l^-l in. broad ; lobes 

 -ia~Tii ill- lougi anthers more or less exserted, rounded; style 

 exserted ; capsule ovoid, obtuse, somewhat compressed, J-j'g in. 

 long, Chcenostoma procumbent, Benlh. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Maij. 

 i. 374, and in DC. Prodr. x. 354. Ckcenostoma procanibens, Drc'je, 

 i^wei Pfianzentjeogr. Documente, 138, 172. 



Cestkal Region: Somerset Div. ; ueai the Fish River, 2000-300011., Xli't'ifi;, 

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13. S. intertexta (Hiern) ; an undershrub, intricately branched, 

 perennial, about G in. high ; stems prostrate and spreading, tortuous, 

 interlacing, woody, pubescent ; branches patent, opposite or alternate, 

 sometimes secund and erect, wiry, rather short, shortly pubescent, 

 leafy ; upper interuodes short ; leaves ovate or lanceolate, obtuse, 

 narrowed at the base, dentate, rather thick, pubescent or hispid, 

 shortly petiolate or the upper sessile, ;,-] in. long, i\,-)\, in. broad, 

 opposite or the upper alternate ; flowers l-l in. long, axillary and 

 together forming terminal leafy racemes ; bracts like the leaves but 

 smaller; peduncles and pedicels iV"! i"- ^^"fe'' 1 -'lowered, hispid; 

 calyx hispid, deci)ly 5-lobed, 4-1^,, in. long ; segments sublincar, 

 pointed; corolla-tube funnel-shaped, narrow at the ba.sf, glandiilar- 

 puberulous outside, l in. long; lobes spreading, ^',,-1'., in. long, 

 I'ounded, entire ; throat not bearded ; stamens glabrous ; Hlamcnts 

 filiform, one pair exceeding the corolla-tul^e, the other shorter ; 

 anthers rounded ; style included ; capsule ovoiil, glabrous, ] in. 

 long. 



CoAsr Kkuiox : Tort Elizabeth Div.; Algoa Bay, Cooper, 14.52! 



14. S. cjerulea (Hiern) ; a finely viscid-pilose_ or puljesccnt 

 undershrub or erect herb, perennial or annual, 6-18 in. high ; stem 

 subterete ; branches many, opposite or the upper alternate, divaricate 

 suberect or subfastigiate, wiry, leafy ; leaves opposite or quasi-fascicu- 

 late or the upper alternate, linear, oblanceolate or oblong, obtuse or 

 subacute, narrowed below, dentate or subentire, spreading, ^-l.] in. 

 ^•=•"0. 3'0-a in. broad ; petioles or up to i in. long; flowers loosely 



