﻿8utera.] scbophulabiace^ (Hiera). 262 



elliptical), acute or obtuse, attenuate towards the base, connivent, 

 equalling the corolla-tube, |-i- in. long, I in. in greatest breadth ; 

 corolla funnel-shaped ; reticulation dark-coloured on a light ground ; 

 tube ^—} in. long; lobes aa long as the tube, broadly oval, rounded, 

 entire or slightly retuse, ^V ^^- broad ; style very short, ^l in. long, 

 bifid ; ripe capsule falling short of the calyx, I-5V io- ^ong. 

 ChcBnostoma montanum, Diels in Engl. Jahrh. xxvi. 121. 



Eastkkn Eegion : Natal ; Biggarsberg Eange, near the Jaagcn, Wihns, 

 1051 ! 



26. S. micrautha (Hiern) ; an annual herb, somewhat shrubby 

 below, erect, 4-8 in. high, branched from the base, glandular- 

 puberulous ; basal branches ascending or suberect, obtusely angular, 

 dull, rigid, subvirgate ; branchlets few, opposite or alternate, short, 

 moderately leafy ; leaves attenuate or opposite, obovate or elliptical, 

 obtuse, wedge-shaped at the base, incise- or pinnatifid-dentate, 

 thickly membranous, i-| in. long, ^\ in. broad ; teeth obtuse ; 

 petioles xt~1 i^- l^™g» flowers axillary and racemose, forming 

 terminal leafy and bracteate racemes, each flower about -]r in. long ; 

 peduncles and pedicels slender, divaricate ; lax below, dense above, 

 glandular-puberulous, -^-f in. long; bracts small, oblong; calyx 

 glandular-puberulous, deeply 5-lobed, about Jg-J- in. long ; segments 

 elliptic- or obovate-oblong, obtuse or subapiculate, vV i^- broad; 

 corolla-tube shortly cylindrical, nearly straight, about equalling the 

 calyx or shoitly exceeding it ; limb about 1- in. in diaui. ; lobes oval- 

 quadrate, rounded at the apex, entire, about yV in. long by -fV i°' 

 broad, minutely glandular on the back ; stamens and style included ; 

 pistil about \ in. long ; ovary glandular ; style glabrous. 



Kalahaei EegioN: Transvaal; between Spitz Kop and Komati River, 

 Wihns, 1075 ! Swaziland j Libombo Mountains, Wilms, 1032 ! 



It is doubtful wliether this is the same species as Lyperia micrantha, Klotzsch 

 in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 222 {Chxnostoma micraiithum, Engl, ex Diels 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 489) from Rios de Sena in tropical Portuguese East 

 Africa. 



27. S. breviflora (Hiern); an undershrub, branched from the 

 base; rootstock perennial ; stems annual, numerous, 4-12 in. high; 

 branches procumbent or ascending, elongated, wiry, terete, sub- 

 herbaceous above, densely viscid-pubescent, leafy ; leaves opposite or 

 the tipper alternate, often rather distant, broadly ovate, subrotund or 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse or rounded, subtruncate, subcordate or abruptly 

 narrowed at the base, crenate or iucise-crenate, minutely glandular- 

 tomentose on both faces, dusky green when dry, l-f in. long, l-f, 

 in. broad; hairs many-celled ; petioles ,,\-l in. long; flowers 

 axillary and subterminal, rather few, deep scarlet or dull crimson, 

 3 ellow at the throat ; pedicels viscid-puberulous or subglabrous, 

 slender, |-|. in. long; calyx greenish, densely glandular-pilose, 

 deeply 5-lobed ; segments oblong-spathulate, concave or more or less 

 plicate and recurved and rounded, gradually narrowed to the base, 

 unequal, i -J. in. long, ,^— ^.Ar in. broad ; corolla-tube funnel-shaped, 



