﻿274 scrophulaeiacej: (Hiern). [Sutera. 



O. Knntze, Rev, Gen. PI. iii. ii. 236, gives the variety M. oppositijlora, var. 

 angttstifolia, characterized by the leaves being narrower and few- toothed or entire, 

 and found by him at Cathcart in the Coast Region ; it is unknown to me. 



44. S. fraterna (Hiem) ; an annual herb, erect or ascending, 

 simple or branched at the base, viscid-puberulous, leafy especially 

 below, 3-7 in. high; branches ascending or erect, rather slender; 

 lower leaves crowded, obovate, obtuse, narrowed or attenuate at the 

 base, obtusely dentate, petiolate, |-1 in. long, ^-^ in. broad ; upper 

 leaves alternate, narrower, gradually smaller ; racemes terminal, erect, 

 leafy below, 1^-4! in. long ; pedicels ascending, -|— 1 in. long, 

 ebracteolate, the lower axillary ; calyx-segments linear, obtuse, 

 glandular-ciholate, yV-|^ in. long in flower, i in. long in fruit; corolla 

 purple (N. E. Brown) ; tube rather slender, curved near the apex, 

 minutely glandular-papillose outside, about f in. long ; limb spreading, 

 about f in. in diam., 5-lobed ; lobes \-\ in. long, obovate, emarginate or 

 very shortly eleft ; capsule ovate-oblong, obtuse, somewhat com- 

 pressed, i in. long, -i in. broad. 



Cbntbal Region : Calvinia Div. ; Brand Tley, Johanssen, 3 ! 



45. S. antirrhinoides (Hiem); an annual herb, erect or pro- 

 cumbent, nearly glabrous or puberulous, 1-12 in. high, branched or 

 simple; branches opposite or occasionally alternate, rather slender, 

 diffuse or flexuous-ascending, acutely tetragonal ; nodes alternately 

 compressed ; internodes mostly exceeding the leaves ; leaves opposite 

 and decussate or the upper alternate, oval, ovate or oblong, obtuse 

 or subacute, more or less wedge-shaped and petiolate at the base, 

 unequally dentate, membranous, turning dusky when dried, spread- 

 ing, \-l in. long, |-4 in. broad ; loM^er petioles up to \-\ in- ^ong ; 

 flowers axillary, pedunculate, rather numerous, f-i in. long, together 

 forming terminal leafy lax racemes, deep purple or violet or hlac or 

 pale yellowish ; peduncles 1 -flowered, divaricate in flower, suberect 

 or inflexed-erect in fruit, puberulous, i-| in. long ; calyx puberulous, 

 ^ in. long in flower, ^-^ in. long in fruit, deeply 5-lobed; 

 segments sublinear, erect, obtuse ; corolla-tube cylindrical, rather 

 slender, somewhat dilated curved or gibbous near the top, sparingly 

 glandular -puberulous outside, i-^ in. long ; limb spreading, ^ i^- 

 in diam. ; lobes equally long, about ^^-\ in. long, obovate-oval, rounded, 

 entire, the lowest one somewhat broader than the rest; throat 

 surrounded with black lines ; stamens included ; style fihform, 

 very slender, puberulous, minutely cleft at the slightly thickened 

 stigmatic apex, nearly as long as the corolla-tube ; capsule ovoid- 

 oblong, puberulous, glabrous or hispid, i-| in. long. Mannlea 

 antirrhinoides, Linn. f. Suppl. 286 ; Thunh. Prodr. lOl, and Fl. Cop- 

 ed. Schult. 469 ; BeniJi. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 384, and in DC 

 Prodr. X. 366. Qf. Erinus patens, Thunh. Prodr. 102, and Fl Cap. 

 ed. Schult. 475. M. violacea. Link ex Jarosz, PI. Nov. Cap. lo, 

 and Enum. Pi. Hort. Bot. Berol. ii. 142. M. crystallina, Weinm. in 

 Syll. PI. Nov. Soc. Beg. Bot. Batisb. i, 226. Lyperia vioUceO,> 



