﻿276 scrophulaeiacej: (Hiern). [Sutera, 



47. S. macleana (Hiern) ; somewhat shrubby, herhaceons above, 

 perhaps perennial, branched, about 2 ft. high ; stem erect, roundedly 

 tetragonal, pubescent, purplish below, pallid above ; branches 

 opposite, decussate, divaricate, rather slender, glandular-pubescent, 

 leafy; leaves opposite, ovate or oval, obtuse, wedge-shaped or 

 shortly narrowed at the base, rather strongly dentate, membranous, 

 pale green, sparingly puberulous above, hispidulous on the slender 

 veins beneath, i-2 in. long, -|-1| in. broad; petioles -^-^ in. long; 

 flowers about i-f in. long, rather numerous, racemose or subcymose ; 

 racemes comparatively compact and short, simple and terminal or 

 somewhat compound and together forming a leafy and bracteate 

 pyramidal cyme; ultimate pedicels glandular- puberulous, -.rr" e ^°' 

 long ; bracts basal, smaller than the leaves ; calyx yV-i in. long, 

 glandular-pubescent, deeply 5-lobed ; segments narrowly lanceolate- 

 linear, acute ; corolla-tube subcylindrical, narrowly funnel-shaped 

 above, nearly straight, sparingly and minutely glandular outside, 

 •jV^ i^- long; throat glabrous; limb J—i in. in diam. ; lobes obovate, 

 entire, rg—s ^^- lo^g 5 one pair of anthers more or less exserted, the 

 other pair shortly included ; style more or less exserted. 



EIalahari Eegion : Transvaal ; on mountain declivities, near Pilgrims Rest 

 Gold Fields, Drakensberg, McLea in Berb. Bolus, 3032 ! 



48. S. bracteolata (Hiern) ; sufEruticose below, subherbaceous 

 above, perhaps perennial, branched, about 1 ft. high or more; 

 branches erect or ascending, with soft whitish spreading pubescence ; 

 branchlets opposite or alternate, rather slender; internodes mostly 

 l-li in. long ; leaves opposite, ovate or elliptical, acuminate, wedge- 

 shaped at the base, dentate in the upper half, membranous, more or 

 less hispid-pubescent, i-2 in. long, i-i in. broad ; petioles |-i in- 

 long, dilated towards the apex ; flowers axillary and quasi-racemose, 

 moderately numerous, about y^- in, long when expanded ; quasi- 

 raeemes terminal, short but lengthening, dense at first; pedicels 

 lather slender, glandular-pubescent, usually bracteolate at or near 

 the apex, ^f in. long, straight ; bracteoles sublinear or subulate, 

 T^-i ^- long, glandular-pubescent; calyx glandular-pubescent, 

 5-partite, about \ in. long ; segments linear-subulate, acute ; corolla- 

 tube subcylindrical, sparingly glandular-puberulous outside, nearly 

 straight, about |- in. long, -^ in, broad ; throat somewhat bearded ; 

 limb somewhat spreading, about i in. in diam. ; lobes oval-oblong, 

 entire, \ in. long or rather more ; stamens glabrous ; upper pair of 

 anthers reaching the top of the corolla-tube, the other pair included. 



Eastern Ekgion : Natal, without precise locality. Cooper, 2857 ! 



49. S. racemoBa (0. Kuntze, Eev. Gen. PI. ii. 467); sub- 

 herbaceous, apparently perennial, about 1 ft. high, erect or ascending ; 

 stem hard at the base, wiry above; branches suberect, pilose, rather 

 slender, moderately leafy, opposite ; leaves opposite, ovate or elliptical* 

 obtuse or shortly cuspidate-acute, wedge-shaped at the base, dentate, 



