﻿8utera.] sceophulariacb^ (Hiern). 279 



This is the plant mentioned in Benth. and Hooh. f. Gen. PI. ii. 960, as possibly 

 a species of Camptoloma, a genus which has since been united with Sutera. 



63. S. Burchellii (Hiern) ; somewhat shrubby below, herbaceous 

 above, shortly viscid-pubescent, branched near the base, about 1 ft. 

 high, apparently perennial ; branches opposite or alternate, spreading 

 or ascending ; internodes mostly about equalling and exceeding the 

 petioles ; leaves alternate or the lower opposite, broadly cordate or 

 broadly ovate, rounded or shortly pointed, subreniform and usually 

 shortly narrowed at the base, membranous, puberulous, dentate, 

 1^-1 1^ in. long, i-li in. broad; teeth mostly deltoid ; petioles mostly 

 \—l in. long, broadening towards the apex by the decurrence of the 

 leaf-blade ; flowers axillary, solitary, |^-f in. long, rather numerous ; 

 peduncles glandular-puberulous, -^-f in. long, erect-patent, rather 

 firm ; calyx glandular-puberulous, 6-partite, |— ^ in. long ; segments 

 sublinear, subacute; corolla-tube subcylindrical, rather slender, 

 curved near the top, sparingly glandular-puberulous, x^o~f ^°- ^'^^S > 

 limb somewhat spreading, small; lobes oval-oblong or rotund, 

 rounded at the apex, entire, somewhat hairy inside near the base, 

 tVttV ij^' long J stamens inserted near the top of the corolla-tube ; 

 filaments very short ; style included ; capsules oblong, glabrous, 

 i-i in. long. 



Kalahari Region : Griqualand West, Hay Div. ; Klip Fontein, Burchell, 

 2622! 



54. S. griquensis (Hiern) ; suffruticose below, wiry above, 

 apparently perennial ; stems or lower branches decumbent or 

 ascending, viscid-puberulous, paUid above, branched; branchlets 

 opposite or alternate, rather slender, glandular-pubprulous, leafy; 

 leaves broadly ovate or subreniform, rounded or shortly pointed, 

 broadly cordate or shortly wedge-shaped at the base, membranous, 

 minutely glandular-hispidulous, toothed or ineise-dentate, ^-f in. 

 lo"g. i-i in. broad ; petioles |-f in. long, dilated near the apex by 

 the decurrence of the leaf-blade ; flowers about f-^ in. long, few or 

 several, axillary ; peduncles glandular-pubescent, rather slender, about 

 i in. long ; calyx i-i in. long, glandular-pubescent, 5-cleft, about or 

 more than half-way down ; lobes subulate, acute ; corolla-tube 

 cylindrical-funnel-shaped, very sparingly glandular-puberulous, 

 I-tV in. long ; limb somewhat spreading, i in. in diam. ; lobes 

 obovate-rotund, entire, yV-iV in. long ; one pair of anthers partly 

 exserted, the other included ; capsules oblong, glabrous, {-i m. 

 long. 



_ Kaiahabi Kegion : Griqualand West, Hay Div. ; near Griquatown, Orpen in 

 Herb. Bolus, 5738 ! 



55. S. cordata (0. Kuntze, Kev. Gen. PL ii. 467) ; perennial, 

 scentless, shrubby or somewhat wooded at the base, herbaceous 

 above ; stems prostrate, elongated, wiry, pubescent, often rooting at 

 intervals and throwing up erect branches, 1-2 ft. long or more ; 



