﻿Sutera.] sckophulaeiacej: (Hiern). 283 



incise or sparingly lobed below, membranous, minutely glandular- 

 papillose or sparingly puberulous, |-1 in. long, ^} in. broad ; 

 petioles -^\-\ in. long, glandular-pubescent ; flowers several, axillary 

 and spieate-racemose, ochre, about f in. long; racemes rather lax 

 at least in fruit, elongated, leafy below, 1-7 in. long ; pedicels 

 y^-i in. long, glandular-pubescent ; bracts like the leaves, smaller, 

 strongly toothed, shortly pubescent ; calyx densely viscid-pubescent, 

 deeply 5-lobed, ^ in. long ; segments linear, somewhat pointed, 

 scarcely acute ; corolla-tube subcylindrical, slender, a little curved 

 or ventricosely dilated near the apex, sparingly glandular-puberulous 

 outside, about ^ in, long ; limb spreading, about ^^ in. in diam. ; 

 lobes oval-oblong, rounded, entire, about -^^ in. long ; stamens 

 included ; style slender, sparingly glandular-papillose, ^-f in. long ; 

 capsule ovoid-oblong, densely hispid with thick-based hairs, |— | in. 

 long. 



Western Region : Little Namaqnaland ; Spektakel Mountain, near Naries, 

 3600 ft., Bolus in Herb. Worm., 664, 1 



62. S. tomentosa (Hiern) ; an erect or ascending herb, apparently 

 annual, rather rigid, very viscid-pubescent, 5-10 in. high, much 

 branched about the base ; branches alternate or opposite, divaricate 

 or ascending, subvirgate, pallid, leafy ; leaves alternate or opposite, 

 ovate, acute, or the lowermost obtuse, shortly narrowed or sub- 

 truncate at the base, irregularly or incisely dentate, membranous, 

 viscid, i-1 in. long, -i—l in. broad, flat, spreading, the uppermost 

 subsessile ; lower petioles viscid-pubescent, up to f-^ in. long ; 

 flowers axillary and racemose, numerous, about f in. long when 

 expanded, together forming terminal rather lax leafy racemes; 

 pedicels alternate, 1 -flowered, |-1 in. long, viscid-pubescent, 

 divaricate ; calyx ^-\ in. long, viscid-pubescent, deeply 5-lobed ; 

 segments linear, obtuse; corolla-tube subcylindrical, slightly and 

 gradually dilated above, nearly straight or a little curved, sparingly 

 glandular, -i-f in. long; limb spreading, i-|- in. in diam., purplish ?, 

 nearly glabrous ; lobes obovate-oblong, rounded at the apex, entire, 

 i-i in. long ; stamens and style included ; capsule ovoid-oblong, 

 sprinkled with glands, i-^ in. long. Erinus tomentosus, Thunh. 

 Prodr. 103, and Fl. Cap. ed. ScTiuU. ^16; not of Mill. Lyperia 

 glutinosa, Benth. in Hook. Camp. Bot. Mag. i. 378, and in DO. 

 Prodr. X. 359. Manulea Thuribergii, O. Bon, Gen. Syst. iv. 596. 

 -If. tomentosa, Benth. in DC Prodr. x. 367, not 365. 



Central Region -. Calvinia Div. ; near streams in the Bokkeveld Karoo, 

 Thunherg ! 



WisTERN Region : Little Namaqnaland; by the Orange Eiver and on rocky 

 hills near Verleptpram, below lOOO ft., Drdffe, 3199! Great Namaqnaland; 

 on isolated hills at Gubub, Schinz, 21 ! Am, Schinz, 4 ! 



Also in Hereroland, in South- West Tropical Africa (Engl. Jahrh. x. 254). 



63. S. gracilis (Hiern) ; low, erect, simple, sprinkled here and 

 there with glandular hairs, l|-3 in. high ; leaves ovate or lanceolate, 



