﻿Sutera.] sceophulaeiace.e (Hiern). 287 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div. ; in rocky places, near Hoek, at the foot of 

 the Koude Berg, 1500 ft., Schlechter, 8708 ! 



Central Region : Calvinia Div. ; Boter Kloof, 1000-2200 ft., Schlechter, 

 10885 ! 



Occasionally two of the calyx-segments are connate high up. 



69. S. subspicata (0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 467) ; suffrufcicose, 

 branched, erect, glabrous or nearlj so, subglaucescent, 5-7 in. high ; 

 branches suberect, numerous, fastigiate, leafy ; leaves elliptical or 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly narrowed towards the sessile somewhat clasp- 

 ing and narrowly decurrent base, strongly few- toothed, i-i in. long, 

 i^-|- in. broad, the decurrent lines often shortly ciliate, teeth callous- 

 tipped ; flowers rather numerous, about -| in. long, arranged in sub- 

 spicate terminal racemes ; pedicels very short ; calyx ^-^ in. long, 

 deeply 5-lobed, glabrous except on the ciliolate lanceolate- linear 

 lobes; corolla-tube minutely glandular-puberulous outside, about 

 i in. long, cylindrical, funnel-shaped at the apex, nearly straight ; 

 lobes rounded, entire, about yV i^- long, spreading ; stamens didy- 

 namous, one pair of anthers shortly exserted, rounded, falling short 

 of the style ; capsule ovoid, ^ in. long. Chienostoma subspicaium, 

 Benth. in Hook. Gamp. Bot. Mag. i. 376, and in BG. Prodr. x. 356. 

 Choenostoma subspicatum, Drege, Zwei Pfianzengeogr. Documents, 

 123, 172. 



Coast Region : Bredasdorp Div. ; on hills near Papies Vley, 500 ft., 

 Schlechter, 104t2 ! Mossel Bay Div. ; Honig Klip, east of the Gauritz River 

 below 1000 ft., Brege, 79086 ! 



^ 70. S. amplexieaulis (Hiern) ; perennial, shrubby at the base, 

 subherbaceous above ; stems procumbent or dependent, elongating, 

 simple or divided especially below, terete, rigid or wiry, viscid- 

 pubescent, densely leafy at least above, \-\\ ft. long ; leaves alternate 

 or the lower opposite, oval-ovate, obtuse, mostly cordate-amplexicaul at 

 the base, denticulate or subentire, more or less pubescent, membranous, 

 bright green, turning black in drying, |-f in. long, ^—i in. broad, 

 mostly sessile and imbricate or the opposite ones as long as or longer 

 than the internodes ; flowers about \ in. long, numerous, subsessile 

 or shortly stalked, axillary or bracteate at the base, together forming 

 terminal leafy and bracteate elongating dense spikes ; bracts 2 

 {Bolus), like the leaves but rather smaller, imbricate; pedicels about 

 i in. long or less, pubescent; calyx about ^ in. long in flower, ->- in. 

 long in fruit, pubescent, 5-partite ; segments oblanceolate or subhnear, 

 obtuse ; corolla-tube ^ in. long, subcylindrical, rather slender, nearly 

 glabrous, nearly equal at the throat but sometimes a little swelled or 

 bent ; limb subequally 5-lobed ; lobes obovate-oblong, ^ in. long, 

 entire; stamens included, glabrous; anthers small, 1 -celled ; fila- 

 ments fihform, rather short, inserted above the middle of the corolla ; 

 style nearly as long as the corolla-tube, glabrous, filiform ; stigma 

 simple ; capsules ovoid-oblong, about i in. long, nearly glabrous. 

 I^jperia amplexieaulis, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag.i.ili, 

 and in BO. Prodr. x. 358. 



