﻿292 scROPHULARiACE^ (Hiem). [Sntera. 



pedicels mostly |- in. long, about equalling the floral leaves ; calyx- 

 segments linear, somewhat acute, ^ in. long, ^\ in. broad ; corolla- 

 tube sparingly glandular-pilose, somewhat widened above, gently 

 curved, f-1 in, long ; lobes obovate, ^ in. long, i in. broad. 

 ChcBnostoma sessilifolium, Diels in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 476. 



Western Kegion : Great Namaqualand ; country of the lower Orange River, 

 Steingrover, 17. 



Near S. fruticosa and S. litoralis, but is said to differ from both by the shape 

 of tlie leaves and the length of the flower atalka, and that in many respects it 

 recalls S. corymlosa (Marl, and Engl.) Hiern and S. lieucheiifolia (Diels) 

 Uiern, which belong to the section Intermedin. 



78. S. aurantiaca (Hiem in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 757) ; shrubby 

 at least at the base, glandular-puberulous, apparently sometimes 

 annual and in other cases perennial, divided at or near the base into 

 several decumbent or procumbent woody or w'wy branches ; branch- 

 lets slender, wiry or subherbaceous, alternate, leafy or sparingly so ; 

 leaves subfasciculate, ovate or obovate, obtuse or subacute, narrowed 

 at the base, bipinnatisect, -|-f in. long, \-\ in. broad, finely 

 glandular-pilose ; petioles up to \ in. long ; primary segments 

 elliptical or oblong-cuneate, mostly petiolate ; ultimate segments 

 oblong-obovate or oval, or linear, sessile, small ; flowers orange or 

 bright red, slightly striated {W. Nelson), racemose or axillary, 

 \-\ in. long ; racemes lax, few- or several- flowered, short or 

 elongated, terminal ; pedicels divaricate, glandular-puberulous, 

 A- J in. long, moderately rigid, 1 -flowered ; bracts similar to the 

 leaves or simply pinnatisect, smaller ; calyx finely glandular-pilose, 

 deeply 5-lobed, yVH i^^- ^^^E 5 segments sublinear or spathulate, 

 obtusely pointed; corolla-tube subcyli'ndrical, towards the apex a 

 little curved and shortly funnel-shaped, \-\ in. long, not very 

 slender, glandular outside ; limb spreading, somewhat obliqi^e, 

 i-l- in. in diam. ; lobes obovate-rotund, entire, -^-\ in. long; 

 stamens included ; style glabrous, nearly as long as or not much 

 shorter than the corolla-tube ; capsules ovoid or oblong, Vo'i ^°* 

 long, shortly or scarcely exceeding the calyx, pallid, glabrous, 

 shining. Buchnera aurantiaca, Burchell, Trav. S. Afr. i. 388. 

 Lyperia multijida, Benth. in Hook. Camp. Bot. Mag. i. 380, and in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 361. Manulea multifida, O. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. Pl- 

 iii. ii. 236. 



Coast Region: Riversdale Div. ; on arid plains near the Gauritz River, 

 Bowie ! Bathurst Div. ; between Kap River and Fish River, Drege (ex Bentham) ! 

 Qneenstown Div. ; Cooper, 332 ! 



Centbal Region, from 2000-5000 ft. : Somerset Div. ; at the foot of Bosch 

 Berg, MacOtvan, 1227! Cradock Div.; near Cradock, Burke! Richmond Bn'.i 

 Wmterweld, Drege. Aliwal North Div. ; near Aliwal North, Kuntze. Albert 



Div. ; near the Stormberg River, Drege, 797a ! near the Orange River, Burke . 

 near Gaatje, Drege, and without precise locality, Cooper, 573 ! Colesberg Div. ; 

 near Colesberg, Sham ! 



Kalahari Region: from 3000-5000 ft.— Griqnaland West, Hay D'^;' 

 Griqua Town, Burchell, 1847 ! Herbert Div. ; Spuigslang Fontein, BurcheU, 

 1727! Orange River Colony; near the Caledou River, Burke: Zeyher, 129o. 



