﻿294 SCEOPHULARIACE^ (Hierii). [Sulera. 



glandular outside, subglabrous within, somewhat curved or nearly 

 straight ; limb somewhat oblique, openly campanulate, {-^ in. broad ; 

 lobes yV-8 i°' lo"o» rounded and entire ; throat funnel-shaped and 

 glabrous; stamens glabrous, included; filaments -3V-3V '^- ^''^S' 

 inserted about and shortly above the middle of the corolla-tube ; 

 anthers shortly oval, 1-celled, apparently all fertile, upper pair some- 

 what smaller than the lower, the latter J^ in. long ; style about 

 i in. long, filiform, somewhat curved and thickened or scarcely so 

 towards the apex, glabrous or very nearly so ; stigma capitellate, small ; 

 ovules numerous. 



Kalahari Region : Bechuanaland ; Passarge, 37 ! 



Habit somewhat of Sutera glandyiilosa. Both, but more slender. 



81. S. luteiflora (Hiern) ; rootstock woody ; stems shrubby 

 below, herbaceous above, puberulous, branched, ^1^ ft. high, dusky- 

 grey when dry ; stems several, erect or ascending ; branches ascend- 

 ing or decumbent, terete, wiry, leafy ; branchlets divaricate or 

 ascending, rather slender, somewhat flexuous, leafy ; leaves alternate 

 or opposite, somewhat subfasciculate, ovate or elliptical, pinnati- 

 partite or pinnatifid, obtuse, wedge-shaped at the shortly petiolate 

 base, glandular-puberulous, grey-green, ^-^ in. long, xV^i ^^' broad ; 

 lobes oblong or ovate, obtuse, entire or few-toothed ; flowers axillary 

 and subterminal or racemose, ^-J in. long, forming terminal leafy 

 racemes 1-9 in. long; pedicels alternate, i-f in. long, glandular- 

 puberulous, ebracteolate, rather slender or in fruit rather rigid; 

 calyx campanulate, ■j\-^} in. long, finely glandular-pilose, persistent, 

 greenish, deeply 5-lobed ; segments obovate or oblong, rounded or 

 triangular at the apex, nearly equal ; corolla yellow, membranous, 

 veined, straight or curved, puberulous-glandular outside ; tube 

 cylindrical below, funnel-shaped above, 1 in. long, ^V i^- ^^^^'^ 

 below, Jg- in. broad at the top ; limb more or less spreading, about 

 i in. broad, unequally 5-lobed ; lobes rounded or obovate, very 

 obtuse , entire, -j^-i in. long: stamens glabrous or nearly so, upper 

 pair inserted on the funnel-shaped corolla-throat, lower pair on the 

 cylindrical portion of the corolla-tube about its middle; filaments 

 filiform, about J^ in. long; anthers reniform, 1-celled, uniform, about 

 •Jo in- broad ; style firmly filiform, glabrous or Hearly so, ^V i^- ^*^"^' 

 stigma small; ovary ovoid, obtuse, glandular-puberulous, rather 

 shorter than the style ; capsule oval, obtuse, ^\-^ in. long, minutely 

 glandular. 



KAtAHABi Region : Transvaal ; banks of Queens River, near Barberton, 

 Galpin, 1137 ! Crocodile River Vallev, near Barberton, Oalpin, 1069 ! 



Eastern Region : Natal, from 3000 to 4000 ft. ; moist places near Newcastle, 

 Wood, 6402 ! 6653 ! Colenso, Wood, 4044 ! 5511 ! 



Also in Soutb Tropical Africa. 



82. S. erassicanlis (Hiern); an undershrub, woody and much 

 branched at least at the base, more or less lepidote-glandular and 

 f«tid, scented like Rue, perennial or annual ?, ^-1-.^ ft. high ; root- 



