﻿Pulycareiui.] scROPHULAKiACEii (Hiern). 327 



linear, narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, obtuse, more or less narrowed 

 towards the sessile or subsessile base, viscid-puberulous, denticulate 

 or entire, -^-|- in. long, -aV-y '"• broad ; spike dense, subcapitate, 

 viscid-puberulous, |—|- in. in diam., many-flowered; bract linear- 

 ovate, obtuse, -1— i in. long, viscid-puberulous on the back ; flowers 

 subsessil^, orange- yellow ; calyx J. in. long, bilabiate about half-way 

 down, 5-dentate ; teeth viscid-puberulous, 2 small, subdeltoid, 3 

 longer ; corolla-tube about equalling the calyx or slightly exceeding 

 it, nearly glabrous ; limb ^— ^ in. in diam., subpatent ; lobes oval- 

 oblong, rounded, entire, ^^ in. long ; throat glabrous ; stamens 

 glabrous, exserted ; style longer than the corolla-tube. Benih. in 

 DC. Prodr. x. 351. Manulea cethiopica, Thunh. Prodr. 101, and 

 Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 467 excl. syn. Buehnera aurea, Herb. Banks, 

 ex Benth. in Hook., I.e. 



South Africa: without locality, T/mnber^ / 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div. ; Koude Berg, near Wupperthal, 2500 ft., 

 Schlechter, 872^ ! 



Centeai, Region: Ceres Div.; at Yuk River, or near Yuk River Hoogte, 

 Burchell, 1260! Sutherland Div. j Little Roggeveld, Burchell, 1293! Rogge- 

 veld, Masson ! 



This is probably one of the 7 species of JSrinus, mentioned by Burchell, 

 Trav. S. Afr. i. 225 ; also one of 3 species of Hemimeris, I.e., 2i5. 



9. P. foliosa (Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 351) ; an annual herb, 

 decumbent, much-branched, viscid-pubescent, very leafy, 3-7 in. 

 high; branches rather slender, wiry; leaves opposite or the upper 

 scattered, entire or few-toothed, crowded, obtuse, more or less 

 narrowed towards the base, |-1 in. long, the lower oblanceolate, 

 shortly petiolate and up to I in. broad, the rest sublinear narrower 

 and sessile or shortly petiolate ; spikes dense, capitate, globose in 

 Hower, oblong and below less dense in fruit, } in. thick, many- 

 flowered ; bract sublinear, obtuse, entire, viscid-puberulous, adhering 

 below to the calyx, i^-l- in. long in flower, about } in. long in fruit ; 

 flowers about ^ in. long; calyx bilabiate, about yVH m. long, 

 5-toothed ; 2 lower teeth ovate-deltoid, very short, obtuse, viscid- 

 puberulous ; the other 3 lanceolate, longer, viacid-puberulous ; corolla- 

 tube glabrous, about equalling the calyx ; corolla-lobes spreading, 

 glandular-puberulous outside, oval, obtuse, entire, about ^^ m. long, 

 stamens glabrous, exserted; style exserted; capsule oval, a little 

 compressed, -i^-} in. long. 



Kalahari Region: Transvaal; Magalies Berg, Burh; 1921 Zeyhcr, 

 1285! 



10. P. discolor (Schinz in Verb. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. >^-^>^'- Iflj j 

 fu annual herb, slender, glandular, 1^-71 in. high simple or loosely 

 branched; leaves narrowly lanceolate or linear, obtuse or apiculate, 

 sessile, sparingly pilose, quite entire or unequally and obsoetely 

 dentate, A in ion- J-Xin. broad, the lower opposite, the upper 

 alternat^Vopposl^Vpedicels A-xV in. ^-^ ^ ^^^^H ^ ^^f 

 adnate below to the calyx and pedicel; flowers subcapitate, .ub- 



