﻿Polycarena.] bCKOPHULAiiiACEA; (Hierii). 329 



obtusely bifid, i^osterior lip 3-lobed ; lobes luuceolate-ubloiig, obtuse, 

 /o ill. long ; corolla-tube i\- in. long ; lobes ^V-ru i"- lo"g ; throat 

 glabrous or very nearly so; stamens and style exserted; capsule 

 I-} in. long. 



Western Region: Little Busliuiaulaud ; Kcuzabics, Max SchlecUer, 

 102! ' 



Nearly related to JP. imhesccm, Beuth. ; the postei-iov calyx-teeth are longer 

 ill that bijecies. 



13. P. capillaris (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 372); ;m 

 annual lierb, simple or branched, erect, glabrous below, shortly 

 puberulous above, slender or somewhat wiry, 3-9 in. high ; branches 

 ascending or the lower decumbent, decussate or alternate, numerous 

 or few, leafy ; leaves opposite or the upper alternate, elliptical, 

 obovate or oblong or the uppermost sublinear, obtuse, more or less 

 narrowed towards the base, sessile or subsessile or the lower shortly 

 petiolate, dentate or subentire, ^V-f i"- ^ong, 2V-I in. broad ; spikes 

 subhemispherical or oblong, dense or in fruit lax below, few- or 

 many-flowered, \-l\ in. long, -|^-|r in. broad ; flowers subsessile^ 

 s-o in. long, whitish drying yellow or orange-yellow ; bract linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, concave, adhering to the calyx, y'^-i in. long, entire, 

 glabrous, sparingly ciliate or slightly puberulous; calyx iV^iV i^- 

 long, subbilabiate, S-cleft nearly |-way down or less, glabrous or 

 minutely glandular-papillose ; teeth lanceolate-oblong, obtuse, erect ; 

 corolla-tube glabrous, shortly exceeding the calyx; limb small, 

 glabrous, 5-lobed ; lobes aV-^V i"- ^ong ; stamens exserted, glabrous ; 

 tilaments filiform, inserted on the upper part of the corolla-tube ; 

 style shortly exserted ; capsule -^\ in. long. Benth. in DC. Pivdr. 

 X. 351. Manulea capillaris, Linn. f. Supjjl. 285; Thunh. Pivdr. 

 101, and Fl. Cap. ed. Sehultes, 468. 



South Airica : without locality, Thunhevj ' Masson! 



C^oAST Region, below 1000 ft. : Piquetberg Div. ; bills uear I'lquetbcrg, 

 Schhchter, 5271! Maluiesbury Div. ; Zwartland, Ecklon, 114! 3131 Dre'je, 

 ■1814! sandy places near Hopeticld, SchlecMc; 5295 ! Cape Div. ; hills and Hats 



162! 



U. P. fiUformis (Diels in Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 17b) ; an a,nnual 

 Iierb, very thinly pubescent, branched, 4-6 in. high ; lowest Jeave.-^ 

 lanceolate, few-toothed, about ■} in. long, ^J in. broad ;upiK;r 

 leaves linear, entire ; spikes terminal on long liliform stalks ; tlowerb 

 comparatively distant, sessile or shortly pedicellate ; pedicels in some 

 casesabout Jj^ in. long; bract scarcely equalling the calyx, j, m. 

 Jong; calyx'' pubescent, ~,V in- l^^S^ corolla-tube iVl i°- ^^^S J 

 lobes ji._ ill, long and broad. 



Cknthal Region : Calviuia Div. ; Hantam hills, Meyer. 



