﻿Polycarena.] scbophulakiace^ (Hiern). 331 



ascending, leafy near the base ; upper iuternodes longer than the 

 leaves ; leaves opposite or the upper sometimes alternate ; lower 

 leaves obovate or spathulate, obtusely narrowed above, petiolate, 

 entire or denticulate, including the petiole 1—1} in. long, -./^-^^ in. 

 broad ; upper leaves lanceolate-linear or sublinear, subacute or 

 obtuse, wedge-shaped or but little narrowed at the base, sessile, 

 dentate, denticulate or entire, 1-^ in. long ; bract linear, oblong or 

 somewhat lanceolate, obtuse, about -J- in. long, sessile, glandular- 

 papillose on the back, shortly exceeding the calyx, adhering to the 

 calyx at the base and to the very short pedicel, ciliolate below ; 

 flowers about l-^ in. long, sessile or subsessile, in terminal hemi- 

 spherical or elongating heads, rather numerous; heads in flower 

 about l in. in diam., in fruit elongating, interrupted below ; calyx 

 Ta^To J^' ^ong, glandular-pubescent, shortly bifid ; one lip with 3 

 small lanceolate teeth, the other with 2 small deltoid teeth ; corolla 

 glabrous, marcescent ; tube about as long as the calyx ; limb spread- 

 ing ; lobes rounded or oval, entire, tV-tV i"- ^o°S ' posterior lobes 

 marked with an orange pilose round basal spot; stamens shortly 

 exserted, glabrous, about equalling the style ; pistil glabrous, -} in. 

 long ; style -^ in. long. 



Kaiahaei Region : Transvaal; near Lake Chrissie, Wilms, 1174! by the 

 Vaal River near Kloete, Wilms, 1041 ! sandy places near Wilgc River, 4600 ft., 

 ischlechter, 4125 ! 



18. P. rariflora (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 372) ; an 

 annual herb, erect, slender, viscid-pilose, simple or branched, 2-9 in. 

 high ; stem often purplish ; branches erect-ascending, very slender, 

 sometimes llexaous, more or less leafy, like the leaves opposite or the 

 upper alternate ; leaves linear or the lower oblanceolate or obovate 

 obtuse, narrowed towards the base, sessile or subsessile or the lowest 

 shortly petiolate, glabrous or viscid-pilose, ^--^ in. long, aV-iV i"- 

 broad, entire or few-toothed; spikes 1-7-flowered, rather lax, in 

 fpuit up to 1-li in. long, J-| in. broad ; flowers subsessile or very 

 shortly pedicellate, ^-^ in. long ; bract ^-i in. long or in fruit a 

 little longer, linear, obtuse, adhering to the calyx-tube and pedicel, 

 glabrous, entire ; calyx yVi in- ^^^S, glabrous or nearly so, bilabiate 

 about .V-way down, very shortly 5-dentate, sometimes rosy above ; 

 teeth short, ovate-deltoid, obtuse, erect; corolla glabrous; tube 

 shortly or scarcely exceeding the calyx ; lobes obtuse or rounded, 

 about „V in. long ; stamens glabrous, just or scarcely exsertcd ; style 

 rather exceeding the corolla-tube; capsule about J-] m. long; 

 seeds numerous, very small. Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 352. 



Vab. ;8, micrantha (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. ixvii. 181) ; flowers smaller, 

 about J5-J in. long; bract about Jg-J i"" 1°°^; calyx about r, m- '<">&- 

 capsule J^ in. long. 



SocTa Afkica : without locality, EcUon, 287! 290! Ze^her, 158! 

 ^ Coast Recon, ftoin 600-4500 ft. : Cknwillmm D.v ; ^iH^ "'^ar Br^ade^yn 

 give r, Schlechter. m22.< bunks of the Olifauts Biver, i^chhchhr, 4986! 



