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scROPHULARiACEiE (Hiern). IZahizianslcya. 



DisTRiB. Species 32, endemic. 



Odontites {Nycterinia ?) Sceptrum, E. Meyer ex Drege, Zwei PJlanzengeogr. 

 Bocumente, 152, 205, from Pondoland in the Eastern Region, between St. Johns 

 River and Umtsikaba River, below 1000 ft., is unknown to me. 



* Lobes of the corolla-limb bifid : 

 I Stamens 4 : 



I Corolla-tube shortly pubescent outside : 

 Flowers in terminal spikes : 



Leaves sessile or subsessile : 



Leaves subentire or not strongly 

 dentate : 



Leaves 3-nerved, somewhat 

 fleshy, obovate-oblong or 



narrowly oval (1) maritima. 



Leaves l-nerved or sub- 

 coriaceous, linear or linear- 

 oblong : 



Perennial ; branches 

 decumbent ; leaves 

 linear-oblong ... (2) lychnidea. 

 Annual ; branches 

 erect or ascending ; 

 leaves linear ... (3) capensis. 

 Leaves pinnatifid-dentate ... (4) longiflora. 



Lower leaves distinctly petiolate : 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 linear or narrowly elliptical, 

 dentate or subpinnatifid ... (o) dentata. 

 Leaves obovate or elliptical, den- 

 tate (6) ovata. 



Flowers axillary and subterminal : 



Floral leaves adnate below to the 

 calyx : 



Herb scarcely 3 in. high ; leaves 



oblong-linear (7) pumila. 



Snffruticose, about 1-1^ ft, high ; 

 leaves elliptical or obovate ... (8) distanfl. 

 Floralleaves free from the calyx ... (9) Katharinse. 

 JJ Corolla-tube subglabrous or glandular- 

 puberulous outside : 



Suflfruticose herb ; flowers 2-2^ in. long ... (10) montana. 

 Annual herbs ; flowers f -1| in. long : 



Calyx inflated ; flowers about 14 in. 



long; calyx I iu. long „, ... (11) inflata. 

 Calyx not inflated ; flowers j-l in. 

 long; calyx i-J in. long : 

 Petioles short ; flowers about 



1 in. long (12) africana. 



Petioles g-f in. long ; flowers 

 ?-l in. long : 

 Leaves ovate ; flowers 5-1 

 in. long : 



Lobules of the corolla- 

 lobes not falcately 



spreading (13) gilgiana. 



Lobules of the corolla- 

 lobes falcately spread- 

 ing (14) falciloba. 



Leaves elliptic-spathulate ; 



flowers |-f in. long ... (15) violacea. 



