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scattered hairs ; basal branches divaricate, ascending ; basal leaves 

 crowded in a rosette, obovate, oblanceolate or narrowly elliptical, 

 rounded or obtusely narrowed alcove, attenuate at the petiolatc base, 

 entire or nearly so, glandular-puberulous or subglabrous, -J-1 in. long, 

 -fg-f in. broad; petioles short or up to -g- in. long, a little dilated 

 and clasping at the base ; stem-leaves linear, obtuse, a little narrowed 

 towards the sessile slightly or scarcely decurrent base, alternate or 

 subfasciculate, -|-1 in. long, -^V" iV ^^" ^^oad, subglabrous or slightly 

 and minutely glandular ; floral leaves linear, obtuse, glabrous or 

 sparingly ciliate below, minutely glandular-papillose, ^-§ in. long, 

 exceeding and adnate below to the calyx ; flowers spicatc or sub- 

 spicate, ^r-| in. long ; spikes many- or several-flowered, dense above, 

 sometimes interrupted below, short, erect; pedicels very short or 

 obsolete ; calyx ^ in. long, oblong, bilabiate about half-way down : 

 teeth 5, lanceolate or ovate-triangular, obtuse, ciliolate ; corolla-tube 

 rather slender, glabrous, minutely glandular-papillose, J-J in. long, 

 straight or gentJy curved; mouth and throat hispid- bearded ; limb 

 spreading, ^— | in. in diam. ; segments oval or obovate, entire, about 

 i in. long ; stamens didynamous, glabrous ; filaments filiform, 

 inserted on the upper part of the corolla-tube, one pair exserted, 

 the other included; anthers all perfect; style filiform, shortly 

 exserted ; capsule about } in. long. 



Western Eegion : Little Namaqualand ; at Waterklip, between Garies and 

 Springbok, 2300 ft., Schlechter, 11177 ! Vanrliynsdorp Div. ; Karee Bergen, 

 1200 ft., Schlechter, 8193 ! 



20. Z. divaricata (Walp. Eepert. iii. 308); an annual herb, 

 2-10 in. high, with whitish spreading or recurved pubescence, rigid, 

 branched at the base or in poor soils simple, drying black ; root 

 subfusiform, fibrous ; stem erect, terete ; branches divaricate, 

 opposite, decumbent, ascending, leafy especially near the base; 

 leaves oval, ovate or lanceolate or the lower obovate, obtusely 

 narrowed or nearly rounded above, more or less narrowed at the 

 base, membranous, bright or deep green above, a little paler beneath, 

 subentire or dentate, yl in. long, -.Vv in. broad ; the upper shortly 

 petiolate or sessile, subamplexicaul ; the lower petiolate, trmerved ; 

 petioles up to nearly i in. long; floral leaves lanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse, adnate to the calyx, f-f in. long, strongly toothed below ; 

 spikes terminal, short or elongated, many-flowered, dense above, 

 interrupted below ; flowers J-l in. long, yellow with dark orange 

 stripes (G'»//ine) ; calyx bilabiate, shaggy, i-J m. long; teeth &, 

 small, lanceolate, acute; corolla-tube slender, nearly straight 

 sparingly and minutely glandular-papillose outside, whitish ; moutn 

 nearly glabrous or puberulous ; limb patent, about ^-i m. in diam. ; 

 lobes 5, ovate-oblong, obtuse, entire, purplish outside with a yellow 

 margin, yellowish within, marked with a red line ; stamens 4, 

 glabrous; one pair just exserted, the other shortly included ; style 

 pallid, exserted beyond the anthers; stigma yellowish; capsule 



