﻿360 scROPHULAiaACEiE (Hiern). [Limosclla. 



exserted ; style subglabrous, yV i"- long ! ^'^lit spheroidal, about 

 jr in. long by y\ in. broad. L. capensis, Benth. in PL Drer/e, nn. 

 i93b, 493c, not n. 493a ; Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documenfe, 56, 

 120, not 103, nor ofThiniberg. L. nutans, Spreng ex Brege in LinncBa, 

 XX. 199 ; SchlecM. in Bat. Zeit. 1854, 918. 



Coast Region, .iscending to 6100 ft. : Qucenstown Div. ; summit of Andries 

 Berg:eii, near Bailey, Oaljjin, 1923! Riversdale Div.; Zuurbraak, Galpin, 

 4390 ! near Karmelks River, Drege, 493b ! Uiteuhago Div. ; at Gerts Kraal, on 

 the Karoo, Alexander .' Zwaitkops River, Zeijher, 3495! Batlmrst Div.; near 

 Port Alfred, Burchell, i016 1 Komgha Div.; near Komgba, Flanagan, 1291! 

 British Kaftraria, Haugmans Busli, Cooper, 205! 



Cektral Kegion: Richmond Div.; UitvlugL_jH>iirStYlKloof, 4000-5000 

 fr., I>re,7c. 49 3c! i^-^'^ <^ -i_ 



Kalaiiaei 1:egion : Griqualand West, Hay Div. ; Griqua Town, JBurchell, 

 1924! Ong-eluk, Burchcll, 2641! Orauge River Colony; Kauon Fonteiu, 

 Rchmann, 3553; Vredefort Road, Barrett-Hamilton .' Transvaal; Vaal River, 

 near Kloote, Wilms, 1078a ! near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1078 ! 



Eastern Region : Natal ; Maritzburg, Reh7nann, 7536 ! near Newcastle, 

 Wilms, 2153 ! o. . 



XXIX. CRATEROSTIGMA, Hochst. 



Cali/x tubular, 5-ribbed, 3-dentate ; teeth short, erect, nearly 

 equal. Corolla-tube funnel-shaped, about equalling the calyx ; limb 

 wide, bilabiate; posterior lip erect, concave, entire or emarginatc, 

 exterior ; anterior lip spreading, large, biconvex and often bearded at 

 the base, 3-lobed ; lobes nearly equal, broad. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 all perfect ; filaments of the posterior pair short, those of the 

 anterior pair long, exserted, inserted by side of the two convexities 

 of the corolla, more or less dilated towards the base and there 

 sharply bent, kneed or appcndaged ; anthers approximating or 

 cohering by pairs, 2-celIed ; cells diveri^ing. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, 

 ^-celled ; style filiform, exserted, dilated and very shortly bilaraellate 

 at the somewhat cup-shaped apex; ovules numerous. Capsule owis\ 

 or oblong about equalling the calyx, septicidal. Seeds numerous, 

 very smal , ellipsoidal or subglobose, tubercular-rugulose. 



bmall herbs, acaulescent or cauline, perennial; radical leaves 

 rosulate, the cauline opposite, all entire or nearly so: aowerfi 

 racemose or spicate or rarely solitary. 



DiSTBiB. Species about 12, the others in Tropical Africa. 

 Dwarf 1-4 in. high; anthers glabrous : 



J^ lowers spicate ; pedicels ^-V in. long or less • 



anterior filaments appendaged (I) nanum. 



a loH'ers racemose ; pedicels mostly 4-^ in . long : 

 anterior filaments not or scarcely appen- 

 T„l]„/ofT„-"",- , (2) plantagineum. 



and'b r '"■ ^^ ' ''°''''"'' l^'''''^ ""^ the edges 



••• (3) Wilmsii. 



mU' r"""^ ^^"S^- ^^- Ost-Afr. C. 357) ; a dwarf herb, pilose- 

 pubesceut, perennial, 1-3 in. high, stemless, leafy at the base, with 



