﻿Graterostigma.'] suropiiulariace.e (Hiern). 361 



the liabit of a Plantago ; scapes erect or ascending, firm ; leaves 

 radical, rosulatc, numerous, ovate or oval, obtuse, narrowed at the 

 base, about 3-nerved, entire or repand, rather thick, glabrous above or 

 nearly so, pilose-pubescent beneath, ciliate, ^-1 in. long, \—} in. 

 broad ; petioles broad, short or up to | in. long ; flowers spicate, 

 several, -i-i in. long, subsessile or verj shortly pedieillate ; pedicels 

 tV ill- long or less, bracteate at the base ; bracts ovate, obtuse, sessile, 

 concave, foliaceous, covering the calyx-tube, finely pilose on the back, 

 glabrous within, ciliate, ^-f in. long, lower bracts opposite or sub- 

 opposite, often empty; spikes dense at least above, 1-1 J in. long ; 

 calyx about I- in. long, shortly 5-dentate, finely pilose or glabrous 

 except on the ribs and teeth ; teeth ovate-deltoid, about -^\r in. long, 

 subequal ; corolla glabrous, white and purplish ; appendages of the 

 anterior pair of filaments club-shaped ; anthers glabrous. Vvedalia 

 nana, Drege, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 151, 228. Torenia 

 nana, Bentli. in DC. Prodi: x. 412. 



Eastern Region, between 1000 and 2500 ft. : Pondoland ; between St. 

 Johns Eiver and Umtsikaba Kiver, Brecfe, 2175 ! Engocazi hills near Umtata, 

 Bolus, 8761 ! 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



2. C. plantagineum (Hochst. in Flora, 1841, 669); a low herb, 

 more or less pubescent, perennial, 1^-4 in. high, with the habit of a 

 Primula or Plantago, stemless ; leaves radical, rosulate, broadly 

 oval, rounded or very obtuse, usually abruptly narrowed at the 

 shortly petiolate base, many-nerved, rather fleshy, rigid, thick, 

 glabrous above or nearly so, more or less densely hispid-pubescent 

 beneath and along the margin, entire or repand, ^-1 J in. long, 

 yi in. broad or larger ; petiole broad, pubescent, i-J in. long or 

 more, sometimes bright scarlet; scapes erect or ascending, several or 

 solitary, tetragonal,' pubescent ; flowers racemose or subcorymbosc, 

 pedicellate, about i- J- in. long, several or rather numerous ; pedicels 

 mostly A-| in. long, pubescent, bracteate at the base ; bracts oval, 

 sessile, concave, often apiculate, pubescent along the middle of the 

 back and on the margins, mostly i-| in. long ; calyx Hi"- /OV?' 

 green, 5-dentate, pubescent at least along the ribs ; teeth deltoid- 

 ovate, pointed, about ^V i"- ^^ng, subequal ; corolla glabrous or very 

 nearly so, white with a yellowish lip and violet-coloured helmet, 

 glandular-pulverulent on the gibbosities ; filaments of the anterior 

 pair of stamens slightly dilated and sharply bent near the base, not 

 or scarcely appendaged ; anthers glabrous. Torenia idantagtnca, 

 Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 411. 



Kalahari Region: Transvaal; Houtbosch, i?e/tmann, 5980 ! Pilgrims Rest, 

 Greenstock ! South African Gold-tlclds, Barnes ! 

 Also in Tropical Africa. 



3. C. Wilmsii (Engl, ex Diels in Engl. Jahrb ^^'\^fJjVl 

 erect herb, pilose with short spreading whitish ^-}'''J^£''^^y 

 perennial, 2|-12 in. high, with the habit of some species of Pnmula , 



