﻿Veronica.^ sceophflaeiacea; (Hiern). 369 



oval-ovate, obtuse, ciliolate, puberulous, somewhat unequal, -}-} in. 

 long by yV~to i"- broad in flower, ^—} in. lon;^ by yV~s ^^- broad in 

 fruit, feebly 3-nerved ; corolla about f in. in diam., veined, rotate, 

 3 of the segments oval-rotund, the fourth oval ; fruit about ^ in. 

 long, compressed, i in. broad, broadly notched at the apex, veined, 

 ciliolate. V. peniea, Begfont. Tabl. FJcoJe But. Paris, 50, name 

 only ; Poir. Encyd. viii. 542. V. Buxhaumii, Tenore, Fl. Napol. i. 

 7, ^, 1 j Bmth. in DO. Prodr. x. 487. 



Coast Region : CapeDiv. ; iu cultivated fields neiir Rosebaiik, below 100 ft., 

 Bolus, 4774 ! 



Central Region : Middelburg Div. ; Couwav Farm, 360O ft., GiljUlan in 

 Herh. Galpin, 5572 ! 



A weed, widely distributed over Europe and tbe East. 



The above description is taken from the specimens collected near Rosebank. 



XXXIIL GLUMICALYX, Hiern. 



Calyx 5-partite ; segments oblong-spathulate, concave, glumaceous, 

 laciniate or glandular-fimbriate at the apex, incurved-erect, equal. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, campanulate ; tube about equalling the calyx ; 

 limb bilabiate, 5-lobed ; posterior lip scarcely spreading, bifid, 

 interior to the lateral lobes of the anterior lip; anterior lip 

 spreading, deeply 3-lobed, the middle lobes the innermost; all 

 the lobes rounded, entire. Stamens 4, didyniimous, glabrous; 

 filaments compressed, longer pair adnate for their lower half by one 

 edge to the lower half of the corolla-tube ; shorter pair shortly 

 adnate by one side near the base to the middle of the corolla-tube ; 

 anthers oval, slightly curved, by confluence 1-celled, all perfect, 

 those of the longer stamens anterior, suberect or at length sub- 

 horizontal, those of the shorter stamens subhorizontal, all asserted ; 

 pollen globose, smooth, very small. Ovary oval, obtuse, glabrous, 

 somewhat compressed, deeply furrowed on the side.s and almost 

 subdidymous, slightly furrowed along each face, 2-celled ; ovules 

 rather numerous, small ; placentas fleshy, central ; stylo erect, 

 central, filiform-compressed, inserted between the parts of the 

 indented apex of the ovary, scarcely dilated at tlie lanceolate short 

 stigmatie apex. 



An undersbrnb; leaves scattered, rather crowded, croiiutf; flnuvr. mih- 

 capitate, bracteate. 



DiSTRiB. Monotypic, endemic. 



1. G. montanus (Hiern) ; suffruticose ; stems ascending, subterete, 

 ^voody below, brown when dried, shortly pubescent above with 

 whitish turgid declining hairs, densely leafy at least below, simph- 

 about 1 ft. long; leaves obovate, obtuse or rounded, wedge-shaped 

 towards the not very narrow sessile base, thinly or firmly fleshy- 

 coriaceous, glabrous or minutely glandular, cuneate-serrulate along 



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