﻿378 sCEOPHULAEiACEiK (Hiern). [Melasma. 



the corolla-tube ; anthers glabrous, oval, ^V in. long ; cells obtuse ; 

 ovary glabrous, rounded, about yV i"- ^^ ^'^^"^- > ^^^^^ glabrous, with 

 the stigma iin. long ; stigma linear-clavate. 



Eastern Region : Natal, near Ladysaiith, Wilms, 2175 ! 



XXXVI. GERARDIINA, Engl. 



Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; tube not inflated ; teeth triangular, 

 nearly equal, much shorter than the tube. Corolla trumpet-shaped; 

 tube narrow at the base, ventricosely dilated above the calyx, some- 

 what narrowed at the mouth ; limb somewhat oblique and spreading ; 

 lobes rounded, not quite equal, imbricate in bud. Stamens 4, didy- 

 namous; hlaments subfiliform, inserted on the lower part of the 

 corolla-tube ; longer pair anterior, strongly pilose, shorter V^^^ ^^^^ 

 strongly pilose; anthers 2-celled ; cells distinct above the base, 

 gently curved, subparallel or diverging, somewhat unequal, obtuse, 

 dehiscing longitudinally, nearly glabrous or hispidulous along the 

 lines of dehiscence. Ovary ovoid, acute, glabrous, 2-celled ; style 

 filiform, arching above, reaching or exceeding the longer stamens, 

 glabrous; stigma slightly dilated ; ovules numerous. Capsule ovoid, 

 equalling the calyx, 2-celled, loculicidal. Seeds numerous, hnear- 

 cuneiform. 



An erect, strict herb ; leaves opposite, erect or suberect, narrow, ^^^f^*-^^' 

 flowers racemose, purple-violet or violet-blue, rather large; racemes term. • . 

 bracteate, elongated ; seeds violet-colou-ed. 



DiSTRiB. Monotypic, endemic. 



1. G. angolensis (Engl. Jahrb. xxiii. 507, t. x. tig. G-M) ; a rigid 

 herb, bright green, erect or ascending, strict, somewhat shining, 

 perennial ; stoloniferous ; stem obtusely quadrangular, ^ulcate, 

 puberulous in the furrows, about 27 in. high, leafy, smooth, reddish, 

 leaves opposite, narrowly elliptical or lanceolate, obtuse or scarce y 

 acute, somewhat narrowed towards the broad more or less *^°""^ , 

 and decurrent sessile 3-nerved base, scabrou.s above with rough liar 

 whitish points and often along the nerves beneath, comparative y 

 smooth beneath, erect or suberect, rigid, ^-3-^- in. long, «— 3 " 

 broad, entire ; flowers numerous, about f-1 in. long ; ^^^f^^ 

 terminal, 4^-6 in. long or more; pedicels i-f in. long, glabrous 

 mostly opposite, bracteate at the base, ebracteolate ; bracts opposite, 

 roundly oval, connate at the base, glabrous, i-f in. long ; ca y_^ 

 glabrous or minutely puberulous, coriaceous, campanulate-hem 

 spherical, shortly 5-cleft, ^-i in. long; teeth deltoid, about tt^"j^ 

 long ; corolla tubular, minutely puberulous outside ; tube a 

 i-f in. long, -i-l- in. broad at the middle, i-i in. broad at the throa , 

 i in. broad at the base ; lobes 5, rounded, about ^y} in. long, two 

 them shortly coi.nate ; filaments pilose, one pair rather long, 

 other pair short ; anthers 2.celled ; cells distinct, gently curve , 



