﻿Buchnera.'] scROPHiTLAEiACEiE (Hiern). 893 



bracteoles linear-boat-shaped, acute, yV— xV ^^* ^^^S' adpressed 

 ciliate, somewliat hispidulons on the back ; calyx narrow, glandular- 

 hispidnlous outside, about i in. long ; tube narrowly cylindrical, 

 lO-ribbed, i in. long ; teeth 6, lanceolate-subulate, ciliate, ^\—j\ in. 

 long ; corolla-tube cylindrical, slender, on the exposed part outside 

 pilose-hispid with loose whitish hairs, inside finely pilose about the 

 throat, |-f in. long ; limb spreading ; lobes 5, oval-obovate, glabrous in 

 front, entire, |-i in. long, nearly glabrous or somewhat hairy about 

 the base on the back; capsule ovoid-oval, obtuse, -J- in. long, 

 -i_— 1- in. broad ; seeds nerved, somewhat reticulate. 



Kalahari Region: Transvaal; near Spltzkop, Wilms, 10351 Makapnns 

 Ber?, at Stryd Poort, Uelimann, 5430 ! Houtbosch, Rehmann, 6201 ! Donkers 

 Hoek, Rehmann, 6558 ! valley at Pilgrims Rest, Roe in Herb. Bolus, 2<H5 ! 

 Oreenstock, plains by the Crocodile River, near Barberton, Oalpin, 1076 ! near 

 Broukhorst Spruit, Wilms, 1225 ! near Pretoria, Kiik, 40 ! 



3. B. glabrata (Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 366) ; an 

 erect, decumbent or ascending herb, glabrous, subglabrous or 

 hispidulous at the base, annual, 2-24 ft. high or more, leafy at the 

 base and sometimes also upwards, turning black m drymg ; stem 

 simple or loosely branched, slender, firm, terete or obtusely tetra- 

 gonal ; branches very slender; leaves oval, obovate or oblong, 

 rounded or obtuse, wedge-shaped at the base sometimes abruptly so, 

 sessile or shortly petiolate, glabrous or scabnd-hispidulous above, 

 on the nerves beneath and along the margin, firmly herbaceous, 

 entire or somewhat dentate, i-2l in. long, yVf i"- broad ; lower 

 leaves crowded and 3-nerved at the base, the upper usually few, 

 opposite or subopposite or some of the leaves quasi-fasciculate ; 

 flowers rather numerous, white or blue, about i in. long ; spikes 

 terminal, dense or subcapitate in flower, elongated and oblong and 

 less dense in fruit, not markedly tetragonal, 1-2 in. long ; pedicels 

 very short ; bracts ovate, acute, concave, ciliate, otherwise glabrous, 

 i-i in. long; bracteoles boat-shaped, acute, ciliate otherwise 

 glabrous, T-Vi in- long; calyx campanulate-oblong i-}m. long, 

 tube i-i iii! long, glabrous, usually 8-ribbed; lobes 4 or 5, ovate or 

 lanceolate, pointed, ciliate, otherwise glabrous or very nearly so ; 

 corolla-tube i-i in. long, cylindrical, rather slender gl^'^r«"« « ; J 

 nearly so; limb speading ; lobes 5 or rarely 6 oval, glab ous 

 xV/in. long; stamens and style included within the corolla4ube ; 

 capsule oval Oblong, about i in. long. J^^f'l/" ^^^ I' fj; 

 X. 495. Erinus simplex, Thunb. Prodr. 102, and FL Cap. ed. bchult. 

 474. 



n T, A- +„ Afim ft . PaarlDiv.; near Drakenstein Waterfall, 



CoastEegion ascending to 4000 ft^^^aari^ ^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^^^ 



Harvey.' Cape Div. ; False Bay TAtmjar?. oy » ^ Gat. near 



Fort Beaufort Div.; Kat River ^^^^^y> ^^''T'o Pn'^n^ 1681 

 Berg, Drege, 3593 ! Scully, 147 ! Brifsh KaSrarm, Cooper 168 1 



Cekxral Region : Ceres Div.; Cold Bokkeveld. at Schoongez.gt, 5000 ft.. 

 Schlecider, 10178 ! 



