ZachnsecL'] tuymel.eace.^ (AViiyht). 21 



lowest fifth, cylindrical above ; lobes unequal, the abaxial 4 lin, 

 long, 11 lin. wide, subacute, the others oblauceolate, 3 lin. long, 

 1 lin. wide; glands minute, almost concealed by hairs; filaments 

 slender, shorter than the calvx-lobes ; ovarv obloncr, fflabrous ; 

 style excentric, filiform ; stigma penieillate. Wllld, Sp. PL ii. 434 ; 

 Gsertn. FrucL in. t. 215; Andr. Eep. L 104; Hot. ^Luj. /. 1295; 

 Lam. EncycL iii. 374, and III, t, 292, ficj, 2 ; HerK AmaL iv. /. 234 ; 

 Brhje^ Zfcei Pjl. Documente^ 78, 102; Melsn. in Linnsea, xiv. 411, 

 and in DC, Prodr, xiv. 575, L. spliserocepluila^ Harm. Prodr. FL 

 Cap. 12. Passerina cephalopJiora, Thunh. FL Cap. ed, ScJiidt. 375; 

 Wilcstr. in Vet. Acad. Handl Stodch, 1818, 322. 



Coast Region : Maliuesbury Div. ; Dassea Berg, Dreje ! Stellenbosch Div, ; 

 Hottentots Holland, on sandy hills under mountains, Niven ! Mund, 9 ! near 

 Lowrys Pass, BurcJicU, 8277 ! below Lowrys Pass, 600 ft., BoIuSj 5553 ! 



6, L. purpurea (Andr. Rep. t. 293) ; branches long, simple, from 

 the lower part of the stem, silky when young ; leaves 5-8 lin. long, 

 ^ lin. Avide, linear-triquetrous, acute, glabrous, slightly spreading ; 

 HoAvers in solitary terminal heads ; bracts broadly ovate, glabrous 

 outside, villous along the top edge and more shortly so within ; 

 calyx purple ; tube 5 lin, long, glabrous and slightly inflated in the 

 lower third, cylindrical and patently villous in the upper part ; 

 lobes unequal, more or less elliptic, acute, the largest 3^ lin. long, 

 2 lin, wide; filaments filiform, shorter than the calyx-lobes; scales 

 concealed by hairs ; style filiform^ hairy above ; stigma penieillate. 

 Ait, Sort. Kew. ed. 2, ii, 415; BoL Mag. I. 1594; Lodd, Cab, 

 t. 273. L. eriocephala, var. purpurea^ Meisn, in DC. Prodr. xiv. 

 576. Passerina j^Aupurea, Wikstr. in Vet. Acad. HandL Stocklu 

 1818, 323. 



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Coast Region : Tulbagh Div. ; Roode Zand, Niven ! on sandy mountains near 

 Tulbagh, Ecklon & ZeyJier, 31, 77, New Kloof, 1200 ft., Drege ; MacOivan in 

 Herb, Norm. Austr.-Afr,, 541 I AVorcester Div. ; Worcester, Ztijherl 



7. L. aurea (Eckl. & Zeyh. ex Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 576); a 

 woody plant about 1 ft. high ; branches straight, glabrous ; leaves 

 alternate, imbricate, linear or lanceolate, acute or submucx'onate, 

 sometimes slightly keeled on the back just below the apex; flowers 

 in terminal involucrate heads; bracts ovate or elliptic, acuminate, 

 4 lin. long, 2 lin. wide, quite glabrous, margins membranous; calyx 

 yellow ; tube 2 lin. long, inflated, glabrous and brown in the lower 

 half, densely villous above ; lobes unequal, villous outside, glabrous 

 within, the anterior 2 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, the posterior 6 lin. 

 long, 1^ lin. wide, the lateral 4^ lin. long, 1 lin. wide, all obtuse; 

 longer filaments 2 lin. long; anthers oblong; ovary oblong, com- 

 pressed; style lateral, filiform^ villous above, 2 lin. long; stigma 

 penieillate. 



Coast Regiox : Caledon Div. ; Kleinriver Mountains, near Hemel en Avirde, 

 Zei/her ! Bredasdorp Div. ; Elim, 200 ft., Bolus, 9186 ! 400 ft., ScIdicMer, 7610 ! 



