Stntthiola,] TiiVMEL.fiACE.E (Wriglit). 29 



Coast Region: Cape Div. ; Cape Flats, Barkel Eurchdl, 714! 83911 8395! 



near Cape Town, 100 ft., Bolm, 3857! near Raapenburg, WoUeij-Dod, 413! 

 near Millers Point, Wolley-Dod, 779 ! Table Mountain, 500-1500 ft.', Mund, 21 ! 

 Fckion, 782! Caledou Div.; Hermaiiuspctruafunteiu, 50 ft., Galpin, 4512! 

 Havvston, 50 ft., Schleckter, 9464 ! Swellendam Div. ; thicket sides near Groot- 

 vaders Boschj Bowie, 14 ! Uitenhage Div, ; without precise locality, Bowie, 9 ! 



2, S. tetralepis (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 171); plant 

 about 1 ft. high ; stem branched ; branches virgate, pubescent 

 when young ; leaves opposite, lanceolate; acuminate, striate on the 

 back when dry, strongly ciliate on the margins, otherwise glabrous ; 

 flowers in the axils of the leaves near the apex of tlie stem ; 

 bracteoles subulate, 2 lin. long ; calyx pubescent outside ; tube 3-^ 

 lin, long, cylindrical, -jL- lin. in diam. ; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, 

 1^ lin. long, J lin. wide; petals 4, oblong, thick, surrounded by 

 hairs slightly longer than them ; anthers ^ lin. long, apieulate ; 

 ovary oblong, glabrous ; style filiform, hairy above. 



Var. j8, glabricaulis (Schlechter, I.e. 171) ; stem glabrous; leaves less acute; 

 flowers a little smaller. 



Coast Region: Paarl Div. ; French Hoek, 2500 ft., Sddeckter, 9257 ! Var. /3 : 

 Caledon Div. ; Villiersdorp, 900 ft., ScJdechter, 9902 ! 2100 ft., Bolus, 5261 ! 



3. S. epacridioides (C. H, Wright) ; branches long, pilose when 

 young, finally glabrous ; leaves patent, lanceolate, acuminate, G lin. 

 long, 1^ lin. wide, flat, ciliate on the margin; flowers in the axils 

 of leaves for a long distance clown the stem ; bracteoles 1| lin. long, 

 subulate, slightly recurved, ciliate ; calyx-tube glabrous, 7 lin. long, 

 almost straight, J lin. in diam. ; lobes ovate, 1 lin. long, | lin. wide, 

 obtuse ; petals 8, | lin. long, with surrounding hairs nearly as long ; 

 ovary oblong, glabrous ; style filiform ; stigma penicillate. 



South Africa : without locality, Mund^ 19 ! 



4. S. Macowani (C, H, Wright) ; stem erect, rather stout, not 

 much branched ; branches slightly pubescent when jonng ; leaves 

 opposite, imbricate, elliptic, acute, minutely scaberulous, 4-5 lin. 

 long, IJ- lin. wide; flowers in the axils of the leaves a long way 

 down the branches ; bracteoles oblong, obtuse, ciliate, 2 lin. long : 

 calyx-tube 8 lin. long, glabrous, subcylindrical, slightly curved ; 

 lobes almost rotundate, obtuse, 1 lin. long ; petals 8, oblong, thick, 

 |- lin. long, surrounded by hairs of about equal length ; anthers 

 with obtuse connective above the cells ; ovary oblong, glabrous ; 

 style filiform, 6 lin. long ; stigma penicillate. 



Coast Region : Humansdorp Div. ; Kruiafouteln Mountains, 900 ft., Gatpin, 

 4505 ! Albany Div. ; near Grahamstown, MacOwan^ 14 1 Howisons Poort, 

 Sehonhitid, 



5. S. ovata (Thunb. Prodr. 76); an undershrub; branches 

 alternate, sometimes fastigiate at the summit of the stem, glabrous; 

 leaves opposite, ovate, acute, up to 6 lin. long and 2^ lin. wide, 



