Stntthlola.] thvmel.eace.e (Wright). 31 



7. S. hirsuta (Wikstr. in Vet. Acad. Ilandl. Stockh. 1818, 

 290) ; an erect shrub, 4-5 ft, high (Burcliell) ; branches virgate, 

 hirsute; leaves elliptic, acute, 3 lin. long, l\ lin. wide, imbricate, 

 glabrous above, hirsute below ; bracteoles H lin. long, oblong ; 

 riowers solitary in the axils of the leaves in the upper half of the 

 branches, fragrant {BurcJieU) ; calyx white, glabrous ; tube 5 lin. 

 long, slender, slightly increasing in diameter upwards; lobes ovate, 

 acute, 2 lin, ]ongj 1 lin. wide ; petals 8, oblong, seated in a ring of 

 bristles; anthers oblong; ovary clavate, Drege^ Zicei Pfl, Docu- 

 mented 123; 3Ieisti. in Linnseaj xiv. 47G (excL var, glnhresccv.^), and 

 in DC Prodr, xiv. 569. S. fjrandis, BartL ex Meisn. in Linn^a, xiv. 

 476. 



South Afuica: without locality, Mund tfc Maire, 25! 157 ! Uarhel WalUch ! 

 Reeves ! 



Coast Regiox : Riversdale Div. ; between Garcias Pass and Krombeks River, 

 Burcliell, 7164 ; banks of the Vet River, Mah\ 28S ! George Div. ; at the edge of 

 woods and in woods at George, 1000 ft., D-regel near Lange Vallei, west end, 

 Barchell, ^^^^ I in the forest near Touw River, BuvcheU^ 5713 ! 3Iontague Pass, 

 1200 ft., Young in Ilerb. Bolus, 5531 ! Knysna Div. ; between Knysna and 

 Plettenberg Bay, Pappe I Biirchell, 5350 ! near Bitou River, Burchclly 5305 ! 

 Uniondale Div. ; banks of rivulet near Edmonton, BitrcheU, 5120 ! Hiiman.sdorp 

 Div. ; Kruisfontein Mountain, 900 ft., Galpln, 4507 ! 



8. S. pondoensis (Gilg) ; stem branched ; branches at first pilose, 

 soon glabrescent, finally rough with the projecting scars of fallen 

 leaves ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, acute, slightly contracted at the 

 base, 4 lin. long, 1^ lin. wide, ciliate on the taargin ; flowertj in the 

 axils of the upper leaves; bracteoles 3, lanceolate, 1^- lin. long, 

 h lin. ^videJ concave, densely ciliate ; calyx glabrous outside ; tube 

 cylindrical, slender, 5 lin. long ; lobes deltoid, acute, 1 lin. long, 

 I lin. wide at the base ; petals 8, half as long as the calyx-lobes, 

 thick, surrounded by hairs slightly shorter than themselves ; anthers 



oblong, I lin. long, obtuse ; ovary oblong, compressed, glabrous ; 



style filiform ; stigma penicillate. 



Eastern Region : Pondolaud ; without precise locality, Backmann, 719 ! 



9. S, congesta (C H. Wright) ; a much-branched shrub ; branches 

 glabrous, at length rough with the prominent scars of fallen leaves, 

 rather slender ; leaves elliptic, 4 lin. long, just over 1 lin. wide, 

 obtuse or subacute, glabrous, very minutely denticulate ; flowers in 

 the axils of the uppermost leaves ; bracteoles 1^ lin. long, indupli- 

 cate, with broad membranous ciliate margins and a terminal tuft 

 of hairs ; calyx-tube glabrous, 4 lin. long, ■^- lin. in diam. ; lobes 

 ovate, 1-^ lin. long, 1 lin. wide, obtuse ; petals 8, i lin. long, thick, 

 with a few surrounding hairs half their length ; anthers crowned by 

 a short truncate dark-coloured connective ; ovary oblong, glabrous ; 

 style filiform, 3 lin. long ; stigma penicillate. 



Eastekn Begion : Pondoland ; in a danap valley near MurchisoD; IVoodj 3030 I 



