StriUhioIa,] tiiy.mel.eace.^ (Wright). 33 



most leaves, glabrous; calyx-tube 3^ lin. long, slightly widened 

 near the apex; lobes ovate-laaceolate, acute, 1 Tin. long; petals 8, 

 oblong, about half as long as the lobes, surrounded by hairs 

 of equal length; anthers oblong, inserted a short distance 

 down the calyx-tube ; ovary glabrous. 3Ieiisn. in Hook, LonJ. 

 Jonrn. ii, 455, and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 5GS ; Kraitsff^ Beitr. FL Cap- 

 und Natal 143. S, IntesrcnSy EcJcl d- Zcyli. ex Meisn. In DC. Prodr. 

 xiv. 568. S. glabra, Zryh, ex Mcisn. in Linn^eay xiv. 468. 



South Africa : without locality, Thorn, 800 ! WaUlck ! Mftnd & Maire ! 



Coast Kegio:^: Riversdale Div. ; hills near Zoetemelk.s Hiver, Barchell, 6743! 

 Kuysua Div. ; Pletteusberg Bay, Pappe \ between Knysaa and the mouth of the 

 Knysna Kiver, Burchdl, 5384 ! Humansrlorp Div. ; near Humansdorp, 300 ft,, 

 Galpin, 4515! Bolus, 1263! Uitenhage Div.; Uitenhage, Zcyhcr, 21! Pappe \ 

 Zaureberg, 2000-3000 ft., Drege] Albaiiy Div. ; Grahamstown, MacOwanl 

 Tijson^ 1467 I Stones Hill near Grahamstown, Bennie, 66 ! near Tea Fontein, 

 between Riebeck East and Grahamstown, Burchell, 3495 ! Bathurst Div. ; 

 between Blaauw Krantz and Kowie River, Barchell, 3879 ! near Port Alfred, 

 between Riet Fontein and Kowie River, Burchell, 3989 I 



14, S. erecta (Linn. 3tant. i. 41) ; a glabrous undershrub ; branches 

 tetragonal at the apex; leaves opposite, slightly spreading, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute^ 3 lin. long, J lin. wide ; flowers in the axils of 

 leaves in the upper part of the branches ; bracteoles linear^ acute, 

 2 lin. long ; calyx glabrous ; tube 4-5 lin. long, slightly swollen 

 above; lobes ovate-oblong, acuminate, l^ lin. long, i lin, wide; 

 petals 8, oblong, ^- lin. long, surrounded by hairs of equal length ; 

 anthers included. ^YcndL BoL Beobacht. 9, t. 2,Jj(j. 10 ; Lodd. BoL 

 Gab, t 74; Wikstr. in Vet. Acad. Ilandl Stockh. 1818, 289; WlJhl 

 Sp. PL i. 692 ; Lam. EncycL vii. 478 (excL var. p) ; Drhje^ Zioei 

 Pji. DvciuncntCy 105 ; Meisn, in DC. Prodr. xiv. 568 (incL var. 

 vulgaris) ; Bolus d^ IVoIley-Dod in Trans. S. Afr. Phil Sac, xiv, 315. 

 S. glabra^ Boem. d Schilt. Sysl iii. 331 - S. jpendnJa, ^a7/W). Prodr. 

 282. 8. snhidatay Lam. Ill i. 314. S. tetragona, Beiz. Ohs. iii, 2n. 

 Belvala dodecandra, 0. KuntzSy Bev. Gen. PI iii. ii. 280. 



South Africa : without locality, Siehcr, 6i ! Pappe ! Forster \ Y'tlUt ! Thorn, 

 588! 668! Burke \ Harvey \ Cooper, 2295! 



Coast Regio:^ : Worcester Div. ; Breede Eiver Valley, uear Eaius Kloof, 

 800 ft., Bolus, 2918 ! Cape Div. ; Flats and hills around Cape Town, 50-1000 ft., 

 Zeyherl Ecldon, 28! Milne, 157! MacOwan Jb Bolus, Herb. Norm. Amtr.-Afr.y 

 2i^\ 954! Barchell, 208! 440/1! Wollejj-Dod, 340! 614: 9831 Drege \ Bolus, 

 2917 ! near Simons Town, Bolus, 4951 ! Simons Bay, MacG illuray , 558 ! 559 ! 

 Wrif/htl Caledon Div. ; hill side near Caledon. 900 ft., Galpin, 4514! Palmiet 

 River, BoliiSy 4191 ! Albany Div. ; Mayors seat, M'lSS Daly, 121 I 





15. S. longifolia (0. H. Wright) ; branches erect, virgate, quad- 

 rangular, glabrous, leaf-scars prominent; leaves oblong, 6-7 lin. 

 long, I" lin. Avicle, acute, glabrous ; flowers in the axils of the 

 leaves a long way down the branches ; bracteoles 2 J lin. long, 

 oblong, obtuse, keeled, glabrous, margins membranous ; calyx-tube 

 glabrous, 6 lin. long, cylindrical below, inflated above ; lobes ovate, 



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