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19. S. floribunda (C, H. Wright) ; stem branched ; branches at 

 first pubescent ; leaves opposite, approximate, oblong, obtuse, 

 3i lin. long, I lin. widcj at first pilose, finally verrucose on the 

 back ; flowers in the axils of the leaves a long way down the 



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branches; bracteoles 3 lin. long, I lin. wide, oblong, obtuse, Iot 

 ciliate ; calyx-tube pubescent, 8h lin. long, slender ; lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, 2|- lin. long, nearly 1 lin. wide ; petals 8, oblong, | lin. long, 

 about as long as the surrounding hairs ; connective obtuse ; ovary 

 oblong, glabrous; style filiform, 4| lin. long; stigma penicillate. 



Coast Regiox : Clauwilliain Div. ; Zekoe Vley, Schlcchtei^ S506 ! 



20, S. longiflora (Lam. III. i. 314, t. 78); an undershrub ; 

 branches slender, tetragonal and puberulous above ; leaves imbricate, 

 ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, sheathing 

 at the base, at first ciliate, finally glabrous, striate on the back, 

 4 lin. long, 1| lin. wide; flowers in the axils of the upper leaves ; 

 bracteoles 2^ lin. long, lanceolate, concave, margins membranous, 

 ciliate ; calyx-tube pubescent, about 8 lin. long, slender, slightly 

 widened upwards; lobes ovate-oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. long; petals 8, 

 oblong, 1 lin. long, longer than their surrounding hairs ; anthers 

 1 lin. long, with the connective produced and acute above ; ovary 

 oblong, ^ lin. long, glabrous. Lam. EncycL vii. 476 ; Wihstr. in 

 Vet Acad, HandL StocTcJu 1818, 292 ; Meisn. in Liniisea, xiv. 479, 

 and in DC, Prodr, xiv, 570; Drege, Ztcei Pji. Documented 98; 

 Bolus d: Wolley-Dod in Trans, S. Afr, Plul. Soc. xiv. 315. 

 S. ^puhescens^ SimsinBof, Mag, t, 1212 ; Betz. Obs. iii. 26. S, glaiica, 

 Nois. ex Meisn, in DC Prodr, xiv. 570. S, vuhra^ Donn, Horf. 

 Cantah. ed. iv. 31. — Thijmclsca foUis oppositis criiciatiSy etc, Bimn, 



Bar. Afr, PL 127, t 4:7, fg, 1. 



South Africa: without locality, Villetl Mundl Hooker I Reeves \ 

 Coast Region : Worcester Div. ; Pieimars Kloof, Burke ! Paarl Div. ; between 

 Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, under 1000 ft., Dreje ! Cape Div. ; Flats 

 and hills around Cape Town, 100-3000 ft., Bohts, -ijSl I Eckloa, 784! Buvke \ 

 Tyson, 1440 ! Wolley-Dod, 615 ! 1036 ! Wilms, 3596 ! 3599 ! 3600 \ Burchell, 

 709! JD^nd, 23! Gafpin, 4516! Simons Bay, Wright] near Simoustown, Bolus^ 

 4952! Wolley-Dod, 612! 940! Stellenboscli Div.; between Lowrys Pass and 

 Junkers Hoek, Burckell, 8327 ! between Stellenbosch and Cape Flats, Barchdly 

 ^355 ! Caledon Div. ; Genadendal, 3500 ft., Schlechter, 10318 ! _ 



Kalahari Region : Orange Free State ; without precise locality, Cooper,^ 3082 ! 

 Basutolaud, without precise locality, Cooper, 30SS ! (both these localities are 

 probably erroneous), 



21. S. flavescens (Gilg) ; branches reddish, finely pubescent when 

 young, soon glabrescent ; leaves imbricate, lanceolate, 3|— 6 lin. long, 

 1 lin. wide, obtuse, densely white-ciliate on the margin when young, 

 otherwise glabrous, coriaceous; flowers in the axils of the upper 

 leaves and only slightly exserterl from them ; bracteoles 2, ovate, 

 obtuse, 1 lin. long, white-ciliate at the apex, margins hyaline below ; 

 calyx pubescent outside; tube 3i lin. long, slightly widening 

 upwards, h lin. in diam. at apex ; lobes broadly ovate, acute, | lin. 



