Struth iola^ tiiy:\iel.^ace/E (AYriglit). 37 



21 S, recta (C. H. Wright) ; stem erect, sllglitly Lrauched at 

 the apex, pilose when younpj, glabrous and grey when old ; leaves 

 opposite, linear, obtuse^ 4 lin. long, ^ liri. wide, at first slightly 

 pilose, soon glabrous ; flowers in the axils of the upper leaves ; 

 calyx-tube pubescent, 6 lin. long, slender curved; lubes oblong, 

 acute, 1| lin. long^ -J lin, wide; petals 8, clavabe, h lin. long, shorter 

 than the surrounding hairs ; anthers shortly apiculate ; ovary 

 oblong, 1 lin. long, ghxbrous ; style filiform, 4 lin. long; stigma 

 penicillate. 



Coast Region: Swellendam Div. ; Swellendam, 800-2000 ft., Mund, 25! 



25. S. angustifolia (Lam. Encycl. vii. 477) ; branches densely 

 white-w^oolly ; leaves subadpressed, acerose, obtuse, convex on the 

 back, 1-3-nervedj 2-3 lin. long, margins and apex white-ciliate ; 

 calyx pubescent, thrice as long as the leaves; tube slender; lobes 

 small, oblong, patent ; petals 8, half as long as the calyxdobes, longer 

 than the scanty hairs. Lam, IIL i. 314 ; Itoem. A SchiJt, Sys(, iii. 

 331 ; Meisn. In Linneea, xiv. 466, and in DC, Prodr, xiv. 567. 



Coast Region: Claawilliam Div. ; Zeekoe Vley, Zei/her, 3733. Pikeniers 

 Kloof and Ezels Bank, Drege, 



26. S, virgata (Linn. Maut. i. 41) ; branches at first wbite-pube- 

 scent, finally glabrous and with elevated leaf-scars ; leaves oblong, 

 obtuse, 4 lin. long, | lin. wide, at first densely white-ciliate on the 

 margin, longitudinally sulcate on the back when dry ; bracteoles 

 .similar to the leaves but half their size ; calyx -tube pubescent, 6 lin< 

 long, slightly inflated above; lobes ovate, obtuse, H lin. long; 

 petals 8, oblong, obtuse, ^ lin. long, surrounded by hairs of about 

 equal length; anthers obtusely apiculate ; ovary compressed, oblong, 

 glabrous, i- lin, long ; style filiform ; stigma small, penicillate. 

 Lam. Encych vii, 476; Lam, lUusir, i. 314; ^Yi]ciitr. in. Vet, Acad. 

 Hnndl. StocJJu 1818, 286; Thnih. FL Cap. ed. Schidt. 382; Soern. 

 rf* Schult. Sysi. Veg. iii. 330 ; Drege, Zwei Pji, Documented 68, 73, 

 98, 102, 108, 110, 114; 3Iem}. in Linn^a, xiv. 464, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xiv. 567. S. virgata, var, linnxanay Meisn. in Linnsea, xiv. 

 464, and in DC, Prodr. xiv, 5G7. S. virgata, var. genuina, Jleisn, in 

 Linudea, xiv. 464, 8. cUiata, Andr. Bot, Pep, 1. 149, not of Lam. S, 

 ciliafa, var.j Andr. Put. Pep, f. 139. Passerina Zeyherij Spreng, ex 

 Meisn. in Linni^a, xiv. 464. S. glauca, Sleh. ex Presl, Bot, Bemerlc. 

 108, >S^. glauca, Lodd. Cat. 33? S. incana, Lodd. Cah. t. 11, S. 

 tiiherculosa, VaJil ex Wikstr. in Vet, Acad. Handl. SfocJcIu 1S18, 

 287. Belvala virgata, 0. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. PL iii. ii. 280. 



Var. )3, pubescens (Meisn. in Linna^a, xiv. 46:i) ; a more slender plant than 

 the type ; branches conspicuously white hairy ; calyx pilose outside, up to twice 

 as long as the leaves. -Dreje, Zicei Pjl. Documente, 74; DC. Prodr. xW. 567. 

 S. pubescens J Eetz, Obs. iii. 2d, S. virgata, Sm. Exot. Bot, i. 80, t. 46. 



South Africa : without locality, WalUch ! Zeyher 1 Var. B ' Thorn, 363 ! Q^% ! 

 Walllcli\ Zeyher, 14S2 1 



