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30. S- ramosa (C. U, "Wright) ; much-hrauched ; branches at 

 first pubescent, finally glabrous, leaf-scars small ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolatCj 3^- lin. long, 1 lin. wide, densely white-ciliate when 

 young, at length glabrous, longitudinally sulcata when dry ; llowers 

 in the axils of the upper leaves ; bracteoles 1 lin. long, oblong, with a 

 strong midrib and membranous margins; calyx-tube glabrous, 5 lin. 

 long, rather inflated and ribbed above ; lobes ovate, obtuse, about 

 1 lin, long; petals 12, oblong, f lin. long, with surrounding hairs 

 of about equal length ; ovary oblong, glabrous ; style filiform, as 

 long as the calyx-tube ; stigma peiiicillate. 



South Africa : ^\'!thoiit locality, Mvnd \ 



Coast Region ; Tulbagh Div. \ Witzenberg Range, Z(yh(r ! 



31. S, G-alpini (C. H. Wright) ; branches at first pubescent, 

 finally glabrous, with the leaf-scars only slightly prominent; leaves 

 rather closely placed, lanceolate, 3^ lin. long, 1 lin. wide, acute, at 

 first densely white-ciliate on the margin, finally quite glabrous and 

 shining ; flowers densely placed in the axils of the uppermost 

 leaves ; bracteoles ovate, acute, about 1 lin. long, § lin. wide, 

 densely ciliate, herbaceous ; calyx-tube glabrous, 6 lin. long, slightly 

 curved, gradually widening upwards ; lobes ovate, subacute, l| lin. 

 long, f lin. wide, thin for the genus; petals 12, half as long as the 

 calyx-lobes, rather slender, about * as Ion*; as the surrounding 



hairs ; connective of anthers acute ; ovary oblong, glabrous ; style 

 filiform, 4 lin. long ; stigma penicillate. 



Coast Region : Riversdale Div. ; IMilkwooJfontein, 600 ft., Galpln, -1508 I 



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32. S. Mundtii (Eckh ex Meisn. in DO. Prodr. xiv. 572) ; a 

 shrub, 1-2 ft. high ; branches sparingly villous ; leaves imbricate, 

 ovate-oblong, or lanceolate, very acute, 5 lin. long, about 2 lin. 

 wide, strongly striate on the back, floccose on the margins at least 

 when young ; flowers in the axils of the uppermost leaves ; calyx 

 glabrous; tube slendei-, 6 lin. long, subcylindrical; lobes ovate, 

 cuspidate, nearly 1 lin. long ; petals 12; anthers oblong, acuminate, 

 f lin. long, included; ovary ovoid, h lin. long. S. hirsufa, var. 

 glahrescensy Meisn. in Linnsea, xiv. 476. 8. striata, Eckl, tt* Zeyh. 

 parthj ex Meisn. in DC, Prodr, xiv. 572. 



SorxH Africa : without locality, Mundj Ludwig. 



Coast Region: Tulbagh Div. ; witliout precise locality, Fappel Drege^ 7337 ! 

 Caledon Div. ; Klein River MountainSj Ecklon & ZeyheVy 50 ! 



33. S. argentea (Lehra. Del Sem, Hort. Hamburg. 1831, 6, 7); 



an undershrub 1-2 ft. high; branches at first pubescent, finally 

 with raised scars ; leaves suborbicular or shortly ovate, obtuse, 

 about 4 lin. long, densely imbricate and at first adpressed, densely 

 (but deciduously) white-ciliate on the thickened margin, othersvise 

 glabrous, silvery beneath ; flowers numerous in the asils of the 

 upper leaves ; bracteoles oblong, obtuse, ciliate ; calyx-tube pubo- 



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