; 



Fenfea.] pen.eace^ (Stephens). 85 



M 



va)\ Dregei affinis, A. Jass. Ic. P. affinis, EadL Gen. SuppL iv. ii, 

 73. P. sp., k 3Teycr in Drhje, Zwei PJI. Docimcnfe, 84, 210. 



Vab. ;3, intermedia (Endl. Gen. S\ippl. iv. ii. 73) ; leaves longer aud narrower 

 than in the type, elliptical or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, narrowing to the base, 

 5-7 lin. long," 2-2J lin. broad. A,DC. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 484. P. orata, Drerfc 

 in Linnxa, xs. 207. F. m}jrtokhs, var. midtifora, A'rauss in Flora, 1845, 77, 

 name and locality only. P. myrtllloides, Meisn. in Hook. Loud, Jouni, 1S43, 556 

 710^ of Thunb. P. sp., F. Meyer in Dreje, Zmei Pjl. Documente, 117^ 210. P. 

 sp,, A, Juss, in Ann, Sc. Nat, ^me, s^r. vi, 22. 



Var. 7, concinna (E. L. Stephens) ; branches virgate, very erect ; leaves erect, 

 very regularly arranged, giving the plant a very trim appearance, slightly shorter 

 and proportionately broader than in the type ; flowers aud bracts smaller than in 

 the type ; perianth 2-2J lin. long. 



South Africa: without locality, Burmannl var. j8: Thunherg\ Vemaujcl 



Masson \ 



Coast Region : Swelleudam Div. ; mountains near Swellendam, FcHon & 

 Zeyher, 7 ! Mossel Bay Div. ; mountain slopes, Robinson Pass, Tayhr in 

 MacOwan & Bolus^ Ihrh. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 1070! Knysna Div.; Outeniqua 

 Mountains, Bolus, 1562! between Knysna and Pletteubergs Bay, Pappel 

 Uitenhage Div. ; Van Stadens Berg, Brege, 8157 ! Ecklon d- Zeyher, 1 ! Zeyher, 2727 

 partly [ Hallacl: in Herb. Galpin^ 30H I ZeyJier, 279 ! near Elands River, Erhlomi- 

 Zeyherl Port Elizabeth Div.; at the uj)per part of Maitland River, BurcleU, 

 4GI3 !' Var, j8 : Stellenbosch Div. ; around Somerset West, Bcklon & Zeyher, 2! 

 Mossel Bay Div.; Attaqua's Kloof, Dreje, 8156a I Uitenhage Div.; by streams 

 on "Winterhoek Mountains, Fraass, 1213! Var. y: George Div.; on the 

 CradockBerg, near George, Burchell, 5968 i 6017 I Humansdorp Div. ; Kruisfoatein 

 Mountains, Galpin, 4535 ! Kromme River, in a high-lying valley, Dreye, S158 ! 



P. myrtilloides, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 149, seems to be either var. intermedia or 

 P. myrtoldeSj but the description leaves this doubtful. The specimens named 

 P. myrtilloides in Thunberg's own herbarium are pai*tly var. iatennedia, partly 

 P, myrtoidcs and partly P, acidifoUa. 



3. P. myrtoides (Linn. f. Suppl. 122); an erect much branched 

 undershrub, 1-2 ft. high ; branches glabrous ; kaves erect or 

 suberect, lanceolate or elliptical, obtuse, with a more or less 

 prominent dorsal nerve, 6-15 lin. long, 2A-5 hn. broad, passing 

 suddenly into bracts at the apex of the flowering shoot ; stipules 2, 

 minute, auriculate, continued up into a subulate point ; set?e 1-2, 

 in the axil at each side of the leaf ; bracts shorter and wider than 

 the leaves, sessile or contracted into a stalk, outer lanceolate to 

 hastate, inner cordate, subacuminate, apex obtuse, deciduous ; 

 bracteoles oblong-ovate or linear, obtuse, with a membranous 

 slightly fimbriate margin, deciduous ; perianth 3-4 lin. long : tube 

 ovate-cylindric, twice as long as limb ; lobes deltoid, obtuse ; ovary 

 glabrous ; style topped by i flat oblong cruciform lobes with a wing 

 decurrent from each. Lam. EncycL vi. 539 ; E. Meijer in Drege, 

 Zirei Pfl, Dociimente, 117, 210, name only; A. Juss. in Ann, Sc Naf. 

 ^''''ser. vi. 22, excl sijn,, name onhi ; A. DC. in DC Prodr, xiv. iSo. 

 P. myrtilloides, TltiinK Prodr, 30, and Fl Cap. ed. SchdL li9J 

 P. ovata, var, colorata, EckL d' Zeyh, ex Drhje in Linnasa, xx. 207, 

 name only. P, ovaia, var. miicronataj EcJiL & ZeyJi. ex A.BC. in 

 DC. Prodr. xiv, 485. 



South Africa: without locality Thunlergl Maud & Matre, 22! Bunnannl 

 Dreje ! 



