202 VERBENACES& (Pearson). [ Bouchea. 
4-1 lin. long; calyx equally 5-toothed, obseurely pubescent, 4—5 lin. 
long; teeth 3-1 lin. long; corolla-tube curved, glabrous, 9-10 lin. 
long; lobes subequal, oblong or obovate, rounded or slightly 
emarginate at the apex, glabrous, 2-3 lin. long; filaments glandular- 
puberulous; fruit oblong, sculptured, 23-3 lin. long, 1 lin. broad; 
areole basal. Harvey, Thes. Cap. i. 18, t. 28. Buchnera cuneifolia, 
Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 466. B. cernua, Houtt. Handi. ix. 
542, ¢. 58, jig. 2. Phryma dehiscens, Linn. fil. Suppl. 277. 
Chascanum cuneifolium, E. Meyer, Comm. 276; Maund and Hensl. 
Botanist, iv. 196; Hochst. in Flora, 1845, 68. Deniseia dehiscens, 
O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. iii. 250. 
South AFrica: without precise locality, Oldenburg! Forster! Holland, 
60! 
Coast Recion: Mossel Bay Div.; on dry hills on the Eastern side of Gauritz 
River, Burchell, 6427! Uitenhage Div.; on the slopes of Winterhoek Moun- 
tains, 1000 ft., Krauss, 1129! Addo, 1000-2000 ft., Ecklon & Zeyher, 
3547! Zeyher, 842! and without precise locality, Alewander ! Alexandria Div. ; 
on the Zuurberg Range, 2000 ft., Drége! Albany Div.; Fish River Heights, 
Hutton! near Grahamstown, MacOwan, 125! near Glenfilling, 1000 ft., Drege! 
in calcareous places on the hills of the eastern side of the Bushmans River, 
Zeyher, 842! Fort Beaufort Div.: without precise locality, Ecklon § Zeyher! 
between Konap River and Enon, Bawr, 1053! Peddie Div. ; Fredricksburg, Gill! 
King Williamstown Diy.; on stony hills around King Williamstown, 1500 ft., 
Tyson in MacOwan ¥ Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust.-Afr., 841! Kuntze. Queens- 
town Div. ; lower slopes of mountains near Queenstown, 3900 ft., Galpin, 1665 ! 
British Kaffraria; without precise locality, Cooper, 209! 377! 378! Eastern 
Frontier, Hallack ! 
CrentRAL ReGion: Prince Albert Div.; on rocky hills near Weltevrede, 
2500-3000 ft., Drége! Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, Bowker! Graaff 
Reinet Div. ; in stony places near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft., Bolus / in rocky soils 
of the Karoo country, Bowie ! 
Eastern Reoion: Natal; Umkomaas (Umkomanzi) Cutting, Wood, 877! 
one Darhen, below 400 ft., Drége/ near the Mooi River, Gerrard and McKen, 
7. B. latifolia (Harvey, Thes. Cap. ii. 57, t. 190); a low under- 
shrub, 2-3 ft. high ; stems little-branched, angular, softly pubescent 
with short spreading white hairs; leaves erect, subsessile, broadly 
obovate or ovate, acute or obtuse, cuneate at the base, entire, gland- 
dotted, softly pubescent, with 2-4 ascending primary lateral nerves 
on each side, obscure above, prominent beneath, 1}-2% in. long, 
1-1} in. broad; raceme densely pubescent, bearing many crowded 
spreading white flowers, 21-5 in. long; bracts linear-subulate, acute, 
puberulous above, pubescent beneath, 3-6 lin. long; bracteoles 
1 lin. long ; calyx-tube 5-angled, punctate-glandular, densely pubes- 
cent, 5-6 lin. long; teeth subulate, 1 lin. long; corolla-tube curved, 
glabrous without, villous in the throat, 7 lin, long ; lobes oblong, 
glabrous or ciliate om the margin, 3-4 lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad ; 
filaments minutely glandular-puberulous; fruit oblong or slightly 
broader below the middle, finely sculptured in the upper 3, 3 lin. 
long, 1} lin. broad; areole basal. 
