1066 GENTIANEA (Hill and Prain). [ Sebeea. 
Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 19; forma wurmbeana, E. Meyer, Comm. 185 
(probably =var. sulphurea, Griseb. Gen. et Sp. Gent. 167); Schina in 
Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 19. S. aurea, var. pallens, 
Berg. in Griseb, Gen. et Spec. Gent. 167 ; Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. 
Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 19 ; forma cymosa, Schinz in Mitteil. 
Geogr. Ges, Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 20; forma gracilis, Schinz in Mitteil. 
Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 20. C. cymosa, Jaroscz, Pl. Nov. 
Cap. 10. S. minima, Jaroscz, Pl. Nov. Cap. 11. Exacum sessile, Linn. 
Sp. Pl. ed. 1, 112, partly, ed. 2, 163, partly ; not of Griseb. Gren. et Sp. 
Gent.113. Exacum awreum, Linn. f. Suppl. 123 ; Lam. Ilustr. i. 321, 
t. 80, fig. 2. Gentiana aurea, Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. 2, i. 171.— 
Centaurium minus aureum, etc., Pluk. Almagest. ii. 94, t. 279, fig. 3. 
Centaurium angustifolium, ete., Burm. Rar. Afr. Pl. 206, t. 74, fig. 4. 
Var. B, alata (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 322), a well-marked varietal 
form with usually tall stems and long internodes; the calyx-segments have 
pronounced wings broadest at the middle }-? lin. wide. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Forster! Wallich! Thom! Pappe! Var. B, 
Drége! Pappe ! 
Coast REcion: Clanwilliam Div. ; Wupperthal, Drége! Tulbagh Div. ; near 
Tulbagh, Pappe! Worcester Div.; Hex River Valley, 1700 ft., Tyson, 807! 
Cape Div. ; flats and hills around Cape Town, Burchell, 158! Harvey, 616! 
Ecklon, 732! 733! Bolus, 2876! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm, Austr.-Afr. 
365; Drege! Wolley Dod, 3330! 3111! 3204! Wilms, 3436! Slang Kop Riyer, 
Wolley Dod, 3254! Fish Hoek Valley, Wolley Dod, 3438! Simon’s Bay, 
MacGillivray, 592! Wright! Riversdale Div. ; Heidelberg, 500 ft., Galpin, 4335 ! 
near Zoetemelks River, Burchell, 6731! George Div. ; near George, Burchell, 
6008! 6060! Var. 8: Clanwilliam Div.; Blue Berg, Drége! Cape Div. ; Sand- 
flats between Tigerberg and Blueberg, Drége! Lion Mountain, Drege! Cape 
Flats, Zeyher, 3420! Stellenbosch Div. ; near Stellenbosch, Marloth, 3441 ! 
A very variable plant in general appearance and also in the details of the flower ; 
sometimes flowers with entire and 2-lobed stigmas occur on the same individual. 
The forms which have been included under S. awrea proper can be easily distin- 
guished from the variety var. alata by the absence of a distinct wing from the 
calyx-segments, 
10. 8. Schlechteri (Schinz in Engl. Jahrb. xxiv. 454) ; annual, 
erect, unbranched, 3-4 in. high, slender ; leaves in 4-5 pairs, ovate- 
cordate or broadly ovate, subacute, 14-3 lin. long, 3-24 lin. broad ; 
cymes small, simple, 3-7-flowered, compact ; branches 2} lin. long ; 
pedicels very short ; calyx-segments about 2 lin. long, lanceolate, 
acute, concave, with keel-wing } lin. broad, broadest about the 
middle ; corolla yellow ; tube 12-2 lin. long; lobes 14-14 lin. long, 
3 lin. wide, ovate, subacute; filaments ? lin. long ; anthers about 
1 lin. long, with very small apical gland ; style 1} lin. long, swelling 
not obvious ; stigma shortly clavate, bilabiate. Schinz in Bull. Herb. 
Boiss. vi. 527 ; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 88 ; Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. 
Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 21. 
Coast ReGion : Paarl Div. ; French Hoek, 3000 ft., Schlechter, 9307 ! 
AL. 8. ochroleuca (Wolley Dod in Journ. Bot. 1901, 400) ; 
annual, erect, 1}—3} in. high, usually simple below, branching abo 
