1068 GENTIANEA (Hill and Prain). [Sebera. 
14. S. compacta (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 323) ; 
perennial (?), cespitose, densely virgately branched to form a many- 
flowered inflorescence, 2—4 in. high ; leaves few, linear-lanceolate or 
more rarely ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, 14-9} lin. long, 
4-2 (rarely 24) lin. broad, somewhat fleshy ; bracts linear-lanceolate, 
acute, about 6 lin. long ; calyx 64-7} lin. long; tube cylindrical or 
slightly inflated ; segments 2 lin. long, lanceolate, acute, keeled ; 
corolla-tube 5-6 lin. long ; lobes 3-44 lin. long, 1}—2% lin. broad, 
obovate-oblong, apiculate or subacute ; filaments very short, inserted 
about } lin. below sinuses ; anthers 1-1} lin. long, with small apical 
and minute basal glands sometimes absent ; style 3} lin. long, with 
large swelling }~1 lin. long, | lin. above the base ; stigma shortly 
bilabiate ; capsule ovoid. 
CenrRaL ReEGion : Graaff Reinet Div. ; Dutoits (Farm ?) under Compass. Berg 
in cultivated ground, 5500-6000 ft., Bolus, 1853 ! Middelburg Div. ; near Middel- 
burg, Denoon, 37 (in Herb. Guthrie, 1042) ! Shaw ! Colesberg Div. ; near Colesberg, 
Shaw ! Colesberg Kopje, Mrs. Barber, 10! 
Katanart Recon: Griqualand West; Dutoits Pan, near Kimberley, Mrs. 
Barber, 21! Orange River Colony ; between Bloemfontein and Petrusburg, Miss 
Kensit in Herb. Bolus, 12992; Bechuanaland; by the Mashowa River, near 
Takun, Burchell, 2252/4 ! 
A very distinct and striking species, apparently growing in the form of small 
cushions covered: with masses of flowers. The roots of this plant are very short 
and thick and contain a mycorhizal fungus. 
15. §. pusilla (Eckl. in Linnea, vi. 346); annual, erect, simple, 
sometimes branched, }-1} in. high; leaves few, lower very sm 
upper as well as the bracts 3-4 lin. long, }—1 lin. broad, narrowly 
ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, acute, somewhat fleshy ; inflorescences 
3-5-flowered, with relatively conspicuous bracts ; branches 1-1} 
lin. long; pedicels 4-1} lin. long; calyx-segments 2-3 lin. long, 
elliptic or narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute, keeled ; corolla-tube 
21-3 lin. long, cylindrical ; lobes 3-1 lin. long, } lin. broad, orbicular 
or elliptic-obovate ; filaments 3-1} lin. long, inserted 1-1} lin. above 
the base of the tube ; anthers }—} lin. long, with three small glands ; 
style 1-2 lin. long; stigma capitate. Cham. in Linnea, vi 
53; Griseb. Gen. et Spec. Gent. 169; Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 
Qn gér, vi. 731. Lagenias pusillus, E. Meyer, Comm. 186; Griseb. 
in DC. Prodr. ix. 54; Schinz in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Gesellsch. 
Ziirich, xxxvii. 308. 
Coast Reoton: Clanwilliam Div.; Cederberg Range, Drége. Paarl Div. 3 
Paarl Mountain, 1000 ft., Drege! Cape Div. ; Table Mountain, Ecklon, 731 ! Cape 
Flats, Harvey ! Simons Bay, Wright, 95! and without precise locality, Harvey, 
614! Caledon Div. ; Houw Hoek, 900 ft., Schlechter, 9376 partly ! 
Wesrern Recion : Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; Gift Berg, Drége ! 
16. 8. rara (Wolley Dod in Journ. Bot. 1901, 401); annual, — 
erect, unbranched, 1}-4 in. high; leaves few, linear or linear” 
lanceolate, subacute, 3-5 lin. long, }-1 lin, broad ; inflorescence® 
_ branched, 3-12-flowered ; branches about 2} lin. long; peciet 
