1074 GENTIANEA (Hill and Prain). | Sebeea. 
3-6 in. high ; leaves 14-1 lin. long, }-1} lin. broad, ovate below, 
ovate-lanceolate above, acute; cymes lax, few-flowered ; branches 
# in. long or less; pedicels 3-7 lin. long; calyx-segments 2} lin. 
long, connate below into a tube J—} lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, slightly keeled ; corolla-tube 2} lin. long; lobes 2-2} 
lin, long, 1-14 lin. broad, obovate-oblong, cuspidate and _ erosely 
toothed ; filaments very short; anthers $ lin. long, situated in the 
corolla-throat about 4 lin. below the sinuses, with a conical apical 
gland 4-4 lin. long; style 2-3 lin. long, with swelling near the 
base ; stigma capitate-clavate, shortly bilobed. 
Katanart Recion: Transvaal; in damp places near Brug Spruit, 4700 ft., 
Schlechter, 4119 (wrongly distributed as 2119) ! 
30. 8. pygmea (Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss, 2m° sér. vi. 740) ; 
annual, erect, unbranched, slender, 14-24 in. high; leaves ovate, 
acute or subacute, 4-6 pairs, 3-1 lin. long, about } lin. broad, 
herbaceous; cymes 2—5-flowered, lax; branches 4-7 lin. long; - 
pedicels about 4 lin. long; calyx-segments narrowly elliptic, 
acuminate, keeled, 2-2} lin. long, united below to form a short 
tube ; corolla-tube 2-23 lin. long ; lobes 13-2 lin. long, $-1 lin. 
broad, obovate-oblong, cuspidate ; filaments very short, inserted in 
tube 3 lin. below the sinuses; anthers about } lin. long, with 
relatively large apical gland; style 14 lin. long, with a medium) 
swelling ; stigma shortly clavate-ligulate. A. W. Hill in Kew 
Bulletin, 1908, 325. 
_ Katauari Raion: Orange River Colony; top of Moolmans Kupje, at Zaaihoek 
in Harrismith district, 6500 ft., ZYhode. Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, near 
Mamavulu, in damp places, 6800 ft., Schlechter, 4708 ! 
This species is very closely related to S. erosa, Schinz, and is very probably only 
a smaller Alpine form, it differs principally in the smaller size of the anthers and 
style and in the absence of definite teeth to the corolla-segments. 
31. S. exacoides (Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2™° sér. vi. 728) ; 
annual, erect, somewhat slender, 2-9 in. high, simple, more rarely 
branched ; leaves in 3-4 pairs, broadly ovate, acute, cordate at the 
base, 25-7 lin. long, 2-7 lin. broad ; internodes long ; inflorescences 
few- to many-flowered ; branches }—1 lin. long; pedicels }-} lin. © | 
long ; calyx-segments 6-7 lin. long, ovate, lanceolate, acuminate, 
with keel-wing 14-2 lin. broad, broadest at the base, strongly 
reticulate and rough, beset with minute hairs on the edge; corolla- 
tube 6-7 lin. long; lobes 4-6 lin. long, 2-3 lin. broad, broadly 
elliptic or obovate-unguiculate, apiculate or sometimes dentate ; 
filaments very short, inserted in the tube }-1 lin, below the sinuses; = 
anthers }~1 lin. long, with apical and two basal glands; style 54-6 
lin. long, with swelling 1-1} lin. long, 1-1} lin. above the ovary ; 
stigma about | lin. long, bilabiate always about or above the level 
of the anthers. S. cordata, R. Br. Prodr. 452; Griseb. Gen. 
