1078 GENTIANE# (Hill and Prain). | Sebeea. 
the corolla and other parts of the flower, but there is a regular gradation of forms 
between the two extremes. The smaller-flowered forms were referred by Schinz 
to S. cuspidata. 
38. §. rotundifolia (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 326) ; 
annual (7), with a radical leaf-rosette and erect flowering stem 
6 in. high ; leaves orbicular or orbicular-ovate, obtuse, 1} in. long, 
1} in. broad, herbaceous, and 2 pairs of small leaves on the erect 
stem ; inflorescence few-flowered, forming a small cymose umbel ; 
branches 4-8 lin. long ; pedicels 1 lin. long ; calyx-segments 3 lin. 
long, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, with keel-wing about } lin. wide, 
widest about the middle ; corolla-tube about 4 lin, long ; lobes 6 lin. 
long, 24 lin. broad, ovate-unguiculate, obtuse ; filaments 3 lin. long 5 
anthers 1} lin. long, with apical and 2 basal glands; style 4-44 
lin. long, with swelling near the base ; stigma clavate. 
Eastern Recon: Natal; Drakensberg, Buchanan, 31! 
39. 8. pentandra (E. Meyer, Comm. 184); annual, erect, simple 
or branching from the base or lower leaf-axils, 4-11 in. high ; 
leaves in about 4 pairs, lower elliptic-ovate, obtuse, 7 lin.—-1} in. 
long, $-} in. broad, upper leaves broadly triangular-ovate, acute ; 
cymes compact, many-flowered; branches erect, 3-1 in. long ; 
pedicels 1 lin. long; calyx-segments about 3 lin. long, elliptic, 
acute, with keel-wing up to 4 lin. broad, broadest at the middle ; 
corolla-tube 34—4 lin. long ; lobes 24-3 lin. long, 14-14 lin. broad, 
ovate, obtuse ; filaments about 3 lin. long ; anthers 14-1 lin. long, 
with large apical and two smaller basal glands ; style 23-34 Tie: « 
long, with swelling below the middle ; stigma shortly clavate ; ovary 
ovoid ; seeds with narrow frills. Schinz in Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. 
Gesellsch. Ziirich, xxxvii. 320 ; Gilg in Engl. Jahrb, xxvi. 90 ; Schinz 
in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. 40 ; A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 
1908, 326. §. gariepina, Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 90; Schinz 
in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 41. 
Crntrat Recton : Beaufort West Div. ; near Beaufort West, 2700 ft., Guthrie, 
3492! Richmond and Victoria West Div. ; Nieuwveld and Uitvlugt, 3500-4000 ft., 
Drége! Graaff Reinet Div.; banks of watercourse near Graaff Reinet, 2500 ft, 
Bolus, 171! Somerset Div.; near Somerset East, Bowker! Colesberg Div. 5 
bigest near Colesberg, Burke! near Wonderheuvel, 4000 ft., 
ege. 
Western Rearon : Little Namaqualand; by the Orange River near Verleptpram, 
Drége! Steenberg, Wyley ! pues 
Katanart Recton : Griqualand West ; at Griqua Town, Burchell, 1869 partly ! 
near Kimberley, Flanagan, 1424 ! : 
Eastern Reaion : Transkei; between Gekau (Geua) River and Bashee River, | 
Drége, 4920! 
it has not been found possible to maintain both S, pentandra and gh, aphics. ie 
Fina progestins areas a,b and e of Drage, have been examined and ie 
found to agree closely together. S. pentandra (d) of Drége has been sere 
Gilg under S. ramosissima. The Drdge specimen from Garip (Gariep River), which: 
_ is not referred to in £. Meyer's Comm., agrees closely with the type specimen 
S. pentandra, In B, Meyer, Comm. i. 184, fowr, inealitees, es, a, b, cand d, are 
