1084 GENTIANE (Hill and Prain). | Sebera. 
Wood, 1844! near Weston, Rehmann, 7348! near Ladysmith, Gerrard, 835! 
Benvie, 4000-5000 ft., Wylie in Herb. Wood, 7875! 
52. §. grandiflora (Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. 
1903, 45); perennial or biennial; stems erect, about 15 in. high, 
unbranched ; internodes usually 3-1} in. long; leaves cordate to 
broadly orbicular-ovate, apiculate, 5-3 lin. long, 4 lin. broad, some- 
what coriaceous, margins inrolled, dark green above, pale green below ; 
cymes terminal, few-flowered, compact ; branches about 4—6 lin. long ; 
pedicels 1-2 lin. long ; calyx-segments membranous, elliptic-ovate, 
apiculate or acuminate, with a narrow keel-wing, 441 lin. long, 15 
lin. broad ; corolla-tube 34-3} lin. long ; lobes 34-43 lin. long, 2-3 
lin. broad, obovate-unguiculate, obtuse ; filaments 1-1} lin. long ; 
anthers 1-14 lin. long, with small apical gland ; style 34—5 lin. long, 
swelling small, not always developed ; stigma capitate. 
~ Katanart Recion: Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, in damp places, 6500 ft., 
Schlechter, 4768! Liliefontein in Carolina district, Nicholson in Transvaal Herba- 
rium, 4308 | : 
_ This species appears to be closely allied to 8. longicaulis and 8. erecta, both 
in floral and vegetative structure, and it is possible that a series of intermediate 
- forms linking these species together may be found. In this species the leaves 
are ovate below becoming orbicular above, whilst in S. longicaulis they tend to 
be he below becoming lanceolate above—the stigma in S. grandiflora also is 
capitate. 
53. §. multiflora (Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. 
1903, 44); perennial or biennial, erect, much-branched, about 12 in. 
high ; leaves numerous, 3-44 lin. long, 4—6 lin. broad, semicircular, 
apiculate, coriaceous, margins slightly reflexed ; inflorescence much- 
branched, lax and spreading, many-flowered ; branches 4—6 lin. 
long; pedicels about 4 lin. long ; calyx-segments broadly keeled or 
keel becoming a narrow wing, 3-3} lin. long, 14-2} lin. broad, ovate 
or elliptic, acute; corolla-tube 3-34 lin. long ; lobes 4-4} lin. long, 
3 lin. broad, obovate-spathulate, rounded or subacute ; filaments 
1 lin. long ; anthers 14 lin. long, with a large apical and two large 
basal glands; style 34 lin. long, with swelling 1 lin. above base ; 
stigma capitate-clavate. 
Cunrrat Recion : Graaff Reinet Div.; Oude Berg, near Graaff Reinet, 4500 ft., 
Bolus, 171! 
54. 8. schinziana (Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 95) ; perennial, 
erect, stout, much-branched, stiff and bushy, about 8 in. high ; leaves 
numerous, closely crowded together, broadly cordate or ovate, acute, 
coriaceous, margin reflexed, 3-4} lin. long, 3-44 lin. broad ; stems 
much-branched above ending in few-flowered cymes ; ‘branches and 
pedicels about 1} lin. long; calyx-segments not always equal in 
size, 3 large and 2 small, 34 lin. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, with — 
_ narrow keel-wing ; corolla-tube 33 lin. long ; lobes 4-44 lin. long, — 
23-23 lin. broad, obovate, obtuse or subacute ; filaments }- lin. 
