1086 GENTIANEA (Hill and Prain). [ Sebacw. 
Sourn AFRICA: without precise locality, Hcklon, 660. 
Coasr Recion: Knysna Div.; Plettenbergs Bay Poort, Mund and Maire. 
Uitenhage Div. ; near Uitenhage ! 1000-3000 ft., Zeyher! Ecklon and Zeyher. 
British Kaffraria, Cooper, 406 ! 
57. §. Brehmeri (Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. 
1903, 50); perennial or biennial, erect, stout, branched, 15-20 in. 
high ; leaves numerous, broadly ovate to reniform, acute, 3—4 lin. 
long, 4—6 lin. broad, coriaceous, varnished above, margins reflexed ; 
inflorescences composed of numerous lax branches bearing few- to 
many-flowered cymes; branches irregular ; pedicels 3-4 lin. long ; 
bracts numerous, narrowly ovate, acute; calyx-segments ovate- 
oblong, acute or acuminate, 3-4 lin. long, with narrow keel-wing 
broadest about the middle ; corolla-tube 34-44 lin. long ; lobes 3-34 
lin. long, 14-2 lin. broad, obovate-oblong to obovate-orbicular, 
unguiculate ; filaments 1-1} lin. long; anthers } lin. long, with 
apical gland; style 4-4} lin. long, with inconspicuous swelling ; 
stigma capitate. 
SoutH Arrica : without locality, Bowie ! 
Coast Reeion: George Div. ; near Touw River, Burchell, 5734! Knysna Div. ; 
near Knysna, Burchell, 5485! 5494! 
_ This species is very similar to S. crassulefolia, Cham. & Schlecht., but differs 
in the generally larger floral structures and capitate stigma and also in the 
numerous narrowly ovate acute bracts. 
58. 8. leiostyla (Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 97) ; perennial or 
biennial, erect, simple or branched, stout, 12-15 in. high ; leaves 
cordate or ovate-orbicular, subacute, apex sometimes shortly apicu- 
late, 4-9 lin. long, 4-7 lin. broad, somewhat coriaceous ; cymes 
many-flowered, compact, either arranged to form large capitate 
inflorescences or borne in clusters at the ends of lateral shoots ; 
branches variable in length ; pedicels 1—2 lin. long ; calyx-segments 
24-34 lin. long, elliptic, acute or acuminate, with a very narrow 
keel-wing ; corolla-tube 24-3} lin. long ; lobes 24-3 lin. long, 14-13 
lin. broad, obovate-oblong, subacute ; filaments 4-1 lin. long; anthers 
1-1} lin. long, with apical gland; style 24-3} lin. long, with 
swelling (sometimes absent) ; stigma capitate. Schinz in Mitteil. 
Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 32; Baker and N. E. Br. in Dyer, 
Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. i. 548; A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 330. 
S. transvaalensis, Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 
49. S. sedoides, Schinz in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. (1903) 
43 partly. . 
KaLanart Recion: Orange River Colony ; near Harrismith, Sankey, 175! 
Bethlehem, Richardson! and without precise locality, Cooper, 2752! 2759! 
Transvaal; between Trigards Fontein and Standerton, Rehmann, 6755 ! near 
Pretoria, 4600 ft., Schlechter, 4157 ! Houtbosch , 6400 ft., Schlechter, 4720! 
Riet Spruit, Krook, 2016! near Vereeniging, Burtt Davy, 7767! Ermelo Experi- 
mental Farm, 5400 ft., Burtt Davy, 7710! ene? 
Eastern Region: Natal; ranges 30-60 miles from the sea, 2000-3500 ft., 
Sutherland | Summit of Amajuba Hill, Burtt Davy, 7747b! and without precise — 
jocality, Gerrard, 1988! |” re ee 
