Sebeex. GENTIANE& (Hill and Prain). 1091 
68. 8. procumbens (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1908, 333) ; 
perennial ; stems branched, creeping, 2—4 in. long, terminating in 
erect flowering stems; leaves spathulate or orbicular-spathulate, 
4-7 lin. long, 3-4 lin. broad, somewhat fleshy, narrowed below 
to form a short petiole ; erect flowering stem 2-3 in. high, with 
3—4 pairs of orbicular-ovate leaves ; cymes capitate, dense, many- 
flowered ; branches about 2 lin. long; pedicels very short ; calyx- 
segments united below for a short distance, 3 lin. long, elliptic 
or obovate, apiculate, membranous with a thickened keel or narrow 
wing ; corolla-tube 3 lin. long ; lobes 3—4 lin. long, 13-2 lin. broad, 
spathulate, subacute ; filaments very short, situated in the corolla 
sinuses or just below them; anthers }~1 lin. long, with apical 
gland (yellow) } lin. long and 2 basal glands; style 24 lin. long, 
with swelling towards the base ; stigma capitate. 
KataAHArt Region: Orange River Colony; summit of Mont aux Sources, 
9500 ft., Flanagan, 2079! 
69. 8. thodeana (Gilg in Engl. Jahrb. xxvi. 96); biennial or 
perennial, with a creeping rhizome, bearing rosettes of radical leaves 
and erect inflorescences or with creeping stems bearing somewhat 
scattered leaves which may or may not terminate in an inflorescence ; 
leaves elongate or orbicular-spathulate, narrowed below to form 
almost a petiole in some cases, $1} in. long, 1-1 in. broad, some- 
what coriaceous or fleshy ; inflorescences 2—4 in. high, with usually 
2 pairs of obovate subacute cauline leaves ; cymes compact, several- 
flowered ; branches 2-4 lin. long; pedicels very short; calyx- 
segments 3-4 lin. long, fused below for a short distance, elliptic, 
acute, with thickened keel ; corolla-tube 34-4 lin. long; lobes 4-5 
lin. long, 1$-1} lin. broad, narrowly elliptic or obovate-elliptic, 
unguiculate, subacute; filaments about } lin: long, inserted just 
below the corolla sinuses; anthers 3-1} lin. long, with a large 
black conical apical gland #—1 lin. long and traces of basal glands ; 
style 2-3 lin. long, with swelling near the base ; stigma capitate or 
very shortly clavate, Schinz-in Mitteil. Geogr. Ges. Liibeck, xvii. 
(1903) 47. 
Centra Reaion: Barkly East Div. ; Ben MeDhui, 9400 ft., Galpin, 6777 ! 
Katanart Recton: Orange River Colony; summit of Mont aux Sources, 
10000 ft.. Mann, 2878 ; Flanagan in Herb. Bolus, 8216! 
Eastern Recon : Natal; hill above Mjassute River Valley, near Emengweni, 
6000-7000 ft., Thode, 67 ; Giants Castle, 8000 ft., Guthrie in Herb. Bolus, 4882 ! 
This species presents two very different facies according as it is found with a 
definite rosette of elongated leaves or with long creeping stem with the leaves 
Separated by internodes 3-5 lin. long. In the latter case the plant resembles 
S. repens or 8, procumbens very closely in the vegetative condition, but 
can be easily distinguished by the floral characters. In its rosette form it is 
very similar in many respects to S. spathulata, which possibly also has short 
creeping stems, the floral characters agree closely, especially the large glands to 
the anthers and the peculiar texture of the corolla. S, thodeana is dist: ed 
from S. spathulata chiefly by the position of the anthers in the corolla-tube and 
by the character of the style. 
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