118 HYPERICINEH (Sond.) [Hypericwm. 
nicle terminal, dichotomous ; sepals lanceolate, very acute, glandularly 
toothed ; styles 3, erecto-patent nearly as long as the (half ripe) capsule. 
DC. Prod. 1. p. 552. EF. § Z. 415. Zey! 149. 
Var. 9. glaucescens; stems dwarfer, erect; leaves glaucescent, 
closely set, longer than the internodes, black-dotted. 
Has. Grassy hills. Robbeberg, Houtniquas, Thunberg. Uitenhage, Caffraria 
and Port Natal, Z. & Z./ Drege, Krauss, Sanderson, var. B. at Aapjes River and 
Macallisberg, Zeyher. (Herb. Thunb. T.C.D., Sond., Hook.) 
An under-shrub, 6-12 inches high ; the stem and the erect opposite, filiform, vir- 
gate branches ferruginous. Leaves 3 inch long, 4 lines wide, often smaller on the 
branchlets, with a wide base, perfectly sessile, paler on the lower surface, penni- 
nerved. Panicle cymose. Sepals 2 lines long. Petals oblong, yellow, striolate, 
twice as long as the calyx. Stamens numerous, rather shorter than the petals ; the 
anthers as well as the sepals and petals dotted with black. Specimens collected by 
Dr. Gueinzius and Mr, Sanderson at Port Natal have larger and broader leaves than 
usual, but do not otherwise differ from the common variety. 
2. H. humifusum (Linn.) ; glabrous ; stem prostrate, tiliform, terete 
or obsoletely two-edged ; leaves elliptic-oblong, pellucid-dotted, flat ; se- 
pals oblong, obtuse ; petals once and half as long asthe calyx. £. Bot. 
t.1226. DC. Prod. 1. p. 549. 
Has. C no locality indicated, Drege, 7530. (Herb. Sond. 
Stems Sas cage Cauling pri pat oes long. thowere pale yellow, 
solitary, terminal and in the forks of the branches. A common European plant. 
The Cape specimens are taller than usual, but not otherwise different. 
3. H. Lalandii (Chois. in DC. Prod. 1. p. §50.); glabrous ; stem 
herbaceous, erect or decumbent at base, simple or somewhat branched, 
4-angled ; leaves lanceolate, acute or sub-obtuse, with a revolute margin, 
pellucid-dotted, appressed to the stem, sub-amplexicaul ; panicle ter- 
minal, few-flowered, dichotomous ; sepals linear-lanceolate, very entore. 
LE. & Z. 416. 
Var. a. lanceolata; leaves lanceolate, or linear-lanceolate ; petals as 
long as the calyx. . 
Var. 8. latifolia ; leaves ovate, sub-acute ; petals as long as the calyx. 
Var. y. macropetala ; leaves lanceolate ; petals twice as long as the 
calyx. H. Lalandii, Drege, c. 
Has. Slopes of the Zuureberge, and Zwartehoogdens, near Grahamstown, Alb. ; 
Vanstaadensberg and Krakakamma, Uit., #. & Z./ Dutoitskloof, Galgebosch, and 
‘Bosjeman’s River, Drege! Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzuis, Krauss, &c. Aapjes River, 
Zeyher, 150. B. Uitenhage, Zeyher. (Herb. Hook., T.C.D., Sond.) 
A under-shrub, 6-18 inches high. Stems many from the same root, mostly 
tly erect and si eee See pale green, purplish below. Leaves 
