Agrostemma.| | CARYOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) : 129 oe 
Has. On the ascent of Table Mt., and on the Lion’s Mt., Capetown, Brehm, E. § 
ge ee Pappe, W.H.H., ce. (Herb. Hook., T.C.D., Sond. ). 
Perennial, 1-2 feet high, with spreading branches, below covered with spreading. 
hairs, above shortly pubescent. Leaves 4-1 inch long, 4-6 lines wide, pubescent on 
both sides, the upper ones remote. Raceme secund, 4-6 flowered ; pedicels 1-3 
lines long, the lowest longest. Sis 8 lines long, shortly pubescent on the nerves, 
the teeth obtuse, 1 line long. carneous or purple, ac lamina bifid, coronate. 
Caps. 4 lines long. Differs Pie the two following in the taller and more slender 
stem ; green leaves, not fleshy ; more slender, and not funnel-shaped calyx, and by 
the fruit ; from S. obtusifolia, Willd., to which it comes nearest, in the stem naked 
and scabrous near the summit, the longer and narrower calyx and longer thecaphore. 
12. S. crassifolia (Linn. Sp. 597) ; hairy; stem procumbent, branched, 
leafy ; eaves suborbicular or obovate, fleshy, hairy; raceme secund ; bracts 
ovate; calyx shaggy, the flowering funnel-shaped ; thecaphore half as 
long as the bell-shaped capsule. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 393. #. & Z.! 255. 
Has. Sands near the sea-shore. Rietvalley, E. § Z./ W.H.H., Gueinzius. Sea- 
shore at Blueberg, Pappe/ Oct. Nov. (Herb. Vind., T.C.D., Sond.). 
Yellowish when dry. Root many stemmed. Stems 1-2 feet long, from a decum- 
bent base erect, thickened at the nodes. Leaves obtuse, 4-1 inch long, } inch wide 
or wider, densely hairy on both sides. Raceme 6-12 flowered ; fl. short-stalked. 
Calyx 7 lines long, 1o-nerved, hairy, with long, jointed hairs, the teeth short, obtuse. 
Petals purple, the lamina short, bifid. Ripe capsule suburceolate. 
13. S. primuleflora (E. & Z.! 254) ; pubescence short, reversed ; stem 
ascending, slightly branched, leafy; leaves roundish-spathulate, mucro- 
nulate, thick, scabrid ; raceme secund ; bracts ovato-lanceolate; calyx 
rigidly pubescent, the flowering funnel-shaped ; theeaphore as long as 
the campanulate capsule. S. colorata var. hirta, Fenzl, in Hb, Drege. 
P. Thunbergiana, Krauss. 
P'S 6. ciliata; leaves glabrate, ciliate at base. SS. col. var. ciliata, 
enzl. 
Has. Seashore. Mouth of Zwartkops River and Algoa Bay, Sparmann, E. & Z./ 
Zey. No. 1963. Drege, 3559 a. Sea-shore between Omtendo and Omsamculo, Drege, - 
35595. Zitzekamma, Krauss. (Herb. Vind., T.C.D., Lehm., Sond.). 
Differs from the preceding by the short, reversed pubescence of the stem ; the 
mucronate leaves, and the calyces shortly pubescent (not shaggy) and the longer 
carpophore. Stem jointed, fistular. Leaves 1-11 ree beg 6-9 lines wide ; the 
coaear Gia tea. iene smaller, Raceme 4-6 fl. ae ios 
“TL AGROSTEMMA, L. 
Calyx tubular, coriaceous, 5-toothed ; the teeth long and leafy. 
Petals 5, clawed, not coronate. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Capsule uni- 
locular, opening by 5 teeth. 
An annual corn-field plant, with ite leaves and large purple flowers. The 
name @ypov orenpa, crown of of the fel, x appropriately given to this ornamental 
: 1 A. Githago Lin.) ; silky, erect; lenten lancapietedinngs: m 
of thei ve ses corolla. E. Bot, 674 a aes 
