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longus, campanulatus, 10-costatus, 5-angulatus, glaber ; lobi 2-3 mm. 

 longi, lineares vel ovato-liueares, acumiuati, apice subacuti, glabri ; 

 margines cartilaginae, integrae vel 1-4-dentatae. Tubus corollae 

 l'5-2 mm. longus, glaber; lobi 5-6 mm. longi, 1-1/25 mm. lati, 

 lineares, apice subacuti, glabri. Filamenta l'5-2 mm. longa, basi 

 ovata vel orbicultata et ciliata, supra filiformia ; antherae l'75-2'5 mm. 

 longae, lineares. Ovarium I 1 5-2 mm. longum, subglobosum ; stylus 

 5-6 mm. longus, teres, apice trilobatus. 



Veld, mountain slopes and plateau. 4-18 in. high. Summer- 

 Autumn. Flowers violet. A. Dieterlen, 528 ; Orange Free State, 

 Harrisrnith, near the Wilge Eiver, February, Wood, 4815 ; Transvaal, 

 Witwatersrand, April, Mrs. Hut ton in Herb. Albany Museum, 881. 



A small shrub 10-23 cm. high, with simple branches arising from 

 the apex of a thick underground stem, rarely branched above. 

 Branches terete, pubescent. Leaves erect, '4-l'5 cm. long, - 5-2'5 mm. 

 broad below, linear or ovate-linear, obtuse, half-clasping at the base, 

 with recurved and denticulate margins and a distinct midrib beneath, 

 glabrous. Flowers axillary or terminating very short lateral shoots. 

 Pedicel up to 1'5 mm. long, elongating slightly in the fruit. Calyx- 

 tube 1-2 mm. long, campauulate, 10-nerved, 5-angled, glabrous ; lobes 

 2-3 mm. long, linear or ovate-linear, acuminate, subacute, longer than 

 the tube, with cartilaginous margins, entire or 1-4-toothed, glabrous. 

 Corolla-tube l'5-2 mm. long, glabrous ; lobes 5-6 mm. long, 1-1'25 

 mm. lirjoad, linear, subacute, glabrous. Stamens inserted at the base 

 of the corolla-tube ; filaments l'5-2 mm long, ovate or orbicular and 

 ciliate below, filiform above ; anthers l'75-2'5 mm. long, linear. 

 Ovary enclosed in the calyx-tube, T5-2 mm. long, subglobose, 3-celled ; 

 style 5-6 mm. long, terete, usually thickened above, glabrous ; stigmas 

 three, 1 mm. long, linear or oblong. 



Near L. Huttoni, Sond , and L. unnlfntata, Sond. ; from the former 

 it differs in having toothed leaves and from the latter it may be 

 distinguished by having a glabrous calyx and corolla. 



WAHLENBEKGIA, Sckrad. 



W. montana, A. DC. 



Natal, near the Tugela Falls, 5000 ft., Wood, 3613 ; Ben McDhui, 

 9250-9800 ft,, March, Galpiu, 6762. 



DISTRIBUTION : Stockeustroom. East Grriqualaud. 



W. Banksiana, A. DC. 



Bester's Ylei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5500 ft., December, Bolus, 8212. 

 DISTRIBUTION : Cape. 



