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omnia barbata ; antherae 3-3'5 mm. lougae, 1'5 mm. latae, oblongae, 

 mucronatae. Ovarium 4 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, globosum, 

 glabrum ; stylus 1'4 cm. longus, infra compressus, supra carnosus 

 lingulatusque. Fructus 8 mm. longus, 7 mm. latus, globosus, niger ; 

 semina 1*5 mm longa, '5 mm. lata, linearia ; testa inflata, membra- 

 nacea. 



A parasitic herb 10-28 cm. high, simple or branched at the base. 

 Stems scabrid, with bulbous-base hairs. Leaves l-3 - 5 cm. long, 

 "7-T3 cm. broad, ovate, ovate-lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, fre- 

 quently acuminate, obtuse, densely scabiid above and beneath with 

 bulbous-base hairs. Flowers axillary, arranged in a spike. Bracts 

 similar to the leaves ; bracteoles 7-9 mm. long, l - 5 mm. broad, linear, 

 acute, scabrid without, glabrous within Calyx-tube 9 mm. long, 

 campanulate, scabrous without, glabrous within ; lobes 7 mm. long, 

 4-(r5 mm. broad at the base, ovate-triangular, acute, scabrid without. 

 Corolla yellow, distinctly marked with dark veiuings ; tube 1'3 cm. 

 long, campanulate, glabrous ; lobes 6 mm. long, mm. broad, ovate, 

 obtuse. Stamens 4; filaments 7 mm. long, linear, all bearded ; anthers 

 3-3'5 mm. long, l - 5 mm. broad, oblong, mucroiiate. Ovary 4 mm. 

 long, 4 mm. broad, globose, glabrous ; style T4 cm. long, compressed 

 in the lower half, widened into a fleshy tongue-shaped portion above. 

 Fruit 8 mm. long, 7 mm. broad, globose, black. Seeds numerous, 

 15 mm. long, '5 mm. broad, linear, with a loose transparent veined 

 membranous testa. 



Mountain slopes. Flowers yellow April. A Dieterlen, 432b. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Mo! nut '>*}. He who stands alone. 



Verv near M. capense, Hiern, from which it can at once be distin- 

 guished bv the bulbous-base hairs which densely cover the stem and 



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leaves. The flowers closely resemble those of M. <-<ipense, Hiern, but 

 the stanieus are all mucronate, and the upper thickened portion of the 

 style differs slightly. Hiern (Fl. Cap. IV, ii, 373) mentions that in 

 M. capense "2 of the filaments densely bearded along one side," but 

 I find in a specimen collected by Zeyher at the Zwartkops Eiver, and 

 cited by Heirn as M. capense, that all the filaments are bearded. 



STEIGA, Lour. 



S. orobanchoides, Beuth. 



Fields and mountain slopes. 3-10 in. high, flowers pale pink. 

 Summer. A. Dieterlen, 150 ! ; ravine on west slopes of plateau, flowers 

 white, Phillips, 618 ! ; Wittebergen, Dr!-<je. 



