30 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM. 
XLVI VIOLA DECUMBENS, Linn. f. ( Violariee.) 
A. decumbens ; ‘ fruticulosa, caulibus procumbentibus ramosissimis, 
foliis linearibus angustissimis integris confertis, stipulis subulato-lineari- 
bus adnatis, calcare tubuloso recto sepala subeequante.’— Sond.—Linn. f. 
Suppl., p. 397. Thunb. Fl. Cap., p. 186. V. decumbens, a. tenuis, Baril. 
Linn. vii. p. 540. EB. & Z, No. 120. V. decumbens, B. longifolia, £. 
Mey. Harv. & Sond F1., cap. i. p. 73. 
Has.—Sandy places. Hottentots’ Hollandberg, near Palmiet River and Klynrivier- 
berg, Ecklon & Zeyher! Drege! (Herb. T. C. D.) 
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Descr.— Stems densely tufted, woody at base, chiefly branched below, 
the larger branches decumbent, the twigs ascending or suberect, 3-6 
inches long; dark brown, glabrous. Leaves 4-1 inch long, 1 line wide, 
acute, subsessile. Stipules long or short, toothed or entire. Pedunceles 
subterminal or spuriously lateral, 2-4 inches long, bibracteolate, one 
flowered. Sepals lanceolate-acuminate. /7owers blue, yellowish at base, 
the spur about equalling the calyx. 
V. scrotiformis, DC., retained as a species in Flora Capensis, differs 
chiefly in its shorter and more saceate spur ; but I fear ought only to be 
regarded as a marked variety. 
Fig. 1, Viola decumbens, the natural size. Fig. 2, a sepal; 3, the five petals, sepa- 
rated and displayed; 4, a stamen; 5, ovary and style. Variously magnified. 
XLVI. I[ONIDIUM CAFFRUM, Sond. : (Violariee.) 
I. caffrum: suffruticulosum, caulibus erectis foliisque pubescenti- 
scabridis, foliis brevissime petiolatis ovatis v. oblongo-ovatis acutis 
margine recurvo-subserratis, stipulis subulatis, pedunculis axillaribus 
unifloris, sepalis lanceolatis apice glabris, labello maximo subquadrato 
subretuso, calcare brevissimo.— Sond. Linn., vol. xxiii. p. 23. FU. Cap., i. 
p- 74. 
Han,—Port Natal, Gueinzius, Sanderson! (Herb. T. ©. D.) 
Descr.—Suffruticose, erect, or flexuous, branched near the base, 
minutely pubescent in all parts; pale green. Leaves subsessile, ovate, 
or elliptical acute at each end, obsoletely crenulate, 4-2 inch long, 
4—5 lines wide. Peduneles from the axils of the upper leaves, 14-2 
inches long, bibracteolate near the summit, one flowered. Flower 
cernuous, 6-7 lines long. Upper petals shortest, spathulate, nerved 
and keeled, acute ; /ateral obliquely linear oblong, or subfaleate, very 
obtuse, curved upwards; labellum on a channelled stipes, quadrate, 
longitudinally striate, broader than long; spur very short. Calyx seg- 
ments keeled, pubescent at base, glabrous upwards. 
Fig. 1, Ionidium Caffrum, the natural size. Fig. 2, calyx; 3, one of the upper 
petals; 4, one of the Jateral petals; 5, labellum; 6, the stamens, opened out; 7, ovary 
and style. More or less enlarged. s : é } 
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