South African Material of the Genus Cyphia, Benj. 451 



various, from subulate to lanceolate, entire or divided, sometimes 

 toothed, rarely pectinate ; bracteoles 2, variously situated on the 

 pedicels. 



Key to Species. 



Stems erect, not evident twiners. 



Stem short ; leaves radical ; peduncles long and naked. 



Leaves entire ; calyx-lobes pectinate or toothed . . 1. Phyteuma. 

 Leaves pinnatilobed, pinnatisect, or entire ; calyx-lobes 



ciliate, not pectinate or toothed . . . .2. incisa. 

 Stems distinct ; leaves cauline. 



Leaves small, about 5mm. long (rarely longer), subulate (J. linarioides. 

 Leaves over 1 cm. long, not subulate. 



Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, rarely linear ; inflor- 

 escence a dense cylindric or oblong spike, if lax 

 then the flowers either 2-3-nate or the whole 

 plant densely pubescent . . . . .4. elata. 

 Leaves linear or spathulate, rarely lanceolate, entire, 

 rarely pinnatisect ; inflorescence lax ; flowers 

 always solitary and plant never densely pu- 

 bescent. 

 Leaves entire, linear or lanceolate ; peduncles long, 

 naked ; bracts linear. 

 Peduncle, pedicels, and flowers pubescent. 



Leaves pubescent ; style almost obsolete, about 



o mm. long 7. Bolusii. 



Leaves glabrous j style distinct, about 35 mm. 



Ion" - ........ 8. longifolia. 



Peduncle, pedicels, and flowers glabrous, rarely 



the pedicels scabro-pubescent . . .9. assimilis. 

 Leaves entire, elliptic or spathulate ; peduncles not 



long and naked ; bracts oblong . . .5. oligotricha. 



Leaves palmatisect or pinnatisect, rarely serrated ; 



peduncles long and naked ; bracts 3dobed . 3. hulbosa. 

 Plants twiners or scramblers, not erect. 



Leaves simple, ovate or long-lanceolate, sometimes the 

 uppermost leaves linear. 

 Plant with a long naked peduncle bearing the flowers. 

 Inflorescence over 20-flowered ; stamens less than 



half as long as the corolla 9. aarimilis. 



Inflorescence about (3-flowered ; stamens more than 



half as long as the corolla 8. longifolia, var. 



Flowers arranged up the stem in the axils of the leaves. [ Baurii. 



All the flowers solitary. 



Leaves never closely crenate, not distinctly dark- 

 veined beneath 10. heterophylta. 



Leaves closely crenate, distinctly dark-veined 



beneath . . . . . . • .11. transvaalensis. 



