South African Material of the Genus Cyphia, Berg. 455 



in DC. Prodr., VII, ii, 498; Sond., in Harv. and Sond., Fl. Cap. Ill, 

 599 ; Lobelia cardamines, Thumb., Fl. Cap., 185. 



South-western Region. — Cape Division : Camp Ground, 100 ft., 

 September, Bolus, 3933 ! ; Wolley-Bod, 196 ! ; Green Point Common, 

 September, Wolley-Bod, 1536!; Pappe ! ; Zeyher, 2425!; near Cape 

 Town, c. 100 ft., September, Bolus, 3933!. Swellendam Division: 

 River Zonder Einde, Zeyher !. 



var. 8 bracteata, Phillips, var. nov. 



Differs from the type and var. [3 in having broad leaf-like toothed 

 bracts ; the calyx lobes are not long-ciliate, and the peduncle bears a 

 pair of leaves. 



South-western Region. — Cape Division : Near Kirstenbosch, 750 

 ft , October, Bolus, 7281 !. 



3. C. bulbosa (Berg., Descr. Fl. Cap., 172). 



An erect plant 10-40 cm. high, simple or branched from near the 

 base. Stems finely or densely pubescent, sometimes becoming almost 

 glabrous. Leaves cauline, "7-5"2 cm. long, palmatisect, pinnatisect, 

 or bipinnatisect, the leaf segments linear, rarely oblong, linear-oblong 

 or obovate, obtuse, glabrous. Inflorescence 15-24 cm. long, cylindric, 

 many-flowered. Bract 6*5 mm. long, trilobed or pinnatifid ; middle 

 lobe linear, obtuse, 3-nerved ; side lobes 2-3 mm. long, subterete, 

 apiculate ; bracteoles situated just below the calyx, 2 - 5 mm. long, acu- 

 minate, acute. Pedicel 3 mm. long, terete, pubescent. Calyx-tube 

 2 mm. long, compahulate, pubescent ; lobes 3-3 - 5 mm. long, linear, 

 subacuminate, glabrous. Corolla bilabiate; tube 8 mm. long, gla- 

 brous ; lobes 5 mm. long, lanceolate, obtuse. Stamens cohering in 

 the lower half ; filaments 6 mm. long, linear in the lowermost •§, 

 becoming subterete above, pilose ; anthers ciliated or glabrous. Style 

 5 mm. long, ovate-acuminate in outline, glabrous ; stigma conical. 

 Fruit 1 cm. long, the lower portion enclosed in the persistent promi- 

 nently ribbed calyx, ovoid, glabrous. 



Roem. and, Schult., Syst., v, 476 ; Presl., in E. Mey., Comm. PI. 

 Drege, 293, in Eckl. and Zeyh. Enum., 388; A. DC, in DC, Prodr. 

 VII, ii, 499 ; Sond., in Harv. and Sond., Fl. Cap., Hi, 600 ; C bulbosa, 

 Berg., var. pinnatifida, Presl., in E. Mey., Comm. PI. Drege, 297 ; 

 Lobelia bulbosa, Linn., Sp. PI., 1319 ; Thunb., Fl. Cap., 184. Bapun- 

 tium tuberosum, foliis multifulus, floribus spicatis, Birrm. Afr., 99, 

 t. 38, fig. 2. 



South-western Region. — Clanwilliam Division; Clanwilliam, 

 Leipoldt, 207 !. Malmesbury Division : Hopefield, 200 ft., September, 



