South African Material of the Genus Cyphia, Berg. 469 



anthers 2 mm. long, linear, glabrous. Style 2*5 mm. long, linear, 

 narrowing above; stigma oblique, pubescent. Sond., in Harv. and 

 Sond., Ft. Cap., Hi, 604, with var. C. Eckloniana, Presl., in E. and Z. 

 Enum., 392. 



South-western Region. — Van Rhynsdorp Division : Stony places 

 near the Oliphanfs River, 500 ft., August ; Schlechter, 4993 (or 2 ?) !. 

 Clanwilliam Division : Brackfontein, E. and Z., 2442. Swellendam 

 Division : River Sonder Einde, September, Ecklon and Zeyher, 2441 !. 



Central Region. — Ceres Division : Koude Bockveld, 4000 ft., 

 September, Schlechter, 8862 !. 



21. C. volubilis (Willd., Sp., PL I, 952). 



A twiner. Stem sometimes ridged, glabrous, more rarely scantily 

 pubescent. Leaves entire, rarely divided, -8-5 5 cm. long, 75-2 mm. 

 broad, very rarely 4 mm. broad, linear, or if segmented then the. 

 segments linear, entire or rarely remotely toothed, obtuse, glabrous. 

 hiftorescence arranged in a racemose manner up the stem. Pedicels 

 *4-*2 cm. long, terete, glabrous. Bracts *5-l*2 cm. long, linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, distinctly 2-toothed at the base or 3-5-lobed ; the lobes 

 linear, obtuse; bracteoles 1-1*5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse or acute, 

 glabrous. Calyx-tube 1*5-2 mm. long, campanulate or turbinate, 

 ribbed, glabrous ; lobes 2*5-4 mm. long, ovate, subacuminate, acute, 

 glabrous. Corolla-tube 8-1*1 mm. long, glabrous ; lobes *6-l*l cm. 

 long, linear or lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous. Stamens less than \ as 

 long as the corolla ; filaments 2-4 mm. long, linear, flattened below, 

 pilose ; anthers 1-2 mm. long, linear or linear-oblong, ciliate on the 

 back. Style 1*5-4 cm. long, compressed, glabrous ; stigma pilose. 



Roem. and Schult., Syst., v, 475; A. DC, in DC. Prodr., VII, ii, 

 500; Sond., in Harv. and Sond., FL Cap., Hi, 604; C. latipetala, 

 Presl., I. c, 391 ; C. longipetala, PresL, I. c. ; C. stenopetala, Diets, in 

 Engl. Jahrb., xxvi, 112 ; Cyphopsis volubilis, O.K., Bev. Gen., Hi, 186 ; 

 Lobelia vohibilis, Linn., Suppl., 396 ; Thunb., Fl. Cap., 179. 



South-western Region. — Van Rhynsdorp Division : Oliphanfs 

 River Bergen, 2000 ft,, August, Schlechter, 5093 ! ; Oliphanfs River, 

 500 ft., August, Schlechter, 8476 ! ; Gift Berg, 1-2000 ft., September, 

 Phillips, in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition, 7480 !. Clanwilliam 

 Division : Koude Berg, near Wupperthal, 2400 ft., October, Bolus, 

 9055!. Piquetberg Division: Piquetberg, 900 it., Schlechter, 5259!. 

 Tulbagh Division : Tulbagh, MacOwan ! ; Ceres Road, Kluitjes Kraal, 

 Tyson, in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric, 6041 !. Cape Division : Slopes of 

 Table Mountain, 1500 ft., August, Schlechter, 1307 ! ; Devil's Peak, 

 5-700 ft., August-September, Tyson, 2348 !, Bolus, 3797 ! ; near Ronde- 



