South African Material of the Genus Cyphia, Berg. 471 



Eastern Region.— Tembuland : Cala, 4000 ft., Pegler, 1687 !. East 

 Griqualand : Grassy places round Kokstad, 5000 ft., March, Tyson, 

 1337!. 



Root bulbous ; flowers lilac (fide Miss A. Pegler). 



23. C. crenata (Sond., in PI. Cap., Ill, 602). 



A twiner. Stem glabrous. Leaves subsessile, 2-4*5 cm. long 

 l'5-4 mm. broad, linear, subacute, entire or with the margins minutely 

 and remotely serrated, narrowed at the base, glabrous. Flowers 

 usually in clusters of 2-5, sometimes solitary. Bracts 3 mm. long, 

 linear, subacute, glabrous ; bracteoles 1 mm. long, subulate. Pedicels 

 2-5 mm. long, terete, glabrous. Calyx-tube almost obsolete, up to 

 5 mm. long, flat, glabrous ; lobes 2-3 '5 mm. long, linear or linear- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, glabrous. Corolla-tube 5-5 5 long, glabrous ; lobes 

 2 mm. long, linear or ovate, acuminate, obtuse or subacute. Stamens 

 more than ^ as long as the corolla ; filaments 3*5 mm. long, linear, 

 dilated and ovate at the base, pilose ; anthers 1*5-2 mm. long, oblong 

 or elliptic, ciliated on the back. Style 2-3 mm. long, terete, glabrous; 

 stigma capitate. 



C. atriplicifolia, Presl., in Eckl. and Zeyh , Enum., 389 ; C. dregeana, 

 Presl., in E. Mey., Comm. PL, Drege, 294; C. tort His, N. E. Br., in 

 Kew Bull., 1894, 356 ; C. tenera, Diels, in Engl. Jahrb., ■xxvi, 112 ; 

 Lobelia, crenata, Thunb., Fl. Cap., 180 ? 



Western Region. — Namaqualand Minor, Klipfontein, 3000 ft., 

 September, Bolus in Herb. Norm. Austro-Afric, 1193 !. 



South-western Region. — Clanwilliam Division : Clanwilliam, 

 Leipoldt in Herb. Bolus !. Cape Division : Simonstown, EcMon mnJ 

 Zeyher, 2428 !. 



C. crenata, Presl., based on Drege's specimen, is an eastern plant, 

 and is therefore more likely to be C. sylvatica, as suggested by 

 Sonder. 



24. C. undulata (Eckl., in S. Afr. Quart. Journ., 1830, 373). 



A more or less erect plant. Stem glabrous. Leaves *7-10*5 cm. 

 long, 1-7 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, with subentire or toothed margins, 

 glabrous. Inflorescence distinct from the leafy stem. Bracts 3-4 - 5 mm. 

 long, linear, acute or obtuse, 2-toothed at the base, glabrous ; brac- 

 teoles 1 mm. long, subulate, lanceolate or ovate, acute, glabrous. 

 Calyx-tube 1-1 5 mm. long, campanulate, glabrous or minutely scabrid- 

 ulous ; lobes 1*5-2 mm. long, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, subacuminate 

 acute or obtuse, glabrous. Corolla- segments 1—1 "3 cm. long, linear 



