TaBULA 3007. 
ANTHEROTHAMNUS PEARSONII, N. EL. Brown. 
SCROPHULARIACEAE. ‘Tribus CHELONEAE. 
mnus, NV. £. Brown. Genus novum affine Freyliniae, 
Colla, sed ai alternis fasciculatis et antheris unilocularibus apte 
distinguitu 
Calyx ee segmentis apertis vel subdistantibus linearibus. 
Corollae tubus anguste infundibuliformis ; lobi 5, subaequales, patuli, 
2 postici exteriores. Stamina 4, didynama, inclusa ; staminodium 1 ; 
antherae ellipticae, uniloculares. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis pluri- 
tage stylus filiformis, superne leviter incrassatus ; stigma parvum. 
Fructus ignotus.—Frutex glaber. Folia perparva, alterna, fasciculata. 
Babeini e Fyaacioilis foliorum orientes. 
A. Pearsonii, VN. L. Brown; species unica. 
rutez ramosus, 0-30-3 m. altus, ubique glaber ; rami patuli cortice 
cinereo-brunneo. Folia a Lpeeomrre 3-5 mm. longa, 1-1-5 mm. 
lata, obovato-cuneata, obtusa subacuta, basi attenuata, subcrassa 
pedi tee interdum subrevo hati. Racemi 1-2 cm. longi, e fasciculis 
foliorum enati, foliis ee Beas bracteati. Pedicelli alterni, 2~4 mm. longi, 
superne bibracteati. Bracteae o sitae, 0-6-1 mm. lon ae, lineares. 
Calyx 5-T-partitus, segauiehibin erectis subdistantibus _ linearibus 
obtusis. Corolla alba, per noctem fragrans; tubus 3-4 mm. longus, 
ore 1-7-2-5 mm. diametro, anguste infundibularis ; lobi 5, suborbi- 
culares, 1-3—1-6 mm. diametro, 2 inferiores leviter minores. Stamina 4, 
didynama, in corollam inserta, inclusa ; filamenta filiformia ; antherae 
subgloboso-ellipticae, 1-loculares. Ovarium ovoi eum, 2-locu are ; 
stylus filiformis, superne gradatim incrassatus, apice curvatus ; stigma 
arvum. 
Souta Arrica: Bushmanland ; rocky places at the foot of a hill 
near Groot Rozynbosch, Pearson, 3619. Great Namaqualand ; 
between Dabaigabis and Grundoorn, 1250 m. alt., Pearson, 3149; 
hill about 15 miles south of Warmbad, Pearson, 4377; Krai Kluft 
Ravine, Great Karasberg Range, 1500 m. alt., Pearson, 8284. 
