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NEMESIA BODKINII, Bolus. 



ScROPHULARiXEiE. Tribe Hemimeiude.e. 



N. Bodkinii, Bohis (gp. nov.) ; corolla fauce late aperta, tubo calca- 

 reque valde inflatis a congeneribus distincta. 



Herha annua, spithamea, basi lignosa, pedicellis calycibus corolla? 

 fauceque pubescentibus exceptis glabra. Rami adseendentes, oppo- 

 siti, decussati, angulati, foliati. Folia sessilia vel infima petiolata, 

 lanceolata vel linearia, acuta, grosse dentata, crassa, 4~1 poll, longa. 

 Macemi terminates, laxe pauciflori, pedicellis ebracteatis, 6-8 lineas 

 longis. Corollm tubus intfatus, fauce hiante j labium superius majus, 

 laciniis 4 rotundatis inter se sequilongis ; labium inferius oblongum, in- 

 tegerrimum ; calcar conicum, inflatum, majusculum apice emarginatum, 

 limbo subaequilongum, tubo cum calcare 8 lin. longo. Capsula 

 generis, matura baud visa. 



Cape Colony : south-western region, on mountain slopes with a 

 northern aspect, above Tulbagh Kloof, at 1,000-1,200 ft., Bodkin : 

 Bolus, 8401. 



The very open throat, inflated tube, and unconstricted continuous 

 spur, would seem to separate this plant from the majority of the species 

 of this genus. But it is connected by i\ r . stnnnosa, Benth. (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 7272) which exhibits similar peculiarities, though in a less degree. 

 The flowers are remarkable in their colour, being of so dark a red- 

 purple as to be nearly black. We are indebted for its discovery to 

 Prof. A. Bodkin, of Cape Town. — Harry Bolus. 



Fig. 1, a flower detached; 2, ditto, the corolla removed and the two anterior 

 calyx-lobes spread out; 3, the corolla; 4. the same laid open; 5, stamens iti 

 position ; 6, one of the longer and 7 one of th shorter stamens; 8, calyx and im- 

 mature capsule; 9 and 10, different leaves. — All except 1, 9 and 10 cnl ged. 



