Plate 2377. 



SEB^A EVANSII, K E. Br 



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Gentiaxace-e. Tribe ExACEiE. 



S. Evansii, JV" E. Brorvn in Kew Bullet 1895, 27; herba humilis 

 glaberrinia ramulis priniariis prostratis radicantibus, foliis petiolatis 

 carnosulis ovatis rotundatis v. transverse ellipticis lamina in petiolum 

 latiusculum interdum cuneatim angustata, floribus aureis terminalibus 

 solitariis v. in cymulis 2-3-floris approximatis breviter pedunculatis, 

 segmentis calycinis carinatis aeutiusculis tubo longioribus, corollse seg- 

 i^entis tubo longioribus obovato oblongis obtusis, antheris exsertis 

 oblongo-liuearibus rectis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus apice connectivo 

 parvo ovoideo obtuso brevit(-r producto coronatis basi bifidis, ovario 

 biloculari, stylo ovario lon^iore infra medium biglanduloso, stigmate 

 capitato bilobulato. 



Hab. South Africa ; in the Drakensberg, Cooper (No. 2761), Tyson 



innA ^^^^^\ Evans (No. 56) : on rocks at an elevation of 6000- 

 '000 feet. 



Herhula 2-3-pollicar;s. Folia 2-3 lin. lata; Fhres \-l poll diara. 



Of this charming little plant, so different in its prostrate habit from 

 V? congeners, the excellent specimens sent to the Kew Herbarium by 

 jAr. Evans enable us to fur-nish a satisfactory figure. Mr. Evans 

 describes it as ' a lovely little plant growing in dense masses with 

 ft^ndreds of flowers together/ adding that it is well deserving of 



cultivation. -D, Oliver! 



5 ^3- 1- Caljx. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Anther, Lack and front. 4. Pistil. 

 • transverse fcection cf ovary. All enlarged 



