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SCROPHULARINE^;. LXXVII. RHAMPHICARPA. LXXVIII. CYCNIUM. LXXIX. NYCTERINIA. 



Segments of leaves few and distant. Peduncles usually shorter 

 than the calyx, and naked, sometimes longer, with a pair of 

 bracteas. Corolla white, drying bluish; tube \\ inch long; 

 lobes of limb short, broad, truncate or emarginate. 

 Long-jkmiered Rhamphicarpa. PI. \ foot? 



2 R. TUBULOSA (Benth. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-linear, entire ; 

 limb of corolla a little shorter than the tube, which is a little 

 incurved ; capsule truncate, with a short beak. O ? G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope, in the eastern portion of the 

 Uitenhage district, Ecklon, Drege, &c. Plant glabrous, erect, 

 a little branched. Peduncles rather longer than the calyx. 

 Corolla white, drying bluish ; tube an inch long, slightly curved 

 about the middle ; lobes of limb obovate, entire, ex Benth. 



Tuiu/ar-flowered Rhamphicarpa. PL 1 foot. 



3 R. CURVIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate-linear, en- 

 tire ; limb of corolla rather shorter than the tube, which is in- 

 curved ; capsule acinaciform. Q. ? S. Native of Madagascar 

 and Mosambique, Forbes. Habit of R. tubulosa. Leaves nar- 

 rower. Divisions of the calyx longer; tube of corolla more 

 curved, with a larger limb. Capsule very oblique. 



Curved-Jlorvered Rhamphicarpa. PI. 1 foot. ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Polycarena, p. 588. 



LXXVIII. CY'CNIUM (probably from /CVKVOC, cycnos, a 

 swan ; but the application is not evident.) E. Meyer, mss. ex 

 Benth. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 368. 



Liu. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx bibracteate at 

 the base, long-tubular, 5-cleft at apex. Corolla with a cylindri- 

 cal, straight tube, and a deeply 5-cleft spreading limb ; segments 

 ovate, entire. Stamens didynamous, inclosed. Capsule fleshy, 

 indehiscent. ? Rigid scabrous herbs, natives of South Africa, 

 becoming blackish on drying. Leaves opposite, or the superior 

 ones are alternate, coarsely toothed. Flowers axillary, or race- 

 mose. 



1 C. ADDOKE'NSE (E. Meyer, mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) stem pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves ovate, or oblong ; flowers sessile, axillary ; 

 tube of corolla more than twice as long as the calyx. O ? G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Addo country, in the 

 Uitenhage district, Drege and Ecklon. The whole plant co- 

 vered with stiff short hairs. Leaves sessile, cuneated at the 

 base. Calyx more than an inch long, opening at the base as the 

 capsule swells ; divisions foliaceous. Corolla white, tube %\ 

 inches long ; limb flat, \\ inch in diamete/. Capsule oval, half 

 an inch long, ex Bentham. 



Addo Cycnium. PI. 1 foot. 1 



2 C. RACEMOSUM (Benth. 1. c.) stem erect ; leaves lanceolate ; 

 flowers pedicellate, racemose ; tube of corolla hardly equal in 

 length to the calyx. Q.? G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, near Siloh, on the Klipplaat river, on the eastern side of 

 the Witsenberg, in Tambukiland. Habit resembling Melasma 

 scabra, or Rhamphicarpa tubulosa. Stem nearly simple, sca- 

 brous. Leaves 1| to 2 inches long, with a few teeth, contracted 

 at the base, nearly all alternate. Pedicels short. Bracteas 

 linear. Tube of calyx 9-10 inches long, striated ; lobes lance- 

 olate-subulate. Limb of corolla 1| inch in diameter, ex Benth. 



/Jacemose-flowered Cycnium. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Polycarena, p. 588. 



LXXIX. NYCTERI'NIA (from wKrtpivoe, nycterinos, of, 

 or belonging to the night ; the flowers expand, and are very 

 fragrant in the evening.) D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. vol. 

 3. t. 239. Benth. in Hook, comp. 1. p. 369. Erinus species 

 of Lin. and other authors. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx ovate-tubular, 

 shortly 5-toothed, bilabiate, or bipartite. Corolla permanent ; 

 tube elongated, at length cleft at the base ; throat equal, often 



hispid ; limb spreading, almost equally 5-parted ; segments 

 bifid, or entire. Stamens didynamous : superior ones inclosed 

 in the tube, with oblong, erect anthers : lower ones inserted at 

 the throat, with smaller, transverse, usually sterile anthers,which 

 are sometimes altogether abortive. Capsule coriaceous, or mem- 

 branous ; valves bifid at apex. Herbs or under shrubs natives 

 of South Africa, more or less clammy, and often becoming 

 blackish on drying. Lower leaves opposite : superior ones 

 alternate, usually few-toothed : floral ones often smaller, entire, 

 adpressed to the calyx, or sometimes adnate to it. Flowers 

 sessile, interruptedly or densely spicate. 



1. Segments of corolla bifid ; tube clothed with fine down. 

 Leaves oblong, linear, or lanceolate. 



1 N. CORIA V CEA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose ; floral leaves 

 broad-lanceolate, obtuse, toothed, thick, coriaceous, villous, 

 about twice as long as the calyx, which is coriaceous and vil- 

 lous ; spike elongated. f; . G. Native on mountains about 

 Cape Town. In habit it comes near to N. divaricala, but is 

 much larger and more rigid, and has the flowers of N. spathacea. 

 Capsule larger than in any other species, and almost woody. 



Con'acwus-calyxed Nycterinia. Shrub \ to 1 foot. 



2 N. SPATHA'CEA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, erect ; leaves obo- 

 vate, or oblong-spatulate : lower ones 3-nerved : floral ones stem- 

 clasping, broad-lanceolate, or oblong, obtuse, almost quite entire, 

 1 -nerved, all coriaceous, pubescent on the margins and nerves, the 

 rest glabrous ; spike elongated ; calyx elongated, a little shorter 

 than the floral leaves. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, in Tambukiland, near Siloh, east of the Winterberg, and 

 on the Katriviersberg, Ecklon. At the top of the Witberg, 

 Drege. Floral leaves spathe-formed, near an inch long, appa- 

 rently coloured. Spike much lengthened after florescence. 

 Tube of corolla \\ inch long. 



Spathaceous-leaved Nycterinia. Shrub 1 foot. 



3 N. MARI'TIMA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, erect, nearly gla- 

 brous ; leaves lanceolate, or oblong, obtuse, almost quite entire : 

 floral ones broad-lanceolate, exceeding the calyxes a little, all 

 rather coriaceous, glabrous ; spike elongated, dense, many-flow- 

 ered. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the 

 Uitenhage district ; and on the sea-coast near the Zeekoe river, 

 Thunberg ; near Kachu, Drege. Erinus maritimus, Lin. suppl. 

 287. syst. 571. Thunb. fl. cap. 474. Flowers colour of those 

 of N. lychmdea. This species comes near AT. spathacea, but is 

 taller. Perhaps a variety of N. lychnidea. 



Sea-side Nycterinia. Shrub \ to 1 foot. 



4 N. LYCHNI'DEA (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. vol. 3. t. 

 239.) suffruticose : branches clothed with adpressed villi ; leaves 

 oblong-linear, few-toothed, and quite entire, 1 -nerved, smooth- 

 ish : floral ones stem-clasping, broad-lanceolate, or oblong, ob- 

 tuse, few-toothed, and quite entire, having the margins and 

 nerves ciliated ; spike elongated ; calyxes shorter than the floral 

 leaves. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, probably 

 along the sea-coast ; in the Amaponda country, between the 

 river Uintenda and Umzimcoolu, Drege. Erinus lychnideus, 

 Lin. suppl. 287. Ker. bot. reg. 748. Sims, bot. mag. 2504. 

 Leaves more or less fleshy, the larger ones always toothed. 

 Corolla yellowish, white inside, but purplish outside. 



Lychnidea Nycterinia. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1776. Shrub \ 

 to 1 foot. 



5 N. CAPE'NSIS (Benth. I.e. p. 370.) herbaceous, hard; stem 

 erect, adpressedly villous ; lower leaves lanceolate : superior 

 ones or all linear, few-toothed, or quite entire, 1 -nerved; mar- 

 gins and nerves usually ciliated : floral leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 quite entire, hardly exceeding the calyxes ; spikes oblong. () ? 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on hills from the Cape 

 to Fort Beaufort, in the neutral territory, Ecklon and Drege, 



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