SCROPHULARINE^:. LXXIX. NTCTERINIA. 



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Sec. ; also northward, in Namaqualand and New Hantam, Drege. 

 Erinus Capensis, Lin. mant. 252. Erinus ithiopicus, Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 473. This is apparently a very common species, distin- 

 guished from -V. lychnidea by its herbaceous, probably annual 

 root, upright stems, and smaller leaves. Spikes usually short, 

 and few-flowered, occasionally the central one acquires a consi- 

 derable length. Corolla slender, hardly an inch and a quarter 

 long, ex Benth. 



far. a, htrsuta (Benth. 1. c.) branches more villons ; leaves 

 hairy on both surfaces. Q. ? G. 



Var. /3, glabruscula (Benth. 1. c.) leaves smoothish. 0. ? H. 



far. y,foliosa (Benth. 1. c.) leaves smaller, more numerous; 

 spike few-flowered. 



far. I, temdfblia (Benth. 1. c.) leaves narrow-linear, and more 

 glabrous. 



Cape Nycterinia. PI. to 1 foot. 



6 N. LONGIFLORA (Benth. 1. e.) herbaceous ; stem adpressedly 

 pilose ; leaves linear, pinnatifidly toothed : floral ones lanceo- 

 late, toothed, clothed with rather clammy down ; spike short. 

 _: . '! G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Kamiesbergen, 

 in the north Clanwilliam district, Drege. This differs from N. 

 Capensis by its deeply toothed leaves, and from jV. dentata by 

 their narrowness, from both by the corolla being 18-20 lines 

 long. 



Long-flowered Nycterinia. PI. -y to 1 foot. 



7 N. DENTA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous, erect; stem ad- 

 pressedly pilose ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic, narrowed 

 at the base, coarsely toothed, or half pinnatifid, clothed with 

 clammy pubescence, as well as the floral ones, which are broad- 

 lanceolate ; spike short, dense. I/ . ? G. Native on the moun- 

 tains near Cape Town and Paarl, Ecklon and Drege, &c. Habit 

 of -V. Capensis, but is distinguished from it by its broad, deeply 

 toothed leaves, often narrowed into the petioles at the base. 



far. p, humilis (Benth. 1. c.) plant more humble. If. ? G. 

 Native on the Zwarteberg, Ecklon ; and Nieuweveld mountains, 

 Drege. 



Toothed-leaved Nycterinia. PI. | to 1 foot. ? 



8 N. OVA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, ? divaricate, or pro- 

 cumbent, clothed with clammy villi ; leaves ovate, coarsely 

 toothed, villous on both surfaces, as well as the floral ones, 

 which are oblong ; spike short. 1? . G. Native of Caffreland, 

 at Witbergen. Leaves very blunt, narrowed at the base. Spike 

 apparently interrupted. Corolla 1 j inch long. 



Ocafe-leaved Nycterinia. Shrub procumbent. 



9 N. PU'MILA (Benth. 1. c.) humble, much branched ; leaves 

 oblong-linear, deeply and remotely toothed : floral ones similar, 

 twice or thrice longer than the corolla, somewhat dilated at the 

 base ; flowers axillary, hardly spicate ; tube of corolla hardly 

 downy ; capsules ovate, coriaceous. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, in the Nieuweveld or Kowp, Drege. A remarka- 

 ble species, with somewhat the appearance of CostilGya fissifo- 

 lia, scarcely 3 inches high, ex Benth. 



Dwarf Nycterinia. Shrub \ foot. 



2. Segments of corolla bifid ; tube glabrous. Leaves spatulate. 



ION. SELAGIXOI'DES (Benth. 1. c.) humble, branched at the 

 base ; leaves spatulate : floral ones dilated at the base ; throat 

 of corolla crowned by rigid hairs ; lower stamens abortive. () 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on the sandy plains on 

 the west coast from the Cape flats northward, Ecklon. Erinus 

 selaginoides, Thunb. fl. cap. p. 4-75. Erinus Africanus, Herb, 

 un. itin. p. 301, but not of Lin. A low annual, generally 3-5 

 inches high, usually covered with spreading, clammy hairs, and 

 dries less black than the species of the first section. Lower 

 leaves obovate : upper ones oblong, or linear-spatulate, entire, 



or with a very few teeth : floral ones adhering at the base to the 

 calyx, spreading at top. Flowers rather distinct, especially at 

 the base of the spike. Calyx and capsules membranous. Co- 

 rolla 9-11 lines long, ex Benth. 



Far. a, tillbsa (Bentb. 1. c.) villous. 



Var. 0, glabra (Benth. 1. c.) glabrous. . G. On the Oli- 

 fants and Zwartdoorn rivers, Drege. 



Var. c, partiflora (Benth. 1. c.) corolla scarcely 5 lines long, 

 concealed under the floral leaves. G G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope, but the locality is not mentioned. 



Selago-like Nycterinia. PI. ^ to ^ foot. 



UN. AFRICA'SA (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. vol. 3. p. 

 239.) humble, branched at the base ; leaves opposite : floral 

 ones oblong-spat ulate ; throat of corolla scarcely pilose ; sta- 

 mens 4, all antheriferous. 0.? G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, in the Carro and Carroid districts ; Hexriver ; 

 Winterbergen and Sneeuwebergen, Ecklon, Drege ; Hermanns 

 Kraal, in Albany, Ecklon. Erinus Africanus, Lin. spec. 878. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 474. Burm. afr. p. 139. t. 50. f. 1. Habit of 

 .V. selaginoides. Leaves rather more collected at the base of 

 the stem. Spike more dense, with the floral leaves more pro- 

 minent, and readily distinguished by the 2 lower anthers slightly 

 projecting from the mouth of the tube. 



African Nycterinia. PL -j to 1 foot. 



3. Segments of the limb of the corolla entire ; tube glabrous. 



12 N. DIVARICA'TA (Benth. 1. e.) humble, stiff", branched at 

 the base, pubescently hairy ; lower leaves on long petioles, obo- 

 vate : upper floral leaves lanceolate, toothed ; spikes elongated, 

 tj . ? G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on sandy hills 

 and plains near Cape Town. Manulea divaricata, Thunb. fl. 

 cap. 468. A common plant in collections, drying black. Co- 

 rolla slender, about 10 lines long. Capsule rather coriaceous. 



Divaricate Nycterinia. PI. dwarf. 



13 N. PEDUSCCLA'RIS (Benth. 1. c.) humble, leafy at the 

 base, branched ; lower leaves petiolate, ovate : cauline leaves 

 few, lanceolate, a little toothed ; spikes on long peduncles, head 

 formed, few-flowered. Native of the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 Tbeopolis, in Albany, Ecklon. Leaves almost all collected at the 

 base of the stem, which is scape-formed. Branches 4-6 inches 

 long. Flowers like those of N. divaricata. Capsule somewhat 

 coriaceous. 



Far. a, hirsuta (Benth. 1. c.) plant hairy. 

 Far. ft, glabrviscula (Benth. 1. c.) plant nearly glabrous. 

 Native at Haazenkraalsrivier, Drege. 

 Peduncled Nycterinia. PI. dwarf. 



14 N. PDSI'LLA (Benth. 1. c.) erect, nearly simple; leaves 

 almost all radical, petiolate, broadly ovate : floral ones oblong- 

 linear, or spatulate ; flowers few, distant, or rather approximate. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, between Hoi river and 

 Micrencasteel, in the North Clanwilliam district. More slender 

 than N. peduncularis, and the branches are not scape-formed. 

 Buchnera divaricata, Lin. soc. herb. ? 



Small Nycterinia. PI. to | foot. ? 



15 N. VILLOSA (Benth. 1. c.) stem erect, branched, leafy ; 

 leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, almost quite entire ; spikes inter- 

 rupted at the base, dense at apex. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope ; Haazenkraalsrivier, Drege. Erinus villosus, Thunb. fl. 

 cap. 474. ? Taller than the three last, and scarcely blackens on 

 drying. Capsule almost membranous. Stamens all antheriferous 

 and inclosed, as in the three last species, ex Benth. 



Villous Nycterinia. PI. \ to j foot. ? 



Cult. All the species of Nycterinia are worth cultivating for 

 the sake of the beauty and sweet scent of their flowers. They 

 grow well in a mixture of peat and sand, or vegetable mould ; 

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