SCROPHULARINE.E. LXXXI. PHYLLOPODIUM. LXXXII. SPHEXANDRA. LXXXIII. CHJJXOSTOMA. 



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hardly bigger than a large pea. External floral leaves forming 

 a kind of involucrum to the young heads of flowers. Divisions 

 of the calyx obtuse, deeply cleft. Corolla minute, reddish ? 



Captta/e-flowered Phyllopodium. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PL } to 1 foot. 



3 P. HETEROPHY'LLUJI (Benth. 1. c.) plant small, hairy, branch- 

 ed at die base ; branches erect ; lower leaves petiolate, ovate, a 

 little toothed : superior ones few, linear : floral ones linear-lan- 

 ceolate : outer ones exceeding the ciliated calyxes ; spikes capi- 

 tate, becoming at length oblong and rather loose in the fructi- 

 ferous state ; stamens shorter than the limb of the corolla. O- 

 G. Native near the Cape, from Zwartland to Caledon. Ma- 

 nulea heterophylla, Lin. syst. 569. suppl. 285. Thunb. fl. cap. 

 469. Perhaps a variety of the preceding ; but much more 

 slender, with looser heads of flowers. Corolla apparently yel- 

 low, Benth. 



I'arlous-leated Phyllopodium. PI. ^ foot. 



4 P. PC'MILUM (Benth. 1. c.) erect, smoothish ; leaves petio- 

 late, ovate : superior ones oblong : floral ones ovate, very 

 blunt, downy, equal in length to the calyxes ; spikes capitate, 

 few-flowered : stamens equalling the limb of the corolla. 0. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, at Groen river, in 

 Clanwilliam. More slender than the last, with smaller heads, 

 and rather larger flowers. 



Dnarf Phyllopodium. PI. | foot. 



5 P. DIFFU'SUM (Benth. 1. c.) smoothish, or scarcely hairy, 

 much branched ; leaves ovate or oblong, toothed, narrowed a 

 long way into the petioles : floral ones linear, hardly exceeding 

 the calyxes ; spikes elongated, loose. G . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, in the Uitenhage district. Branches pro- 

 cumbent. Flowers not so small as in the other species. 



Diffuse Phyllopodium. PL procumbent, a foot long. 



6 P. BRACTEA'TCM (Benth. 1. c.) much branched, diffuse ; 

 branches downy ; leaves petiolate, ovate, toothed, glabrous : 

 floral ones similar ; spikes long ; flowers all remote ; calyxes 

 hardly longer than the petioles of the floral leaves. Q. G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Uitenhage district, 

 near Addo and Enon, Drege ; Olifant's river, Ecklon. This 

 species is remarkable for its long loose branches, and especially 

 for the broadly expanded limb of the floral leaves, Benth. 



Bracteate-BoTxered Phyllopodium. PL diffuse. 



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



LXXXII. SPHENA'NDRA (from ^v,tphert, a wedge ; and 

 vrip aiipoc aner andros, a male ; in allusion to the wedge- 

 shaped anthers.) Benth. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 373. Manulea 

 species, Thunb. et Lin. Buchnera species of Ait. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Corolla deciduous ; tube very short ; limb rotate ; segments 5, 

 roundish, nearly equal. Stamens 4, exserted, somewhat ascend- 

 ing ; anthers cuneated, all similar. An erect shrub, clothed 

 with clammy pubescence. Leaves for the most part opposite, 

 oblong-lanceolate, few-toothed : floral ones free, much shorter 

 than the pedicels, ovate, quite entire, very acute. Stamens by 

 pairs, nearly equal. 



1 S. VISCOSA (Benth. 1. c.) ^ G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, in the Carro desert and Carroid districts. Buch- 

 nera viscosa, L'her. stirp. 2. t. 34. Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1st. vol. 

 2. p. 357. Curt. hot. mag. 7. t. 217. Manulea viscosa, Willd. 

 enum. 652. Manulea caerulea, Thunb. fl. cap. 467. Flowers 

 purple, bluish, or red. Style exserted. 



Clammy Sphenandra. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1774. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see .Yycfcruiia, p. 587. 



LXXXIII. CHJENO'STOMA (from xaivw, chaino, to gape ; 

 and irrofia, stoma, a mouth ; in reference to the wide throat of 

 the corolla.) Benth. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 374. Manulea 

 species of Thunb. and Vent. Buchnera species, Andr. and 

 Pers. 



Lix. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-parted. 

 Corolla deciduous, funnel-shaped or salver-shaped, rarely with 

 a short subcampanulate tube ; throat dilated ; limb almost 

 equally 5-cleft ; segments obovate or roundish. Stamens didy- 

 namous ; anthers all similar, equal in height to the throat, or 

 exserted. Herbs or under-shrubs, natives of South Africa, not 

 becoming blackish on drying. Leaves nearly all opposite, tooth- 

 ed, rarely quite entire : floral ones similar, or bractea-formed, 

 free from the pedicels. Flowers axillary or racemose, on longish 

 pedicels. Capsule glabrous. 



* Tube of corolla hardly exserted, or shorter than the 

 calyx. 



1 C. ROTtJNDiFOLiCM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, smoothish ; 

 leaves small, petiolate, roundish-obovate, deeply toothed, thick- 

 ish, green on both surfaces ; pedicels axillary, a little longer 

 than the glabrous calyx ; corolla funnel-shaped ; tube shorter 

 than the calyx. J? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Branches apparently procumbent. Flowers few, small, towards 

 the summits of the branches. 



Round-leaved Chaenostoma. Shrub procumbent. 



2 C. PAUCIFLORCM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, pubescent ; 

 leaves petiolate, obovate-roundish, toothed, downy on both sur- 

 faces ; pedicels axillary, rather longer than the calyx, which is 

 hispid ; corolla funnel-shaped : tube shorter than the calyx. 

 Ij . G. Native of South Africa, at Nieuweveldsbergen, in 

 Beaufort, Drege ; Krakakamma, in Uitenhage, Ecklon. 

 Nearly allied to C. rotundifolia, but the flowers are nearly 

 twice the size. Drege's specimens are more hairy than Ecklon's, 

 Benth. 



Fem-jlowered Chaenostoma. Shrub procumbent ? 



3 C. CAMPAUDLA'TUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, villous ; 

 leaves ovate, toothed ; racemes loose, many- flowered ; calyx 

 hispid, with linear-lanceolate segments ; corolla subcampanulate, 

 with a very short tube, about twice as long as the calyx, fj . 

 G. Native of South Africa, at Zuurebergen and Zwartehoog- 

 den, in Uitenhage and Albany, Ecklon and Drege ; on the Key 

 river, in Tambukiland, Ecklon. Leaves about half an inch long, 

 generally irregularly toothed, and contracted at the base. Sta- 

 mens very unequal in length ; the longer pair rather shorter 

 than the corolla, which appears to be blue. 



Campanulate-fiowered Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



4 C. CALYcfsuM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, smoothish ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, toothed, glabrous or canescent beneath ; calyx 

 smoothish, with subulate segments, hardly one half shorter than 

 the subcampanulate corolla. ^ . G. Native of South Africa, 

 in the Amakosa country, between the rivers Gehau and Bashe, 

 Drege. Habit almost of Sphenandra tiscosa, but more slender, 

 and flowers more numerous. Corolla like that of C. campanu- 

 latum, but smaller. 



Far. /3, laxiflorum (Benth. 1. c.) flowers more loose ; calyx 

 much smaller. Fj . G. Native on the rivers Bashe and VVind- 

 vogelberg. Perhaps a distinct species. 



Large-calyxed Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



5 C. PROCU'MBENS (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, humble, much 

 branched ; leaves oval-oblong, a little toothed, obtuse, green on 

 both surfaces, thickish ; racemes few-flowered ; pedicels longer 

 than the calyxes ; corolla funnel-shaped : tube equal in length 

 to the calyx, or hardly exceeding it. t; . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, on the Fish river, Drege. Branches 



