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SCROPHULARINE^E. LXXXII1. CHJENOSTOMA. 



apparently prostrate, slightly pubescent towards the extremity ; 

 the calyx has also a few hairs, but the rest of the plant is quite 

 glabrous. 



Procumbent Chsenostoma. Shrub prostrate. 



6 C. LAXIFLORUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, procumbent, 

 subcanescent ; branches ascending, fastigiate ; leaves oblong- 

 ovate, a little toothed, narrowed a long way at the base, flat ; 

 racemes loose ; flowers on long pedicels ; calyxes glabrous or 

 canescent ; corolla funnel-shaped : tube equalling the calyx, 

 or hardly exceeding it. }j . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, near the Keiskamma, Drege. Probably a mere variety 

 of the preceding ; but the flowers are larger. 



Loose-flowered Chaenostoma. Shrub procumbent. 



7 C. HALIMIFOLIUM (Benth. 1. c. p. 375.) suffruticose, hum- 

 ble ; branches numerous, erect, white ; leaves oval-oblong or 

 lanceolate, a little toothed, hoary on both surfaces, flat ; racemes 

 loose ; flowers on long pedicels ; corolla funnel-shaped : tube 

 equalling the calyx in length, or hardly exceeding it. Pj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in the Karroo desert, near 

 Graafreynet, Ecklon ; Steelkloof, Hamerkuil, and plains near 

 Aasvogelberg, Drege. Habit of Manulea incdna. Branches 

 densely leafy at the base. Racemes almost leafless ; the floral 

 leaves being very small and entire. 



Halimum-leaved Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



8 C. POLYA'NTHUM (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous or suffruticose, 

 much branched at the base ; branches downy at top, panicled ; 

 leaves ovate, toothed, cuneated at the base : upper ones oblong, 

 glabrous or canescent beneath; racemes loose; calyx hispid; 

 corolla funnel-shaped : tube hardly exceeding the calyx. Tj . 

 G. Native of South Africa, on the Zwartkops river, in Uiten- 

 hage, Ecklon ; Algoa Bay, Hook. herb. Habit and corolla of 

 C. laxtflbrum. Leaves and calyx of C. campanulatum. 



Many-flowered Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



9 C. PU'MILUM (Benth. 1. c.) plant suffruticose, of many 

 stems, glabrous ; leaves oblong : superior ones linear, quite en- 

 tire, or few-toothed ; flowers racemose ; corolla funnel-shaped : 

 tube hardly longer than the calyx. Tj . G. Native of South 

 Africa, in Uitenhage district, Ecklon ; and probably from 

 Algoa Bay. Branches many, erect. Leaves slightly revolute 

 on the margins. Pedicels longer than the calyxes, which are 

 nearly glabrous. Corolla very open, as in all the species of this 

 section. 



Dwarf Chsenostoma. Shrub to \ foot. 



10 C. DENCDA'TUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose ; branches gla- 

 brous, ascending ; leaves distant, linear, quite entire, with revo- 

 lute edges, glabrous ; racemes few-flowered ; calyx hispid, 

 hardly shorter than the tube of the corolla, which is funnel- 

 shaped. ^2 G. Native of South Africa, at Langekloof, in 

 George district, Ecklon and Drege. Habit almost of Asperula 

 cyndnchica. Calyx of C. campanulatum. Corolla of C. pumi- 

 lum. Capsule oblong, longer than the calyx. 



Naked Chaenostoma. Shrub ascending. 



* * Tube of corolla twice or thrice the length of the 

 calyx. 



11 C. REVOLT/ TUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, greyish or 

 pubescent ; leaves linear, quite entire, with revolute edges ; 

 flowers racemose ; pedicels hardly longer than the calyx ; seg- 

 ments of calyx linear or subulate, about equal in length to the 

 capsule, which is ovate, but 2 or S times shorter than the tube 

 of the corolla. J; . G. Native of South Africa, under the 

 Zwartebergen, from the river Zondereinde to Gaurite river, 

 Ecklon and Drege ; and on the Fish river, Dr. Gill. Manulea 

 revoluta, Thunb. fl. cap. 467. Much branched. 



Var, a, glabriusculum (Benth. 1. c.) plant smoothish. 



Var. /3, pubescens (Benth. 1. c.) plant pubescent. f; . G. 

 Native on the Cedarbergen, and near Boschkloof, Drege. 

 Revolute-leaved Chaenostoma. Shrub 1 foot. 



12 C. GLABRA'TUM (Benth. I.e.) suffruticose, glabrous; leaves 

 linear, quite entire, with revolute margins ; flowers racemose ; 

 pedicels more than twice as long as the calyx ; segments of 

 calyx lanceolate-subulate, rather downy, shorter than the oblong 

 capsule ; tube of corolla twice or thrice as long as the calyx. 



1}. G. Native of South Africa, at Kerg river, in Tambuki- 

 land ; and Kannaland, in Zwellendam, Ecklon ; and elsewhere, 

 Drege. This differs from C. linifblium in its narrower leaves, 

 longer capsules, and is almost always perfectly glabrous. 

 Glabrous Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



13 C. LINIFOLIUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose ; branches hairy 

 at top ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, or linear, quite entire, and 

 few-toothed, with subrevolute edges, hairy or smoothish ; flow- 

 ers racemose ; pedicels more than twice as long as the calyx ; 

 calycine segments glabrous, or scarcely hairy, linear, exceeding 

 the capsule a little, but 3 times shorter than the tube of the co- 

 rolla. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, on moun- 

 tains in the Cape district, near Worcester, and near Brackfon- 

 tein, in Clanwilliam, Ecklon and Drege. Manulea linifolia, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 466. ? An intermediate species between C. gla- 

 brdtum and C. jEthiopicum; and probably only a variety of the 

 latter. 



Flax-leaved Chaenostoma. Fl, July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 J to 1 foot. 



14 C. JEimopicvti (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose; branches nu- 

 merous, floriferous, fastigiate ; leaves oblong or ovate, few- 

 toothed, smoothish ; racemes short, loose, subcorymbose ; calyx 

 hispid, 2-3 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. fy G. 

 Native of South Africa, in the Cape district. Buchnera ./Ethio- 

 pica, Lin. mant. 251. but not of Thunb. Intermediate between 

 C. linifolium and C.fastigidtum. 



^Ethiopian Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



15 C. FASTIGIA'TUM (Benth. 1. c. p. 376.) suffruticose ; 

 branches numerous, erectish ; leaves linear, or oblong-cuneated, 

 deeply few-toothed at apex ; flowers capitately racemose at the 

 tops of the branches ; pedicels usually shorter than the calyx ; 

 calyx hispid, 2 or 3 times shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in Caledon. Ma- 

 nulea cephalotis, Thunb. fl. cap. 470. ? A low shrub, with 

 leaves very much like those of Salvia dentata, remarkable for 

 the compact racemes, consisting of from 3 to 7 flowers, with 

 very hispid calyxes. 



Far. a, hirsutum ; branches and leaves hairy. 

 Var. J3, glabratum (Benth. 1. c.) plant glabrous. 

 Fastigiate-branched Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



16 C. SUBSPICA'TUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, quite glabrous; 

 branches numerous, erectish ; leaves half stem-clasping, oblong, 

 deeply few-toothed ; flowers spicately racemose ; calyxes gla- 

 brous, or very shortly ciliated, 2-3 times shorter than the tube 

 of the corolla. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope ; 

 but the precise locality is unknown. Spikes of flowers leafy, 

 about an inch long. All the pedicels very much shorter than 

 the calyx. 



Subspicate-fiowered Chaenostoma. Shrub. 



17 C. MARIFOLIUM (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, procumbent; 

 branches clothed with hoary pubescence ; leaves ovate, crenated, 

 with subrevolute edges, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, 

 or on both surfaces ; flowers on very short pedicels, opposite or 

 subracemose ; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx. fj 

 G. Native of South Africa, in the Uitenhage district. Manu- 

 lea virgata, Thunb. fl. cap. 470. ? Branches long, twiggy. 

 Leaves almost sessile, and very white, which does not agree with 

 Thunberg's description, Benth. 



