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SCROPHULARINE.E. LXXXIV. LYPERIA. 



of which the greater part is occupied by the leafy spike. Cap- 

 sule nearly glabrous, hardly as long as the calyx. 

 Stem-clasping-\ea.ved Lyperia. PI. 1 foot. 



3 L. TRI'STIS (Benth. 1. c. p. 378.) herbaceous, erect, very 

 clammy ; lower leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, toothed and 

 cut : superior ones oblong-lanceolate : floral ones lanceolate, 

 quite entire : upper ones shorter than the capsules ; floriferous 

 spikes dense : fructiferous ones elongated ; capsule twice as 

 long as the calyx. If. . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Erinus tristis, Lin. syst. 571. suppl. 287. Thunb. fl. cap. 476. 

 Stems thick, rigid, branched. Tube of corolla about an inch 

 Jong ; segments of the limb emarginate. Capsule 4-5 lines 

 long. The flowers of a dull dirty purple colour. 



/Sad-flowered Lyperia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 to 

 li foot. 



4 L. FRA'GRANS (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, erectish, clammy ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, toothed at top, narrowed at the base, 

 quite entire : superior ones narrower, and nearly entire : floral 

 ones rather shorter than the calyx ; floriferous spike dense : 

 fructiferous one elongated ; capsule hardly twice as long as the 

 calyx. \j . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope ; plentiful. 

 Erinus fragrans, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 357. Erinus 

 lychnideus, Thunb. fl. cap. 474.? exclusive of many synonymes. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 748. Selago lycnidea, Lin. spec. 877. amcen. 6. 

 p. 89. Lychnidea villosa, &c., Burm. pi. afr. 13. t. 49. f. 4. 

 Leaves very numerous at the base of the stem ; and the whole 

 plant is slightly pubescent, and dries very black. Capsule 4-5 

 lines long. 



Far. a ; limb of corolla dirty lurid purple. 

 Far. ft ; limb of corolla dirty yellow. 



Fragrant Lyperia. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1776. Shrub | to 

 1 foot. 



5 L. MACROCA'RPA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose ? stem smooth- 

 ish ; leaves oblong, linear, obtuse, quite entire, narrowed at the 

 base, finely pubescent : floral ones equal in length to the 

 calyxes ; spikes elongated ; capsule about 3 times longer than 

 the calyx. Tj . G. Native of South Africa, probably of the 

 Cape district. Habit of L. fragrans ; but the leaves are entire, 

 and the capsules about an inch long. 



Long-fruited Lyperia. Shrub. 



6 L. SI'MPLEX (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous, erect, nearly simple; 

 lower leaves petiolate, ovate, a little toothed : superior and floral 

 ones oblong or lanceolate, quite entire ; spikes elongated ; cap- 

 sule clothed with clammy pubescence, hardly exceeding the 

 calyx. If. . G. Native of South Africa, in the Cape district ; 

 Karroo desert, and False Bay, &c. Erinus simplex, Thunb. fl. 

 cap. 474. ? Differing from the three preceding species by the 

 short thick capsule ; and in the flowers, and especially the cap- 

 sules, being more distant from each other. Mr. Bentham is 

 doubtful whether this be the same as Thunberg's plant. 



Simple-stemmed. Lyperia. PI. \ foot ? 



* Herbs. Leaves not fascicled. Flowers pedicellate, racemose. 



7 L. TENUIFI.6RA (Benth. 1. c.) small, erect, clothed with fine 

 clammy pubescence ; leaves oblong or lanceolate, quite entire, 

 and few-toothed ; pedicels a little longer than the calyxes. I/ . ? 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope ; but the particular 

 station is unknown. Flowers 8-10 lines long. 



Thin-flowered Lyperia. PI. 5 to J foot. 



8 L. RACEMOSA (Benth. 1. c.) erect, very clammy ; leaves pe- 

 liolate, ovate, sharply toothed, narrowed a long way at the base ; 

 flowers pedunculate, racemose ; limb of corolla ample, longer 

 than the half of the tube. If.. G. Native of South Africa, in 

 the north of Clanwilliam district ; and at the mouth of the 

 Gariep, in Namaqualand, Ecklon and Drege. Tube of corolla 

 about 9 lines long ; lobes of the limb broad, shortly bifid. 



./foemose-flowered Lyperia. PI. 1 foot. 



9 L. GLUTINOSA (Benth. 1. c.) herbaceous, erect, very clammy ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, sharply toothed, roundly truncate at the 

 base ; flowers pedicellate, racemose ; limb of corolla shorter 

 than the half of the tube. If.. G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope, near the Gariep. Not so tall, and more clammy 

 than the preceding. Leaves shorter. Corolla more slender ; 

 with a much smaller limb. Calyx very clammy, rather longer 

 than the capsule. 



Clammy Lyperia. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



10 L. VIOLA'CEA (Benth. 1. c. p. 379.) decumbent or erectish, 

 smoothish ; leaves petiolate, oblong, toothed ; flowers few, sub- 

 racemose ; limb of corolla much shorter than the half of the 

 tube; capsule ovate, villous, twice as long as the calyx. Tf.. 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Manulea violacea, 

 Link, enum. 2. p. 142. Manulea crystallina, Weinm. syll. pi. 

 soc. rat. 1. p. 221.? Erinus patens, Thunb. fl. cap. 475.? 

 Branches smooth. Leaves -| inch long. Corolla 7-8 lines long, 

 of a purplish-violet colour ; segments of the limb entire. Ac- 

 cording to Link, the plant is beset with short curled hairs. 



Fiolaceous-fiov/ered Lyperia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



* * * Subshrubs or shrubs. Leaves usually fascicled in the 

 axils. Pedicels axillary and subracemose. 



11 L. INCI^SA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, humble, much 

 branched ; leaves petiolate, obovate or ovate, deeply toothed, 

 villous on both surfaces, as well as the branches ; flowers few, 

 subracemose ; tube of corolla about 6 times longer than the 

 calyx : limb short. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Erinus incisus, Thunb. fl. cap. 476. Corolla above 

 an inch long. 



Cut-leaved Lyperia. Shrub dwarf. 



12 L. CANE'SCENS (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, decumbent, 

 much branched ; leaves petiolate, subfasciculate, oblong, deeply 

 toothed, hoary beneath or on both surfaces ; flowers subrace- 

 mose ; racemes panicled ; pedicels short, stiff; limb of corolla 

 short ; capsule one half longer than the calyx. J? . G. Native 

 of South Africa, in inundated land, on the Gariep, Drege. 

 Nearly allied to L. argentea, but the branches are less divari- 

 cate, and more rigid ; pedicels shorter. Flowers more nume- 

 rous and smaller. 



Canescent Lyperia. Shrub decumbent. 



13 L. ARGE'NTEA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, divaricately 

 branched ; leaves petiolate, subfasciculate, ovate or oblong, 

 deeply toothed, rather hoary from scabrous pubescence beneath, 

 or on both surfaces ; pedicels axillary, filiform, or the upper 

 ones are subracemose ; limb of corolla one half shorter than the 

 tube. Tj . G. Native of South Africa, in the Uitenhage dis- 

 trict ; and in the Amakosa country, Ecklon and Drege. Ma- 

 nulea argentea, Lin. syst. p. 570. suppl. 286. Thunb. fl. cap. 

 472. Lower leaves \ inch long : upper ones smaller. A plant 

 very variable in pubescence, and generally drying rather black- 

 ish, seldom deserving the name of argentea, Benth. 



Far. a. ; leaves white beneath. 



Far. /3 ; leaves greenish on both surfaces. 



Far. y ; more scabrous, and leaves blunter. 



Silvery Lyperia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1801. Shrub 1 foot. 



14 L. PEDUNCULA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, divaricately 

 branched, finely pubescent ; leaves petiolate, subfasciculate, obo- 

 vate-cuneated, deeply toothed ; pedicels elongated, axillary, fili- 

 form ; calyx 3-4 times shorter than the tube of the corolla ; limb 

 of corolla a little shorter than the tube. fy . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; but the locality is not mentioned. Buch- 

 nera pedunculate, Andr. bot. rep, t. 84, Manulea pedunculata, 



