SCROPHULARINE/E. LXXXIV. LYPERIA. LXXXV. MANULEA. 



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Pers. ench. 2. p. 184. Habit of L. argentea. Resembles also 

 L. cuneata ; but the leaves are several times larger, and stalked ; 

 and the pedicels above an inch long. Corollas white. 



Long-pednncled Lyperia. Fl. June, Nov. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 ] 1 foot. 



15 L. I-HLOGIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, decumbent, 

 much branched ; leaves fascicled, petiolate, oblong, deeply tooth- 

 ed or pinnaiifid, finely pubescent or glabrous ; racemes loose, 

 clothed with clammy pubescence ; limb of corolla ample, with 

 emarginate segments, about equal in length to the tube. Jj . 

 G. Native of South Africa, on the Keiskamma, Drege. Dif- 

 fers from L. argentea chiefly by the leaves, which are smaller 

 and more deeply toothed ; and by the large expanded limb of 

 the corolla. 



Phlox-flowered Lyperia. Shrub decumbent. 



16 L. CRASSICAU'LIS (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, decumbent at 

 the base, much branched ; branches strict, stiff, scabrous ; leaves 

 petiolate, ovate, pinnate : segments oblong, wedge-shaped, en- 

 tire, or 2-3-cleft, scabrous ; racemes strict ; pedicels a little 

 shorter than the calyx ; limb of corolla short, with emarginate 

 segments. Jj . G. Native of South Africa, on Wildshutsberg 

 and Witbergen. Dries black, and is covered with glandular 

 dots, which become white on drying. 



Thick-stemmed Lyperia. Shrub 5 to 1 foot. 



17 L. MOI.LIS (Benth. 1. c. p. 380.) suffruticose, clothed with 

 soft villi ; branches elongated, procumbent ; leaves subfascicu- 

 late, petiolate, ovate, deeply pinnatifid or pinnate : segments 

 ovate, entire or cut ; pedicels axillary, filiform ; tube of corolla 

 hardly twice as long as the calyx. Jj . G. Native of South 

 Africa, at Graham's Town, in Albany; and Zaureberg, in Uiten- 

 hage, Ecklon ; Colesberg, Drege. Branches slender. Pedicels 

 8-10 lines long. Corolla 4-5 lines long. 



Soft Lyperia. Shrub procumbent. 



18 L. FILICAU'LIS (Benth. 1. c.) sufFruticose, pubescent; 

 branches elongated, slender, procumbent ; leaves subfasciculate, 

 petiolate, obovate-roundish, deeply pinnatifid : segments obo- 

 vate, very blunt; pedicels axillary, filiform. Jj. Gf. Native of 

 South Africa, on the Witbergen. Allied, but distinct from the 

 preceding. 



Thread- stemmed Lyperia. Shrub procumbent. 



19 L. PIXNATI'FIDA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, decumbent, 

 much branched ; leaves pinnate : segments oblong-cuneated, 

 entire, toothed or pinnatifid ; flowers subracemose ; tube of co- 

 rolla 3-4 times longer than the calyx. Tj . G. Native of South 

 Africa, in the Karroo desert and Karroid places ; from Beaufort 

 to the Fish River, Ecklon. Manulea pinnatifida, Lin. syst. p. 

 570. suppl. 285. Thunb. fl. cap. 473. Plant very variable. 

 Leaves from 3 to 6 lines long, usually convolute or conduplicate. 

 Pedicels few, rather stiff. Tube of corolla 4-5 lines long ; limb 

 2-3 lines long ; segments obtuse, or very slightly emarginate. 

 Some of the following varieties may prove to be species. 



Var. a, canescens (Benth. 1. c.) capsule hardly one half longer 

 than the calyx. 



far. ft, subcanescens (Benth. 1. c.) capsule about twice the 

 length of the calyx. 



I'ar. y, viscbso-pubescens (Benth. 1. c.) capsule about twice 

 as long as the calyx ; corollas smaller. 



Var. c, subbipinnatisecta (Benth. 1. c.) corolla larger. 



Var. t, microphylla (Benth. 1. c.) clothed with clammy pubes- 

 cence. 



Pznna/i/W-leaved Lyperia. Shrub decumbent. 



20 L. MULTI'FIDA (Benth. 1. c.) suffruticose, procumbent, much 

 branched ; leaves subfasciculate, bipinnate ; segments for the 

 most part petiolate, oblong-cuneated, entire, cut or pinnatifid ; 

 racemes few-flowered ; calycine segments linear-spat ulate, 

 hardly a half shorter than the tube of the corolla. Jj . G. 



VOL. IV. 



Native of South Africa, at Sternbergspruit and Stormbergen, 

 Drege. Leaves much more divided ; and the flowers much 

 smaller than in L. pinnatifida, ex Benth. 



3/uftj/W-leaved Lyperia. Shrub procumbent. 



21 L. FOLIOLOSA (Benth. 1. c.) shrubby, divaricately much 

 branched ; leaves small, fascicled, linear-cuneate, toothed or pin- 

 natifid, canescent on both surfaces ; flowers subracemose ; tube 

 of corolla about thrice as long as the calyx. >j . G. Native of 

 South Africa, in karroid places. Zartehopf and Langekloof, 

 Ecklon ; between the little Fish river and Brak river, Drege. 

 Leaves 1 to 3 lines long, much narrower, less cut, and whiter 

 than in L. pinnattfida, var. f, which it much resembles. 



Leafy Lyperia. Shrub. 



22 L. CUNEA V TA (Benth. 1. c.) shrubby, much branched ; 

 leaves minute, fascicled, bi-tridentate at apex, rarely quite 

 entire, smoothish, or finely pubescent ; flowers subracemose ; 

 tube of corolla 3-4 times longer than the calyx, h . G. Native 

 of South Africa, on the Gauritz river, Drege. Leaves interme- 

 diate between those of L.foliolosa and L. alropiir/.urca. Differs 

 from L. pedunculata by the minute sessile leaves, and in- the 

 peduncles, which are seldom half an inch long. 



Cuneate-leaved Lyperia. Shrub. 



23 L. ATROPURPU'REA (Benth. 1. c.) shrubby, much branched; 

 leaves minute, fascicled, linear, quite entire, or rarely uniden- 

 tate ; flowers subracemose ; tube of corolla 6-7 times longer 

 than the calyx. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, in 

 the Karroo and Karroid districts, Ecklon and Drege. Manulea 

 atropurpurea, Banks, herb. Leaves glabrous or downy, 1-2 

 lines long. Corolla near an inch long. Capsule larger than in 

 the neighbouring species. Leaves longer in the cultivated 

 plant. 



Dark-purple-fiovrered Lyperia. Shrub. 



24 L. ASPALATHOI'DES (Benth. 1. c. p. 381.) shrubby, much 

 branched ; leaves minute, fascicled, oblong or linear, quite 

 entire ; flowers racemose ; tube of corolla 2-3 times longer than 

 the calyx. J? . G. Native of South Africa, at Grassrugg and 

 Krakakamma, in the Uitenhage district, Ecklon. Leaves smaller 

 than in the preceding, and narrower than those of the following, 

 and not imbricated. Corolla -J- an inch long. Branches downy. 

 Leaves glabrous. 



A ' spalathus-like Lyperia. Shrub. 



25 L. MICROPHY'LLA (Benth. 1. c.) shrubby, much branched ; 

 leaves minute, ovate, quite entire, fascicled in the axils : those 

 of the younger branches imbricating in 4 rows ; flowers few, 

 towards the tops of the branches. I; . G. Native of South 

 Africa, in Karroid districts ; Zwartkops river, Ecklon ; near 

 Garip, and between Addo and Zondag river, Drege. Manulea 

 microphylla, Lin. syst. 569. suppl. 285. Thunb. fl. cap. 466. 

 Leaves scarcely 5 a line long. Flowers about half an inch long. 

 Segments of the limb broad, obovate. 



Small-leaved Lyperia. Shrub. 



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



LXXXV. MANITLEA (from mantis, the hand ; in allusion 

 to the divisions of the corolla.) Bentb. in Hook. comp. 1. p. 

 381. Nemia, Berg. Manulea species, Lin., Thunb., and other 

 authors. Selago species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-parted ; 

 segments linear or subulate. Corolla deciduous ; tube elon- 

 gated, glabrous or tomentose outside, erectish at top ; limb 5- 

 parted, equal, or the 4 superior segments are more approximate. 

 Stamens didynamous, inclosed. Herbs, rarely subshrubs, na- 

 tives of South Africa. Leaves generally approximate at the 

 base of the stems : floral ones small, bractea-formed. Flowers 

 racemose ; racemes sometimes simple and naked, or minutely 

 bracteate ; sometimes compound, composed of many-flowered 

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