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SCROPHULARINEyE. LXXXV. MANULEA. 



peduncles. Corolla usually orange-coloured or yellow, not be- 

 coming black on drying. Capsule glabrous. 



* RACEMOSE. Pedicels \-florvered. Segments of corolla bifid, 

 obcordate, obovate, or rarely oblong, obtuse. Leaves almost 

 radical. Peduncles scape-formed, simple, naked, or minutely 

 bracteate, racemose at apex. 



1 M. ? NERVOSA (E. Meyer, mss. Benth. 1. c. p. 381.) 

 leaves petiolate, obovate-oblong or ovate, quite entire, glabrous ; 

 calycine segments broad-lanceolate ; segments of corolla broad, 

 emarginate : the 2 upper ones combined beyond the middle, 

 quite entire. Tj . ? G. Native of South Africa, at Zilverfon- 

 tein, in Namaqualand, Drege. The calycine segments are 

 broader and thicker ; tube of corolla shorter ; limb larger, and 

 less deeply cleft than in any other species. Perhaps a separate 

 genus, ex Beuth. 



Nerved Manulea. PI. J to \ foot. 



2 M. SILENOI'DES (E. Meyer, mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) annual ; 

 leaves petiolate, ovate, quite entire, or obscurely toothed ; caly- 

 cine segments linear, while young connected by a membrane, 

 and exceeding the capsule in the fructiferous state ; segments 

 of corolla emarginately bifid. 0. G. Native of South Africa, 

 at Karakuls. More slender than M. nervbsa. Tube of corolla 

 longer ; limb smaller, with narrow segments. 



Var. ft, minor (E. Meyer, 1. c.) 0. G. Native of South 

 Africa, between Micrenkasteel and Zwartdoorn river, in Clan- 

 william ; and Modderfontein, in Namaqualand. 



Catchfly-like Manulea. PI. 3 to 4 inches. 



3 M. ANDROSA'CEA (E. Meyer, mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) leaves 

 obovate-oblong, glabrous, quite entire, or subcrenated ; pedun- 

 cles glabrous ; racemes subcapitate ; calycine segments oblong- 

 linear, glabrous, equalling the capsule in length ; tube of corolla 

 3 or 4 times longer than the calyx ; segments of the limb obo- 

 vate, retuse. 0. ? G. Native of South Africa, in sands near 

 Noagas, Drege. Rather taller than M. silenoldes. Leaves 

 rather longer and narrower. Flowers nearly sessile, mostly 

 forming a compact head, which is sometimes elongated in the 

 manner termed proliferous, Benth. 



Androsace-like Manulea. PI. ^ to \ foot. 



4 M. coRYMsbsA (Thunb. fl. cap. 472. Benth. 1. c.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, obovate, quite entire and toothed, glabrous, or 

 finely downy ; peduncles scape-formed, sometimes furnished 

 with 1-2 leaves ; fructiferous racemes elongated ; calycine seg- 

 ments linear, longer than the capsule, membranously ciliated at 

 the base ; segments of corolla broad, obovate. Native of South 

 Africa, in the Cape district. Flowers often reflexed. Tube of 

 corolla 3 lines long ; orifice hairy. 



Corymbose- flowered Manulea. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



5 M. ALTI'SSIMA (Lin. syst. 569. suppl. 286. Thunb. fl. cap. 

 472.) leaves oblong-elliptic, lanceolate, or toothed, finely pubes- 

 cent; peduncles very long, sometimes furnished with 1-2 leaves; 

 fructiferous racemes oblong, dense ; calycine segments longer 

 than the capsule, clothed with scabrous pubescence. Native of 

 South Africa, in the Cape district. Peduncles or flowering 

 stems often a foot and a half high, sometimes with one or two 

 branches. 



Very-tall Manulea. PI. feet ? 



6 M. JLONGIFOLIA (Benth. 1. c. p. 382.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, quite entire, or obscurely toothed, smoothish ; floriferous 

 branches elongated, branched, nearly naked, or few-leaved at the 

 base ; fruit-bearing racemes elongated ; calyxes on short pedi- 

 cels, with lanceolate, hispid segments, which rather exceed the 

 capsules. Native of South Africa, at Ebenezer, Drege. Per- 

 haps a variety of M. allissima ; but besides the branched stems, 

 narrow racemes, &c. the corolla appears to be much smaller. 



Long-leaved Manulea. PI. 2 feet ? 



7 M. BELLIDIFOLIA (Benth. 1. c.) leaves obovate or oblong, a 

 little crenated, glabrous, or finely pubescent ; fructiferous ra- 

 cemes elongated ; capsules remote ; calycine segments lanceo- 

 late, nearly glabrous ; segments of corolla oblong-ovate. Na- 

 tive of South Africa, in the Uitenhage district, Katrivierberg, 

 Addo, and Quaggsvlakte, Ecklon ; Klipplaats river, Drege. 

 It comes near M. corj/mbdsa, but is readily distinguished by the 

 calyx. Leaves of Bellis sylvestris. 



Daisy-leaved Manulea. PI. 2 feet. ? 



* * THYRSIFLORJE. Racemes compound ; pedicels fascicu- 

 lately many-flowered. Segments of corolla entire, oblong, obtuse. 

 Stems usually leafy, Benth. 



8 M. INCA'NA (Thunb. fl. cap. 468. Benth. 1. c.) suffruti- 

 cose, humble, much branched ; leaves approximate at the base 

 of the branches, petiolate, oblong, obtuse, toothed at apex, nar- 

 rowed at the base, hoary on both surfaces ; floriferous branches 

 erect, nearly naked, racemose ; peduncles very short, 1-3-flow- 

 ered ; calyxes hoary, scarcely shorter than the tube of the co- 

 rolla. J? . G. Native of South Africa, near the Cape. Habit 

 of Cheenostoma halimifdlium. Calyx 3-4 lines long, cleft to the 

 middle only. Divisions of corolla narrow-oblong, Benth. 



Hoary Manulea. Shrub dwarf. 



9 M. CRASSIFOLIA (Benth. 1. c.) perennial ; leaves nearly ra- 

 dical, oblong-elliptic or spatulate, obtuse, or bluntly subdentate, 

 quite glabrous on both surfaces ; stems nearly naked ; racemes 

 elongated, interrupted ; flowers fascicled ; segments of calyx 

 connected by a membrane, lanceolate-linear at apex, about 

 equal in length to the calyx ; tube of corolla 2-3 times longer 

 than the calyx. 7/ . G. Native of South Africa, at Moogplats 

 and Witbergen, Drege. Very smooth, and almost glaucous. 



Thick-leaved Manulea. PI. to 1 foot. 



10 M. JB'NCEA (Benth. 1. c.) perennial, quite glabrous, glau- 

 cous ; branches strict, erect, rushy, few-leaved ; leaves oblong- 

 linear, remotely toothed or pinnatifid : superior ones linear, 

 quite entire ; racemes compound, short, few-flowered ; seg- 

 ments of the calyx subulate, exceeding the capsule a little ; 

 tube of corolla 4-5 times longer than the capsule. I/. G. Na- 

 tive of South Africa, at Giftbergen, Drege. Racemes 2-7 inches 

 long. Calyx slightly downy. Tube of corolla about g inch 

 long. 



Rushy Manulea. PI. 2 feet. 



11 M. RI'GIDA (Benth. 1. c.) erect, clothed with scabrous 

 pubescence ; branches divaricate ; leaves lanceolate, deeply 

 toothed or pinnatifid ; racemes elongated ; flowers subfascicu- 

 late, on very short pedicels ; calycine segments subulate at apex, 

 twice the height of the capsule ; tube of corolla scarcely twice 

 the length of the calyx, if..? G. Native of South Africa, in 

 Clanwilliam district ; Olifant's* river and Brackfontein, Ecklon ; 

 Wupperthal, Drege. Stature of M.juncea, but branchy in the 

 upper part. Leaves sessile, or embracing the stem, often erect, 

 with the midrib very prominent. Pedicels 1-5-flowered. Co- 

 rolla of M.juncea, ex Benth. 



Stiff Manulea. PI. 2 feet. 



12 M. DENSIFLORA (Benth. 1. c.) perennial, branched ; can- 

 line leaves oblong-linear, almost quite entire, and toothed ; ra- 

 cemes dense, subspicate ; calycine segments subulate, exceeding 

 the capsule a little ; tube of corolla thickish. "U.. G. Native 

 of North Africa, in Clanwilliam district ; Olifant's river, and 

 Brackfontein, Ecklon. Inflorescence of M. jimcea, but different 

 in habit and foliage. 



Dense-lowered Manulea. PI. 2 feet. ? 



13 M. PARVIFLORA (Benth. 1. c. p. 383.) perennial ; stem 

 erect, a little branched, few-leaved, pubescent ; leaves radical, 

 oblong-spatulate or obovate : cauline ones linear, quite entire or 

 few-toothed ; racemes elongated, slender, many- flowered, with 



