SCROPHULARINE.E. LXXXV. MANCLEA. 



595 



a downy rachis : calyx minute, with linear segments, shorter 

 than the capsule, which is truncate. T . G. Native of South 

 Africa, near the Omtata, in the Amaponda country, Drege. 

 Nearly allied to M. rubra and ^f. leiostachys, but much more 

 slender, and tube of the corolla scarcely 2 lines long. 

 Small-fan ered Manulea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. ? 



14 M. LEIOSTACHYS (Benth. 1. c.) perennial; stem erect, pu- 

 bescent at the base ; leaves pubescent : lower ones on long peti- 

 oles, oblong, toothed : superior ones oblong-spatulate or linear, 

 few-toothed ; racemes many-flowered, elongated, and are, as 

 well as the top of the stem, quite glabrous ; segments of calyx 

 linear, obtuse, scarcely shorter than the capsule. If. . G. Na- 

 tive of South Africa, at Cedarbergen, in Clanwilliam and Gna- 

 dentl.al. Drege. Taller and more erect than M. rubra, with 

 more numerous and slender flowers, and readily distinguished 

 by the glabrous and almost glaucous surface of the upper part of 

 the plant, ex Benth. 



Smooth-spiked Manulea. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



15 M. RU'BRA (Lin', syst. p. 570. suppl. 286. Thunb. fl. 

 cap. p. 472.) perennial ; stem erect, decumbent at the base, vil- 

 lous ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, dentate, narrowed at the base, 

 downy on both surfaces, or rilloiis ; raceme interrupted, a little 

 branched ; calycine segments linear-oblong, obtuse, about a half 

 shorter than the capsule ; corolla 3-4 times longer than the 

 cahx. If. G. Native of South Africa, in the Cape flats and 

 downs, and Hottentotsbolland ; very common in Cape collec- 

 tions. Nemia rubra. Berg. fl. cap. 160. Manulea angustifolia, 

 Link et Otto. pi. sel. hort. berol. 7. t. 20. This species is very 

 variable in the number of flowers and degree of hairiness. 

 Flowers half an inch long, or rather shorter, at first golden yel- 

 low, but at length of a reddish orange-colour. 



/toi-flowered Manulea. Fl. April, Sept. Clt. 1790. PL 1 

 :ret. 



16 M. OBOVA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) perennial ; stem decumbent at 

 the base, pubescent ; radical leaves ovate : cauline ones obo- 

 vate or oblong, coarsely crenated or somewhat cut, pubescent on 

 both surfaces ; racemes elongated, many-flowered, a little branch- 

 ed ; calycine segments linear, obtuse, rather shorter than the 

 capsule : tube of corolla 2-3 times longer than the calyx. !J . 



Native of South Africa, in Alt;oa Bay, Forbes and Ecklon. 

 This plant varies in the breadth of the leaves. Flowers much 

 more numerous than in M. rubra : the corollas and capsules not 

 half the size. 



O&oeafe-leaved Manulea. PL decumbent. 



17 M. TOMENTOSA (Lin. 



FIG. 56. 



TOMESTOSA 



symb. p. 569. mant. 420. 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 470.) stem de- 

 cumbent, humble, branched, 

 tomentosely villous ; leaves 

 obovate or oblong, toothed, 

 thick, densely tomentose on 

 both surfaces ; racemes short, 

 dense ; segments of calyx lan- 

 ceolate-linear, villously tomen- 

 tose, about equal in "length to 

 the capsule. I/ . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Curt, 

 hot. mag. t. 322. bad. Link et 

 Otto. pi. sel. hort. berol. 45. 

 t. 19. good. Selago tomentosa, 

 Lin. spec. 877. Plukn. phyt. 

 t. 319. f. 2. Branches short and 

 stiff". Racemes 2-3 inches long. Flowers at first greenish-yel- 

 low, but at length becoming orange-coloured (fig. 56). 



Tomentose Manulea. Fl. May, Nov. Clt. 1744. PL 1 

 foot. 



18 M. THYRSIFLORA (Lin. syst. p. 569. suppl. 285. Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 4/1.) stem erect, flexuous, branched, finely pubescent; 

 leaves obovate, coarsely toothed, smoothish ; raceme panicle- 

 formed, many-flowered ; peduncles loosely cvmose ; calycine 

 segments linear ; tube of corolla slender, 3-4 times longer than 

 the calyx ; segments of the limb oblong-linear, obtuse. If. . ? 

 G. Native of South Africa, in the Cape district. Raceme or 

 panicle above half a foot long. Lower cymes opposite : upper 

 ones alternate, all loosely dichotomous. Corolla slender ; tube 

 about 3 lines long. 



Thyrte-Jtortered Manulea. PL 1 foot. 



1 9 M. PAKICCLA'TA (Benth. 1. c.) erect, tall, branched, cloth- 

 ed with hoary pubescence ; leaves ovate or obovate, coarsely 

 crenated ; panicle large ; racemes numerous, leafy at base, 

 many-flowered ; peduncles cvmose ; calycine segments oblong- 

 linear, obtuse ; tube of corolla 3 times longer than the calyx ; 

 segments of the limb ovate. # . ? G. Native of South Africa, 

 at Stormbergen, and near the Krai river. Stem thick and hard. 

 Panicle a foot long ; branches erect ; cymes much denser than 

 in At. thyrsifldra, ex Benth. 



Panicled-Boweied Manulea. PL tall. 



20 M. TURRI'TIS (Banks, herb. mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) stem 

 and branches erect, hairy ; leaves petiolate, ovate or oblong, 

 deeply toothed, narrowed at the base, hairy on both sur- 

 faces ; racemes elongated, slender ; flowers fascicled ; segments 

 of calyx linear, obtuse ; tube of corolla slender, 5-6 times longer 

 than the calyx ; segments linear-oblong, obtuse. % . 1 G. Na- 

 tive of South Africa, on rocks of Nieuwekloof, Drege ; and in 

 the Cape district. This species is remarkable for the white 

 hairs of the stem. Racemes and flowers almost like those of 

 M. Ifiastachyt, but the foliage and habit are very different. It 

 has the appearance of being occasionally shrubby at the base, ex 

 Benth. 



Toner Manulea. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



* * * ACUTIFLORI (from acttlus, acute ; vu&jlot, a flower ; in 

 reference to the segments of the corolla being acute.) Benth. 

 1. c. Racemes compound, or almost simple. Segments of the 

 corolla all, or the upper one* are subulately acuminated, ex 

 Benth. 



21 M. SIELLA'TA (Benth. 1. c. p. 384.) stem ascending, 

 pubescent, sparingly branched; leaves petiolate, broad-ovate, 

 deeply serrated, pubescent ; raceme elongated, compound, loose, 

 many-flowered ; calycine segments linear-subulate ; tube of co- 

 rolla 3 times longer than the calyx. J; . ? G. Native of South 

 Africa, on the mountains of the Cape and South Worcester dis- 

 tricts, Ecklon. An elegant species, with slender, orange-colour- 

 ed flowers, 3 to 7 on each peduncle. 



Stellate Manulea. PL 1 to 2 feet. ? 



22 M. EXALTA'TA (Banks, herb. mss. ex Benth. 1. c.) stem 

 erect, divaricately branched, pubescent ; leaves petiolate, broad- 

 ovate, deeply toothed, pubescent ; racemes very slender, few- 

 flowered, interrupted, leafy at the base ; segments of calyx 

 linear-subulate, but one half shorter than the tube of the corolla. 

 1 . ? G. Native of South Africa, in the Cape and Clanwilliam 

 districts, Olifant's river, Brackfontein, and Berg-valei, Ecklon. 

 Branches slender. Peduncles very short, 1-3-flowered, remote. 

 Flowers half as large as those of M. tleUata. 



Exalted Manulea. PL 2 to 3 feet ? 



2S M. CHEIRA'NTHUS (Lin. mant. 88. syst. 569. Benth. 1. c.) 

 leaves nearly radical, ovate, obovate, or oblong ; peduncles 

 scape-formed, erect, simple ; racemes compound ; tube of co- 

 rolla hardly exserted : upper segments of the limb very long 

 and subulate. Q- or $ G. Native of South Africa, in vari- 

 ous places in the western districts from the Cape to Gariep 

 river in Namaqualand. M. rhynchantha, Link, enum. 2. p. 

 4 G 2 



