298 xcn. scrophulariace.e (hemsley and skan). [Jamesbrittenia. 



15. JAMESBRITTENIA, O. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 461. 



Calyx 5-partite ; segments narrow, scarcely imbricate. Corolla- 

 tube slender, equal, not dilated at the throat; limb small, subpatent; 

 lobes 5, obtuse, somewhat unequal, the two posticous outside and 

 somewhat smaller. Stamens 4, didynamous, included ; filaments fili- 

 form ; anthers 1-celled by confluence. Style short, filiform, shortly 

 2-lobed. Capsule ovoid-oblong, septicidal ; valves shortly bifid. Seeds 

 numerous, slightly rugose. — Dwarf diffuse very much branched 

 viscid-pubescent herbs. Lower leaves opposite, the upper alternate, 

 incised- pinnatifid or dissected ; segments incised or dentate. Flowers 

 small, axillary, or the upper flowers in terminal racemes. — Sutera, 

 Roth, Nov. PI. Spec. 291, not of his Bot. Bemerk. 172. 



Species 1. 



1. J. dissecta, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. iii. 461. Branches 1-12 

 in. long, decumbent or ascending, terete, slender. Leaves ^-1 in. long, 

 2-5 lin. broad, ovate or oblong, incised-dentate, pinnatifid or dissected, 

 narrowed at the base, petiolate. Pedicels 1-2 lin. long, slender. 

 Calyx 1 1- lin. long ; segments linear-oblanceolate, subacute. Corolla 

 2 lin. long, nearly white ; lobes ^ lin. long, ^ lin. broad. Capsule as 

 long as or slightly longer than the calyx. — Sutera glandidosa, Roth, 

 Nov. PI. Spec. 291 ; Benth. in DC. Prodr. x. 362; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Incl. iv. 258 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethipp. 101. S. dissecta, Walp. Rep. 

 iii. 271. Capraria dissecta, Del. Fl. cl'Egypte, 95, t. 32, fig. 3. 



Tffile Land. Nubia : near Khartoum, KotscTiy, 330 ! between Korosko and 

 Derr, Bromftelcl ! White Nile; El-Ehs, Schiveinfurth, 976! near Wady Haifa and 

 near Dabbe. JEhrenberg. 



Also in Egypt, Arabia, and India. 



16. MANULEA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 916. 



Catyx deeply 5-fid or 5-partite ; segments narrow, scarcely imbri- 

 cate. Corolla deciduous ; tube elongated, slender, suberect at the apex ; 

 tnroat usually not dilated ; limb spreading ; lobes 5, entire or emargi- 

 nately 2-fid, equal, or the 2 posticous (exterior) lobes more approximated 

 or more connate. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments filiform, short; 

 anthers 1-celled by confluence ; upper pair reniform, perfect or sterile, 

 included or slightly exserted ; lower pair oblong, perfect, included. 

 Style filiform, subclavate at the apex ; stigma obtuse. Capsule with 

 septicidal dehiscence ; valves bifid at the apex. Seeds numerous, 

 rugose. — Glabrous or pubescent herbs, very rarely undershrubs. 

 Leaves often in rosettes or crowded at the base of the stem ; cauline 

 leaves usually few, opposite or the upper alternate. Flowers usually 

 in fascicles forming elongated irregular thyrsoid racemes, sometimes in 

 simple racemes. Corolla usually orange-coloured. — JVemia, Bergius, 

 Desc. PI. Cap. 160. 



A genus of 37 species, all but the following confined to South Africa. 



