Sutera.] xcn. sckophulariace.<e (hemsley and skan). 301 



Leaves close together, often overlapping, sessile, 

 amplexicaul or at least broad at the base ; flowers 

 subsessile. 

 Corolla 6 lin. long ...... 14. S. amplexicaulis. 



Corolla 8-12 lin. long . . . . . . 15. S. Maxii. 



Leaves less close together, not overlapping, stalked or 

 at least narrowed at the base ; flowers distinctly 

 stalked. 

 Leaves lanceolate, ovate to suborbicnlnr, up to 1|- in. 

 "long and 1\ lin. broad. 

 Plant covered with grey somewhat matted soft 

 hairs ; leaves about as broad as long ; 

 flowers 5-7 lin. long . . . . .16. 8. Gossiveileri. 



Plant covered with short rather stiff often 



glandular hairs or the leaves almost glabrous; 



leaves distinctly longer than broad ; flowers 



8i-14 lin. long. 



Inflorescence pyramidal ; bracts large, similar 



to the leaves 17. S. Carvalhoi. 



Inflorescence subcorymbose ; bracts small, 



linear ....••• 18. S. grandiflora. 

 Leaves usually cuneate, f— 6 lin. long, li-3 lin. 

 broad. 

 Leaves much toothed; calyx 2^-3 lin. long; 



corolla white 19. 8. burlceana. 



Leaves entire or few-toothed only at the apex; 

 calyx 1|— 2 lin. long; corolla saffron, 

 reddish-brown or purple-red. 

 Leaves f— 2 lin. long, f-f lin. broad, entire ; 



corolla-lobes f- lin. broad . . . 20. ,S'. atropurpurea. 



Leaves 2-6 lin. long, toothed at the apex ; 



corolla-lobes l|-2 lin. broad . . . 21. &. huillana. 



1. S. pedunculosa, 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 467. A decum- 

 bent diffuse much-branched glandular-pubescent annual herb ; branches 

 up to 18 in. long. Leaves up to 1 in. long and ^ in. broad, elliptic-ovate, 

 usually acute, cuneate at the base, irregularly bidentate, incised-dentate 

 or pinnatifid, subsessile orpetiolate ; petioles up to 8 lin. long. Flowers 

 axillary; pedicels filiform, 1^-2^ in. long. Calyx 1^-1| lin. long; seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, somewhat acute. Corolla yellow ; tube 2-8 lin. 

 long, narrow, cylindric and straight below, equally dilated at the throat ; 

 limb 4—5 lin. in diam. ; lobes suborbicular, nearly equal. Stamens in- 

 cluded, the longer pair as long as the corolla-tube. Capsule 2-2^ lin. long, 

 ovoid, emarginate, bisulcate, minutely glandular-pubescent. — Hiern in 

 Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 267. Chcenostoma pechmculosum, Benth. in Hook. 

 Comp. JBot. Mag. i. 377, and in DC. Prodr. x. 357 ; Marloth ex Engl. 

 in Engl. Jahrb. x. 253. 



Lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland; Hykamkab, 1000 ft., 

 Marloth, 1207. Otyimbingue, 2950 ft., Marloth, 1380. 

 Also in Little Namaqn aland. 



2. S. hereroensis, Skan. A sparsely pilose annual 4-6 in. high ; 

 stem slender, simple or sparingly branched; branches. 2-4 in. long. 



