302 xcn. scrophulariace^e (hemsley and skan). [Sutera 



Leaves A— 1 in. long, J- § in. broad, thin, broadly ovate, usually acute, 

 truncate" or slightly cuneate at the base, coarsely dentate or sometimes 

 bidentate, everywhere sparsely pilose ; petiole 7^-10 lin. long, pilose. 

 Inflorescence a short terminal few-flowered raceme, covered with slender 

 glandular hairs ; bracts similar in shape to the leaves but much smaller ; 

 pedicels slender, 6-10 lin. long. Calyx-segments 1| lin. long, £ lin. 

 broad linear, acute, glandular-hairy. Corolla sparsely and minutely 

 pilose ; tube infundibuliform, 3-3A lin. long, pilose inside ; limb 

 spreading ; lobes 1 lin. long and broad, subequal, obovate. Stamens 

 included. Capsule slightly longer than the calyx, elongate-oblong. — 

 Ghcenostoma hereroense, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xix. 150. 



lower Guinea. German South-we<t Africa: Hereroland; Hykamkab, in 

 shady rocky places, 980 ft., Marloth, 1207. Usakos, on rocks, Lindner ! 



3. S. elegantissima, Shan. A slender erect glandular-pilose 

 undershrub 1-2 ft. high or more. Branches terete, erect or spreading, 

 elongated or sometimes only a few inches long. Leaves 4-8 lin. long, 

 narrowly lanceolate, shortly petiolate, pinnatipartite or interruptedly 

 pinnatificl ; segments entire, irregularly dentate or subpinnatifid, obtuse. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 2|-6 lin. long, erect-spreading, rigid. 

 Calyx '2h-oh lin. long ; segments linear, obtuse or subacute, densely 

 glandular-pilose, especially on the margins. Corolla 4-5 lin. long, sub- 

 infundibuiiform, minutely glandular-puberulous on the lower part of the 

 tube and on the back of the lobes, densely pilose near the top of the 

 tube ; tube somewhat unequally inflated in the upper part ; limb about 

 2^ lin. in diam. ; lobes subequal, rounded. Stamens and style included. 

 Capsule 1|-2|- lin. long, narrowly ovoid, glabrous. — Lyperia elegan- 

 tissima, Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Branclenb. xxxi. 192. 



lower Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland ; Ondonga, Okasima- 

 Ka-Xamutenya, and Omatope, Schinz, 43 ! 136 ! Oshiheke near Olukonda, Schinz. 



4. S. aurantiaca, Hiem in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 757. A 

 decumbent or ascending much branched densely glandular- pubescent 

 perennial herb or undershrub ; branches 4-12 in. long, slender, terete, 

 woody, or woody at the base and herbaceous above. Leaves 3-9 lin. 

 long, 2-5 lin. broad 2 ovate to suborbicular, bipinnatisect, shortly 

 petiolate or the upper subsessile ; primary segments often stalked ; 

 secondary segments entire, linear, subacute, or deeply pinnatifid. Flowers 

 few, solitary, in the axils of the upper leaves ; pedicels 4-7 lin. long. 

 Calyx li-lf lin. long; segments spathulate-linear, obtuse or subacute, 

 entire or with 1 or 2 teeth near the apex. Corolla 3-4 lin. long, red ; 

 tube slightly inflated on the posticous side at the apex ; limb about 2 lin. 

 in diam., somewhat oblique ; lobes about f lin. long and broad, subequal. 

 Stamens included. Style If lin. long ; stigma capitate. Capsule as 

 long as or slightly shorter than the calyx, ovoid, minutely puberulous. 



Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 292. Buchnera aurantiaca, Burchell, 



Trav. S. Afr. i. 388. Lyperia multifida, Benth. in Hook. Comp. Bot. 

 Mag. i. 380, and in DC, Prodr. x. 361 ; Schinz in Bull. Trav. Soc. Bot. 

 Geneve, vi. 70. 



