Sutera.] xcn. scROPHUiARiACEiE (hemsley and skan). 307 



Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i. 377, and in DC. Prodr. x. 358 ; Engl, in 

 Engl. Jahrb. x. 254, and xix. 150. 



Lower Guinea. German South- west Africa : Hereroland ; Usakos, 2950 ft. 

 Marloth, 1225 ; border of the Namib Plain towards Kanikontes, Guerich, 141. 



Also in South Africa. 



15. S. Maxii, Hiern in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 288. An erect viscid 

 pubescent densely leafy undershrub 4 ft. high, forming a dense bush ; 

 internodes usually 4-6 lin. long. Leaves opposite or rarely alter- 

 nate, sessile, 4-6 lin. long, 3-5 lin. broad, broadly ovate, entire or 

 remotely and obscurely toothed, usually obtuse, sometimes subacute. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary ; pedicels 1 lin. long. Calyx deeply cleft, 

 oh lin. long, enlarging somewhat in the fruiting stage ; segments linear- 

 oblong, obtuse, slightly unequal. Corolla white, J— 1 in. long ; tube 

 cylindric below, incurved and slightly gibbous on the upper side at the 

 throat; limb 4-5 lin. broad; lobes suborbicular. Stamens included; 

 anthers subreniform. Style included. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, 3-4 lin. 

 long, obtuse, minutely emarginate, sparingly pubescent, bisulcate. 

 Seeds globose, slightly rugose. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes ; in ravines of sandy hills near the 

 fazenda" Boa Vista " at 200 ft., Gossiveiler, 60! German South-west Africa: 

 Daunnaraland ; on stony ground near Ubib, Lindner ! 



Also in South Africa. 



16. S. Gossweileri, Skan. A compact densely grey -pubescent 

 almost tomentose undershrub, 2 ft. high ; stem terete, sparingly leafv, 

 blackish in the dried state ; branches short. Leaves alternate (lower 

 not seen), 5-6 lin. long, 4-5 lin. broad, suborbicular to ovate, dentate, 

 rather thick, acute or obtuse, cuneate at the base; petiole about 2 lin. 

 long. Flowers axillary, solitary, chiefly on the branches ; pedicels 3-5 

 lin. long. Calyx 3^-3 J lin. long ; segments linear, rather fleshy, some- 

 what unequal, subacute. Corolla yellow, 6-7 lin. long, minutely 

 pubescent ; tube straight and cylindric below, very slightly incurved 

 and dilated on the posticous side above ; limb 3 lin. in diam., rather 

 deeply 5-lobed ; lobes unequal, elliptic-oblong. Stamens included. 

 Capsule 2^ lin. long, oblong-ovoid, obtuse, somewhat compressed at the 

 apex, bisulcate. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Mossamedes ; in ravines of sandy hills near the 

 fazenda "Boa Vista," 200 fb , Gossiveiler, 62 ! 



17. S. Carvalhoi, Skan. An erect branched undershrub 1^ ft. 

 high or more ; stem up to 1| lin. in diam., terete, densely glandular- 

 pubescent : branches rather short, erect-spreading. Leaves opposite, 

 shortly petiolate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, |-l£ in. long, 3-7A lin. 

 broad, acute, cuneate at the base, slightly puberulous on the nerves 

 beneath, serrate-crenate, with the teeth numerous nnd small. Flowers in 

 a loose terminal pyramidal raceme ; bracts similar to the leaves : pedicels 

 2-3 lin. long. Calyx 4-4-j lin. long, rather densely glandular-pubescent ; 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, 3|—3f lin. long, about | lin. broad, acute. 

 Corolla-tube 8J-9A- lin. long, 1 lin. broad below, slightly enlarged and 



