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SYNOPSIS OF THE BUCHNERE., 
lasma scabra, or Rhamphicarpa tubulosa. 
Stem a foot high, nearly simple, scabrous. 
Leaves 13—2 inches long, with few teeth, 
contracted at the base, nearly all alternate. 
Pedicels short, bractes linear. Tube of the 
calyx 9—10 inches long, striated; lobes of 
the limb lanceolato-subulate. Limb of the 
corolla 13 inch diameter. Anthers attached 
by their centre, pointed at the upper end. 
I have not seen the capsule, but from the 
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V. NycrERINIA. Don. 
Erini sp., Linn. et Auct. 
Calyz ovato-tubulosus, breviter 5-den- 
fatus, bilabiatus vel bipartitus. Corolla 
persistens, tubo elongato basi demum fisso, 
fauce wquali sepe hispida, limbo patente 
subequaliter 5-partito, laciniis bifidis in- 
tegrisve. Stamina didynama, superiora 
tubo inclusa antheris oblongis erectis, infe- 
. Mora ad faucem inserta antheris minoribus 
transversis sepe sterilibus, nunc omnino 
abortiva. Capsula coriacea vel membra- 
nacea valvulis apice bifidis. Herbe suf- 
fruticesve Austro- Africana. plus minusve 
viscosa siccitate sepe nigricantia. Folia 
infima opposita, superiora alterna sepius 
paucidentata, Jloralia sepius minora in- 
tegra calyce adpressa vel interdum adnata. 
ores sessiles interrupte vel dense spicati. 
* Corolle lacinie bifide, tubus tenuiter 
ens. Folia oblonga linearia vel 
lanceolata. 
4 NV. coriacea, suffruticosa, foliis flora- 
libus late lanceolatis obtusis dentatis crassis 
coriaceis villosis calyces coriaceos villosos 
duplo superantibus, spica elongata. 
Has. Mountains near Cape Town, 
— Ecklon. (v. s.) 
Although the single specimen I have 
Seen is but imperfect, yet it is evidently a 
Very distinct species. In habit it comes 
near WV. divaricata but is much larger and 
‘More rigid, and has the flowers of N. spath- 
cea. Capsule larger than in any other 
Species, and almost woody. 
92. N. spathacea, suffruticosa, erecta, 
foliis obovato- vel oblongo-spathulatis infi- 
mis trinerviis, floralibus amplexicaulibus 
lanceolatis oblongisve obtusis subinte- 
AL lis, omnibus coriaceis mar- 
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gine et ad nervos pubescentibus ceterum 
glabris, spica elongata, calycibus elongatis 
folio florali parum brevioribus. 
Has. Tambukiland near Silo East of the 
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lon. At the top ofthe Witberg, Drége.(v.s.) 
Branches simple about a foot high, rigid, 
Floral leaves spathiform, near an inch long, 
and apparently coloured, but drying black 
like the rest of the plant. Spike much 
lengthened after flowering. Tube of the 
corolla above an inch and a half long. 
3. N. maritima, suffruticosa erecta 
subglabra, foliis lanceolatis oblongisve ob- 
tusis subintegerrimis, floralibus late lance- 
olatis calyce parum superantibus omnibus 
subcoriaceis glabris, spica elongata densa 
multiflora, 
Erinus maritimus, Linn.—Thunb. FT. 
Cap. 474. 
Has. Uitenhage district. Sea coast near 
Zeekoe river Thunb., near Kachu, Drége. 
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a N. spathacea but taller. The leaves 
of the central stem are numerous and close 
and the spike long and thick. The lateral 
branches, when they exist, are more slender, 
with few leaves and flowers. This may 
possibly be a mere variety of N. lychnidea. 
4. WN. lychnidea (Don. in Sw. Brit. Fl. 
Gard. 2nd Ser. 3. t. 239 
late lanceolatis oblongisve obtusis pauci- 
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ciliatis, spica elongata, 
brevioribus. 
Erinus lychnidea, Linn. Suppl. 987? 
Willd. Spec. 3. 333, non  Thunb.— Bot. 
Mag. 51, t. 2504.— Bot. Reg. 9. t. 748. 
Has. Probably along the sea coast: in 
Ecklon's, Forbes's, and other collections. 
In the Amaponda country between the 
rivers Umtenda and Umzimcoolu, Drége. 
(v. 5.) 
Branches usually decumbent at the base. 
Leaves more or less fleshy, the larger ones 
almost always toothed. Drége’s specimens 
have the leaves rather less toothed, but in 
other respects resemble the N. lychnidea, 
though gathered so far to the eastward. - : 
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