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SYNOPSIS OF THE BUCHNERE/E, A TRIBE OF SCROPHULARIACE.E. 
Calyx and capsules membranous. Corolla 
nine to eleven lines long, or in the var. &. 
scarcely five lines long and concealed under 
the floralleaves. As there is but a single 
small specimen of this variety, I am unable 
to say whether the small size of the flower 
is accidental or the character of a species. 
. M. NN. Africana, (Don. in Sw. Br. Fl. 
Gard. 2nd Ser. 3. sub. t. 239.) humilis, basi 
ramosa, foliis obovatis, floralibus oblongo- 
spathulatis, coroll: fauce vix pilosa, stami- 
nibus 4 antheriferis. 
Erinus africanus, Zinn—Thunb. Fl. 
Cap. 474. 
Har. Carro and Carroid districts: Hex 
Winterbergen and Sneeu- 
webergen, Ecklon, Drége. Hermanns 
Kraal, in Albany, Ecklon. (v. s.) 
Habit of N. selaginoides. Leaves ra- 
ther more collected at the base of the stem, 
spike more dense with the floral leaves more 
prominent, and readily distinguished by the 
two lower anthers slightly projecting from 
the mouth of the tube. 
*** Corolle limbi lacinie integre, tu- 
glabro. 
12. N. divaricata, humilis, rigida, basi 
ramosa, pubescenti-hirta, foliis infimis lon- 
oni petentis sides: mpos florali- 
enicie elonoatie 
Manulea divaricata, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 468. 
Has. Sandy hills and plains near Cape 
Town, Thunb. Ecklon, Drége, Sc. (v. s.) 
À common plant in collections, drying 
black. Corolla slender, about ten lines long. 
Capsules rather coriaceous. 
.13. N. peduncularis, humilis, basi fo- 
liosa ramosa, foliis infimis petiolatis ovatis, 
caulinis paucis lanceolatis subdentatis, spi- 
cis longe pedunculatis capituleformibus 
paucifloris. 
a. Mitsal 
B. glabriuscula. 
B. Theopolis in Albany, Ecklon, 
B. "Sain Drége. (v. s.) 
Leaves nearly all collected at the base 
ofthe stem. Scapiform branches four to 
Six inches long. Flowers of N. divaricata. 
les somewhat coriaceous. 
da. NV. pusilla, erecta, subsimplex, fo- 
lis sema seas ya CÓNNE 
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floribus paucis distantibus vel subapprox- 
imatis. 
Has. Between Hol river and Micren- 
kasteel, in the North of Clanwilliam district, 
Drége. (v. s.) 
A more slender plant than N. peduncu- 
cularis, and branches not scapiform. Spe- 
cimens in the Linnean Herbarium, marked 
Buchnera divaricata, appear to belong to 
the species. 
15. N. villosa, caule erecto ramoso 
folioso, folis oblongo-linearibus obtusis 
densis. peo 
Erinus villosus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 474? 
Has. Haazenkraalsrivier, Drége. (v.s.) 
A taller plant than the three last, and 
scarcely blackens in drying. Capsules al- 
most membranaceous. Stamens all anthe- 
riferous, and included in the tube, as in 
the three last species. 
VI. 
Calyx membranaceus, bilabiatus, fructi- 
fer bipartitus. Corolla "persistens, tubo 
emum fisso, fauce latiore, limbo patente 
subsqualiter 5-fido. Stamina didynama, 
versus apicem tubi inserta, antheris consi- 
milibus exsertis. Capsula membranacea. 
Herbe Austro- Africane, pusille, annue, 
plerumque ramosissime, plus minusve vis- 
cose, siccitate viz nigricantes. Spice ter- 
minales, florifere sepe capitate, fructife- — 
re interdum elongate. Flores subsessiles. 
Folia floralia pedicello brevissimo adnata. 
orolle tubus calyce 2—3-plove lon- 
gir. 
E * — > viscoso- pullesven fo- 
liis li 
tatisque, spicis laxiusculis numerosis co- 
rymboso-paniculatis, corolla tubo calyce 
triplo longiore. 
Buchnera capensis, Linn. Mant. 88. 
Manulea capensis, Thunb. FT. Cap. 467. 
Has. Cape district, Ecklon, Drége, 
&c. (v. s.) 
A pretty annual, about six inches high, 
with numerous yellow flowers. Tube of 
the corolla half an inch long, limb larger 
than in any of the preceding ones. Cap- 
sule membranaceous. Two at least, and — 
, generally all four anthers slightly exserted. - 
PoLYCARENA. 
