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SYNOPSIS OF THE BUCHNERE#, 
vel sepius cerulescentes vel purpurascen- 
tes? Spice terminales, sepe capitate, 
fructifere plus minusve elongate 
l. P. cunexfolium, caule pubescenti- 
hirto, foliis inferioribus petiolatis ovatis 
obovatisve inciso-dentatis, superioribus 
oblongo-cuneatis, floralibus vix calyces su- 
perantibus, spicis floriferis capitatis, fructi- 
feris oblongo-cylindricis densis multifloris. 
Manulea cuneifolia, Linn.!— Thunb. 
Fl. Cap. 468 
Has. Uitenhage district, about Algoa 
Bay, Herb. Hooker, Ecklon, &c. (v. s.) 
Stems, though annual, almost of a woody 
texture. Leaves thickish, glabrous. Di- 
visions of the calyx joined to the middle 
by a membrane. Habit of a Selago. 
2. P. capitatum, caule hirto, foliis ova- 
to-lanceolatis oblongisve hirtis, superiori- 
bus parvis linearibus, floralibus ovato-lan- 
.ceolatis hirtis extimis calyces superantibus, 
spicis capitatis subglobosis vel demum ob- 
ngis densis multifloris. 
=- Manulea capitata, Linn.—Thunb. Fl. 
Cap. 469. 
Has. Western districts: from Cape 
Town to Olifantsrivier in Clanwilliam, 
Thunberg, Ecklon, Drége, &c. (v. s.) 
More hairy and less branching at the 
summit than P. cuneifolium. Leaves nar- 
rower, less toothed. Spikes very dense, 
and scarcely bigger than a large pea. Ex- 
ternal floral leaves forming a sort of invo- 
lucre to the young heads. Divisions of the 
calyx obtuse, deeply cleft. Corolla minute. 
Co P heterophyllum, pusillum, hirtum, 
basi ramosum, ramis erectis, foliis infimis 
petiolatis ovatis subdentatis, superioribus 
paucis linearibus, floralibus lineari-lanceo- 
latis, extimis calyces ciliatos superantibus, 
Spicis capitatis fructiferis oblongis laxius- 
culis, staminibus limbo corolle brevioribus. 
Manulea heterophylla, Linn.—Thunb. 
469. 
: Fi. Cap. 
_ Has. Near the Cape, from Zwarteland 
to Caledon, Thunberg, Ecklon, Drége, 
s.) 
. &e. (v. 
Perhaps a variety of P. capitatum, but 
.. much more slender, scarcely ever six inches 
high, with looser heads of flowers. Corolla 
ently yellow. 
P. pumilum, erectum, glabriuscu- 
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lum, foliis petiolatis ovatis, superioribus 
oblongis, floralibus ovatis obtusissimis pu- 
bescentibus calycem equantibus, spicis 
capitatis gener staminibus limbum 
coroll: æquant 
Has. “Groen river in Clanwilliam, 
Z 
zi 
Drége. 
siaii still than the last, with smaller 
heads and rather larger flowers. 
r 5. P. diffusum, glabriusculum vel vix 
hirtum, ramosissimum, foliis ovatis oblon- 
gisve dentatis basi in petiolum longe an- 
gustatis, floralibus linearibus calyces vix 
superantibus, spicis elongatis laxis. 
AB. Near Uitenhage, Ecklon. (v. s.) 
Branches half a foot to near a foot long, 
procumbent. Flowering-spike lax, fruit- 
spike near two inches long, the capsules 
about a line distant from each other. 
Flowers not so minute as in the other 
species. 
6. P.bracteatum, ramosissimum, diffu- 
sum, ramis pubescentibus, foliis petiolatis 
ovatis dentatis glabris, floralibus conformi- 
bus, spicis longis floribus omnibus remo- 
tis, calycibus petiolo foliorum floralium vix 
longioribus. 
Has. Uitenhage district, near Addo 
and Enon, Drège, Olifantshoek, Ecklon. 
(v. s. 
Remarkable for its long lax branches, 
and AMiciany for the broadly-expanded 
limb of the floral leaves. 
VIII. SpHEeNANDRA. Benth. 
Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla decidua tubo 
brevissimo, limbo rotato, laciniis 5 rotun- 
datis subequalibus. Stamina 4, exserta, 
subadscendentia; antheris cuneatis consi- 
milibus 
KÉ S. viscosa (Benth. in Lindl Nat. 
Syst. of Bot. 445.). 
Buchnera viscosa, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 
1. v. 2. p. 357.—Bot. Mag. 7.217. 
Manulea viscosa, Wild. Enum. Hort. 
Berol. 652. 
Manulea cerulea, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 467, 
viz. Linn. 
Has. Carro desert and carroid diets : 
Common in Cape collections. (v. s) = 
Suffrutex erectus, pedalis, viscoso-pu- —— 
bescens. Folia pleraque opposita — E 
