bos de 
—— 1l. H. sessilifolia, pubescens, foliis 
ovato-oblongis sessilibus vel infimis petio- 
latis obscure dentatis, pedicellis subfasci- 
culatis, laciniis calycinis tribus ovato-ob- 
longis duabus cordato-ovatis obtusis. 
Has. Zwarteland and Paardeberg in 
Stellenbosch, Ecklon. (v. s. 
2. H. montana (Linn.— Thunb. Fl. 
Cap. 484.), pubescens rarius glabrata, fo- 
liis petiolatis ovatis dentatis, pedicellatis 
superioribus fasciculatis, laciniis calycinis 
oblongis vel anguste ovatis capsula vix 
brevioribus. 
Hemimeri ides, Lam. Dict. 3. 105 
Diascia montana, Spreng. Syst. 2. 800. 
‘Has. Districts of Cape, Stellenbosch, 
Worcester,and Clanwilliam, Ecklon, Drége, 
and other collections. (v. s.) 
A low annual, with something the habit 
of Holosteum umbellatum, and still more 
that of the smaller East Indian Vandellie, 
but very variable in the degree of hairiness 
as well as in the size of the flowers. 
3. H. sabulosa (Linn.— Thunb. Fl. 
ap. 485.) glabriuscula, foliis petiolatis 
oblongis inciso-dentatis pinnatifidisve, pe- 
dicellis superioribus subfasciculatis, laci- 
niis calycinis lanceolatis oblongisve cap- 
sula subduplo brevioribus. 
Has. Districts of the Cape, Caledon, 
and Clanwilliam, Ecklon, Drége, and other 
collections. (v. s.) 
Near H. montana, but certainly distinct. 
IV. Diascia. Link et Otto. 
Calyx 5-sepalus, estivatione imbricata. 
olla basi fossulis, saccis, vel calcaribus 
2 aucta, limbo explanato vel concavo sub- 
bilabiato, labio superiore bifido inferiore 
trifido lacinia intermedia sepius emargina- 
ta, omnibus latis rotundatis ; appendices in 
fauce nulle. Stamina 4, didynama; fila- 
menta inferiorum basi circumflexa superi- 
ora cingentia, sæpe dilatata vel appendicu- 
lata; anthere uniloculares Sepissime co- 
herentes. Capsula subglobosa, ovoidea 
vel oblonga, non compressa, apice obtusa. 
Semina nuda.—Herbe annue vel peren- 
mes. Folia inferiora vel fere omnia oppo- 
sila. Pedicelli fasciculati vel racemosi. 
* BRacHYcamPX. Pedicelli axillares 
8YNOP&IS OF THE HEMIMERÍDEJE, A TRIBE OF SCROPHULARIACEX. 
vel superiores subfasciculati. Folia basi 
angustata. Capsula ovoidea vel globosa, 
valvula altera sepissime majore. 
l. D. heterandra, foliis carnosulis pro- 
funde pinnatifidis, laciniis inferiorum ovatis 
superiorum oblongis, sepalis ovato-oblon- 
gis obtusis, corolla bifossulata, staminibus 
inferioribus eloneatis difformibus sterilil 
Has. Cape Flats, Drége. (v. s.) 
2. D. diffusa, foliis pinnatifidis subpin- 
natisectisve, laciniis ovatis latis, sepalis 
late lanceolatis 'acutis, corolla bifossulata, 
filamentis inferioribus medio bifurcatis, la- 
cinia altera antherifera altera. membrana- 
ceo-dilatata 
Hemimeris diffusa, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 485. 
Hemimeris peduncularis, Lam. Dict. 3. 
105.—JU. t. 532. f. 3. 
Has. Near Cape Town and Saldanha 
Bay, Ecklon ; Witteboom, Drége. (v. s.) 
Thunberg appears to have confounded 
two or three species, when he says that the 
stamina have offen a membrane in the 
middle, instead of always. Linneus’s 
Pederota Bone Spei. is probably one of 
the species of this section, but it is impos- 
sible to say which. 
3. D. elongata, foliis infimis pinnatifidis 
laciniis ovatis, superioribus pinnatisectis 
laciniis oblongis linearibusve, sepalis late 
lanceolatis acutis, corolla bifossulata, fila- 
mentis inferioribus medio geniculatis inte- 
gris membranaceo-dilatatis. 
Diascia Bergiana, Herb. Un. Itin. n. 233. 
B. parviflora. : 
Has. Olifant's river and Brackfontein 
“in Clanwilliam, Ecklon; near the Cape, 
Sieber (n. 248.); and several other collec- —— 
tions. 8. Cape Mountains, Ecklon ; Paarl- — | 
berg, Drége. (v. s.) 
D. pachyceras (E. Meyer, MSS.), 
foliis pinnatifidis laciniis ovato-triangulari- 
bus obtusis, sepalis late subcordato-ovatis 
acuminatis, corolla basi bisaccata, filamen- 
tis inferioribus medio incurvis dilatatis. 
AB. Hol river, Drége. (v. s. 
Flowers drooping, larger and less open 
than in the neighbouring species. 
9. D. runcinata (E. Meyer, MSS.) 
folis runcinato-pinnatifidis vel sinuato- 
dentatis, laciniis ovatis oblongisve integris 
dentatisque, sepalis late cordato-dilatatis 
