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qual in size at the base. In the other spe- 
cimens the capsule is not yet formed. 
7. N. versicolor (E. Mey. MSS.), erec- 
ta, subglabra, foliis infimis petiolatis ovatis, 
superioribus paucis remotis sessilibus ob- 
longis anceolatis linearibusve integerrimis 
dentatisque, corolle laciniis 4 superioribus 
oblongis obtusis inter se æqualibus labio 
inferiori zquilongis, palato bicalloso pu- 
- bescente, calcare incurvo apice non dila- 
tato labio inferiori vix equilongo. 
£. oxyceras. 
Has. Olifant's river and Brackfontein, 
in Clanwilliam, Ecklon ; Zilverfontein, in 
Namaqualand, Drége. | 8. in Clanwilliam, 
between sc stai and Knakasberg, 
Drége. 
Habit of de two last. Spur about four 
lines long. Capsule three lines long and 
broad, rounded at the base, not contracted 
at the top, valves rounded at the top with 
the outer corner pointed. In the variety 
B. the spur is sharper, and the flowers of a 
deep yellow. I have not seen the fruit. 
8. N. ligulata (E. Mey. MSS.), erecta, 
subglabra, foliis infimis petiolatis ovatis 
superioribus paucis remotis sessilibus ob- 
longis lanceolatis linearibusve integerrimis 
dentatisque, corolle laciniis supremis ob- 
longis lateralibus obovatis labio inferiori 
subeequilongis, calcare labio inferiore pa- 
rum longiore apice subfalcato-dilatato. 
Has. Hol river, Drége. (v. s.) 
Habit of the three last. Raceme pubes- 
cent. Flowers rather smaller than those 
of N. versicolor, deep yellow. Spur three 
lines long. 
9. N. calcarata (E. Mey. MSS.), erec- 
ta, subglabra, foliis infimis petiolatis ovatis 
superioribus paucis remotis sessilibus ob- 
longis lanceolatis linearibusve dentatis, co- 
rollz laciniis superioribus obovatis (?) inter 
se et labio inferiori subequilongis, calcare 
rectiusculo apice attenuato labio inferiori 
subduplo longiore. 
AB. Between Hex river and Draai, 
Drége. (v. s.) 
Capsule of W. versicolor, from which it 
chiefly differs by the short upper divisions 
of the corolla, and the spur near six lines 
SYNOPSIS OF THE HEMIMERIDE;/E, A TRIBE OF SCROPHULARIACE X. 
N. parviflora, erecta, subglabra, 
foliis inferioribus petiolatis ovatis superio- 
ribus paucis remotis sessilibus oblongis vix | 
dentatis, corolle parve laciniis superiori- 
bus oblongis labio inferiori brevioribus, : 
calcare recto labio superiore subzquilongo, — 
capsulis apice non dilatatis. 
AB. Mountains near the Cape, Eck- - 
lon. (v. s.) 
Stems slender, nearly simple. Racemes 
oose, with filiform pedicels. Corolla — 
scarcely longer than in Linaria simplez, | 
bright yellow, with an apparently purplish - 
spur. 
broad. 
11. N. pinnata (E. Mey. MSS.), erecta, 
Capsule near two lines long and . 
pusilla glabriuscula, foliis remotis lineari- | 
bus profunde dentatis pinnatifidisve laciniis | 
linearibus, corolle parve labio superiore | 
brevissimo, calcare recto labio superiore - 
longiore inferiore breviore. 
Anti 
pinnatum, Linn.! Suppl. — 
Habit eal N. parviflora. Flowers of the : 
same size, but with a ie short upper B" 
Capsule the same. 
12. NN. gracilis, siti prn, foliis | 
inferioribus petiolatis ovatis, superioribus | 
paucis remotis sessilibus oblongis vix den- - 
tatis, corolle parve laciniis superioribus - 
oblongis labio inferiore subdimidio brevi- - 
oribus, calcare recto labio superiore longi- 
ore, capsulis basi contractis apice dilatatis 
subbicornibus. 
HAB. 
in Clanwilliam, Ecklon. (v. s 
Very much like N. parviflora, but flow- | 
ers rather larger (about four lines long with © 
the spur), and capsule of the form of that ' 
of N. bicornis, although much smaller. 
18. N. bicornis (Pers. Syn. 2. 159) 
erecta, pilis sparsis brevibus pubescens vel - 
subglabra, foliis infimis petiolatis ovato- 
oblongis superioribus paucis remotis sessi- | 
ibus oblongis lanceolatis linearibusve — 
inferiore bifido subequilongis, palato bi- 
calloso villoso, calcare^lineari labio inferi- - 
Olifant's river and Brackfontein, 
) à 
ore breviore, capsula basi contracta ge 
dilatata breviter bicorni. 
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