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Bracts pale flesh, elliptic or spatulate, scarcely 

 exceeding the flowers. Flowers egluti- 



nous (4) Broivnii. 



If Flower-heads small, 3-10 mm. in diameter. 



a. Bracts leafy, inconspicuous, shorter or rarely 

 exceeding the flowers. 

 Flower-heads 3-4 mm. in diameter ; twigs 



entirely glabrous (S) 7incla, 



Flower-heads 6-10 mm. in diameter; twigs 

 pubescent or pilose. 

 Flower-heads terminally disposed. 



Flower-head flat, glutinous ; leaves 



patently spreading, truncate or obtuse (7) ccipitella. 

 Flower-head convex, woolly ; leaves 



ascending subacute, very pilose (9) globosa. 



Flower-heads laterally disposed (6) lateriflora. 



h. Bracts whitish, invariably exceeding the flowers. 

 Flowers not ghitinous. Leaves subacute, 



often pilose (5) radiata. 



Flowers glutinous. Leaves truncate, gla- 

 brous with a broad, prominent, dorsal 



midrib (2) Dregeana. 



'•"•' Flowers spicate. 



Bpike ovoid or globose, 1-5 cm. long ; leaves lanceo- 

 late, 1-1| cm, long (10) Zeyheri. 



1. S. GLUTiNosA Dahl, 02;. ctt. 17 ; Willcl. Sp. PL i. 1144 (1797), 

 and in Denksch. Akacl. Moench. 134 ; Wend. Coll. PI. 66, f. 22 

 (1805) ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 852 (1824) ; DC. l. c. ; Brongn. op. cit. 

 379 ; Ecklon & Zeyh. Enum. 140 (1835) ; Sonder, oj). cit. 322 ; 

 Colozza, ojj. cit. 21. S. glaucescens E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfl. 

 Doc. 223. Stavia glutinosa Thunb. Prod. 41 (1794) ; El. Cap. 207. 

 Brunia glutinosa Berg. Cap. 57; Linn. Mant. ii. 210. B. coronata 

 Linn. Mant. I. c. in syn. B. colorata Houttyn, Linn. PI. Krnid 

 Kund. vi. 333 (1775), 'in syn. 



Coast Kegion. — Cape Div. : Table Mountain, BurclicU, 529 ! 

 Pa^ppe ! Ecklon d Zeylicr, 1074 ! MacGillivray, 636 ! Milne, 136 ! 

 1000-2000 ft., Drege ! Harvey ! Waai Vlei, Wolley Dod, 873 ! 

 Dilmmer, 641 ! In Herb. Dilmmer, 42 ! Swellendam Div. : In 

 rocky situations of the Tradouwberg, Boivie, Brit. Mns. ! 



Without Locality. — Nivenl Oldenburg \ B. Brown \ Nelson \ 

 Harvey ! Abel I Zeyher ! Forster ! and in Herb. Linnmts ! 



On the Cape Peninsula S. glutinosa frequents the streams and 

 slopes of partially shaded kloofs of Table Mountain, luxuriating in 

 fairly dense undergrowth at elevations of 1000 to 3000 ft., and 

 flowers promiscuously throughout the year ; it occurs also spar- 

 ingly on Devil's Peak and the mountains southwards, while its 

 detection on the Tradouwberg by Bowie upsets the former 

 assumption of the plant's endemicity to this region. 



The elegant habit of the species, combined with the beauty of 

 its flower-heads, which are not unlike certain rayed Composites, 

 are points, worthy of cultural attention. Plukenet's figure, which 

 is occasionally included in the synonymy, probably represents 

 Stilbe vestita Berg, a Verbenaceous plant. 



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