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SOUTH AFKICAN VEKBENACEJE. 



By H. H. W. Pearson, M.A., F.L.S., South African College, 



Cape Town. 



(Bead September 28, 1904.) 



The account of the South African Verbenacese contained in the 

 Flora Capensis (vol. v., pp. 180 et sqq.) was based upon materials 

 preserved in the principal British Herbaria supplemented by 

 specimens lent from other European collections. Among the 

 South African material kindly placed at my disposal by Dr. Bolus, 

 Dr. MacOwan, Dr. Kolbe, Dr. Schonland, and Mr. Medley Wood 

 I have found certain new species, as well as good specimens of 

 hitherto imperfectly known species, of which detailed descriptions 

 are given below. Bouchea incisa and Clerodendron reflexum are at 

 present only recorded from Tropical Africa. 



Gen. LIPPIA, Linn. 



LlPPIA PEDUNCULATA, sp. n. 



Fruticulus rectus ramis subteretis, striatis, hispido-scabridis. 

 Folia opposita, brevissime petiolata, ovata vel elliptico-ovata, basim 

 attenuata, apice obtusa vel sub-acuta, crenato-serrata, rugosa, supra 

 hispidulo-scabrida, infra in nervis hispido-scabrida, profuse glandu- 

 lifera. Spicce turn globosse, denique cylindricse, axillares, solitares 

 geminatseve, pedunculis longis tenuibus hispidis suffultae. BractecE 

 oblongae, basim truncatse, apice subito acuminataB vel caudato- 

 acuminatae, utrinque prsesertim marginibus hispidae, flores haud 

 superantes. Calyx perspicue 2-lobatus, 4-nervatus, extus dense 

 molliterque villosus, intus glaber ; lobi vix tubo aequantes, 2-nervati, 

 plus minusve perplexe 2-dentati. Corolla extus supra medium 

 villosa, intus in faucibus puberula. 



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