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M A N U L Ef A. 
Corollas deep yellow. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
as are all the following fpecies. Commelin cultivate 1 it 
at Amfterdam in 1697, and named it Cheiranthus, from 
the refemblance of the flower to a hand. 
2. Manulea tomentofa, or u’ooily manulea ; leaves to- 
mentofe; Items leafy; peduncles many-flowered. Root 
biennial. Stem a foot or a footand a half high, and woolly ; 
branches oppofite, not alternate, as Linnaeus deferibes 
them ; in this perhaps they may vary. Leaves oppofite, 
feflile, obovate, narrowing to the bafe, toothed on the edge, 
which is rolled back a little in the young leaves. Flowers 
in a long thyrfe, from tvfrotofive from one common fliort 
peduncle ; they are at fir ft lemon-coloured or greenifn 
yellow, finally deep orange. Linnaeus fays that the whole 
of the plant except the corolla is woolly, the tube even 
of that is hairy ; the fegments are fmooth, with their edges 
rolled back.; the tipper part of the tube, in which the 
•ftamens are included, is fomewhat dilated, as is alfo the 
dower part, fo that it is narrowed in the middle. The 
•.flowers appear from May to November, and are ufually 
followed by feeds, from which the plant may be propa¬ 
gated. The flowers have a Angular but unpleafant fmell, 
not perceivable atadiftance. The variety of pleafant co¬ 
lours fo confpicuous in the flowers renders this a very de- 
flrahle plant. Linnaeus remarks that Selago lychnidea, 
ftems to be allied to this fpecies. Introduced in 1774., by 
Mr. Francis Mafl'on. It flowers from May to November. 
3. Manulea corymbofa, or corymbofe manulea : leaves 
obovate, toothed, fmooth; flowers in level-topped fome- 
what-umbellate duffers. The flem is faid to be naked. 
4. Manulea altiflima, or tall manulea: leaves radical, 
lanceolate, fomewhat toothed, hairy ; flem elongated, al- 
jnoft naked; fpike ovate-oblong; lobes of the corolla 
rounded. Stem two feet high, ereft, hairy, fcarcely at all 
branched, terminating in adenfe, rather-corymbofe, (pike, 
of numerous large and apparently-handfome flowers, the 
fegments of w hofe corolla are unequal, fpreading horizon¬ 
tally, of a rounded fomewhat kidney-like fhape; the 
mouth clofed. Leaves four inches long. 
5. Manulea plantaginea, or plantain-like manulea: 
leaves ovate, obtufe, (talked, entire or toothed, fmooth ; 
ftems diffufe, nearly naked; fpikes ovate; braftes obo¬ 
vate, longer than the flowers. Root long, fibrous, appa¬ 
rently annual. Stems three or four, decumbent, divari¬ 
cated, about two inches long, Ample,almoft leaflefs, hairy. 
Leaves not unlike thofe of a daify, ovate, obtufe, fmooth, 
flefhy, occafionally toothed, meafuring, with their foot- 
ftalk, rather above an inch in length. Spikes moltly foli- 
tary, fliort, round and denfe, of many fmall flowers, fepa- 
rated by obovate obtufe leaflets, twice their own length, 
whofe bafe only is hairy. 
6. Manulea linifolia, or flax-leaved manulea: leaves li¬ 
near, nearly entire, rough with minute hairs. Stem {len¬ 
der, branched, leafy, nearly fmooth. Leaves oppofite, 
ftalked,an inch and a half long, about a line broad , bluntifh, 
rough with minute glandular pubef'cence; their margin 
occafionally toothed ; their bafe tapering into a (lender 
footftalk. Flowers numerous, in loofe compound ter¬ 
minal clufters, with fmall oblong brades. It is probably 
the fame as Buchnera vifeofa. 
7. Manulea pinnatifida, or pinnatifid manulea : leaves 
ovate, pinnatifid ; their fegments toothed. 
8. Manulea capitata, or capitate manulea : leaves ovate, 
ferrated, villofe ; flowers in globofe heads ; branches dif¬ 
fufe. Such is the Linnaean charader; but Thunberg fays 
the leaves are oblong and fmooth. 
9. Manulea antirrhinoides, or fnap-dragon manulea: 
leaves ovate, toothed, fmooth. Flowers alternate. Here 
again is fome contrariety berween Linnaeus and Thunberg. 
The latter, who gathered the plant, defines it “ leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, ferrated, villofe ; head of flowers glo¬ 
bofe ; Item ered." 
10. Manulea thyrfiflora, or crowded-flowered manulea : 
leaves obovate, downy, toothed ; corymb terminal, elon¬ 
gated, compound. Thunberg deferibes the leaves ascre* 
nate, the flowers panicled. The (lent fomewhat fhrubbjr, 
and very much branched, hairy; leayes oppofite, hairy, 
ftrongly toothed. Gathered by Sparrmann in fhady places 
at the Cape. 
11, Manulea argentea, or filvery manulea : leaves alter¬ 
nate, obovate, wedged-fhaped, ferrated, befprinkled with 
filvery dots; flower-flalks axillary, fingle-flowered, longer 
than the leaves. The flem is woody, with numerous 
crowded leafy branches ; leaves (talked, fmall, alternate, 
with little axillary tufts of ftill fmaller ones ; obovate or 
roundifli, ftrongly ferrated, wedge-fhaped, and entire at 
the bafe; the under fide, more efpecially, clothed with 
glandular filvery dots, as is alfo the deeply-divided calyx. 
The plant turns black in drying. 
la. Manulea oppofitiflora, or oppofite-flowered manu¬ 
lea: fhrubby, downy; leaves oppofite, ovate, deeply far¬ 
rated ; flower-ftalks axillary, fingle-flowered, the length of 
the leaves. M. Ventenat deferibes this as a native of the 
Cape, flowering profufely during the fummerand autumn. 
It has the fhrubby habit and afpeft of argentea, but the 
oppofite leaves and flowers clearly diftinguifh it. 
13. Manulea rubra, or red manulea : leaves lanceolate, 
toothed, villous ; clutter lax ; flowers nearly feffiie. Lin¬ 
naeus had no fpecimen of this. Bergius deferibes it with 
an herbaceous, round, nearly-fmooth, (tern ; upper leaves 
(or brakes) linear, toothed, rough, feffiie ; the lower he 
had not feen. Clulter terminal, very long and flender; its 
b ranches alternate, diftant and ereft,the flowers nearly feflile. 
14. Manulea capillaris, or capillary manulea; ftern- 
leaves obovate, fmooth; thofe of the branches linear; 
fpikes ovate. 
15. Manulea cuneifolia, or wedged-leaved manulea: 
leaves elliptic-ovate, toothed, nearly fmooth; fpike 3 at 
length oblong. Calyx fringed. The Item is fhrubby, 
much branched, leafy, round, and downy. Leaves nearly 
oppofite, [talked, about half an inch long, ovate, obtufe, 
with coarfe blunt ferratures ; both fides occafionally (light¬ 
ly hairy, often fmooth. 
16. Manulea coerulea, or blue manulea: leaves linear, 
oppofite, downy, toothed ; flowers racemofe. Linn. Thun¬ 
berg defines the leaves as lanceolate, the flowers axillary 
and lolitary. 
17. Manulea heterophylla, or various-leaved manulea : 
leaves linear, fcattered, villofe, entire or toothed Linn. 
Thunberg fays, “ lower leaves ovate, fomewhat toothed, 
villous; upper linear entire ; heads of flowers globofe.” 
18. Manulea integrifolia, or entire-leaved manulea: 
leaves oppofite, ovate, nearly entire, fmooth ; flower-fialk 
axillary, fingle-flowered, the length of the leaves. This 
is perhaps next akin to our eleventh and twelfth fpecies, 
though effentially different in its leaves, being at moftbut 
(lightly ferrated. The (tern is flirubby, round, much 
branched ; leaves on (hort downy footitalks, which em¬ 
brace the (tern ; nor are they by any means fcattered, as 
Linnaeus defines them. 
19. Manulea microphylla, or fmall-leaved manulea : 
leaves denfely tufted, ovate, entire, fmooth ; flower-ftalks 
lateral, folitary, fingle-flowered, downy, much longer than 
the leaves. Gathered by Sparrmann as well as Thunberg 
at the Cape. 
Species from Thunberg , of which the exaEl order is not known . 
20. Manulea revoluta, or revolute manulea: leaves linear, 
entire, revolute in the margin; flowers axillary. 
zi. Manulea incana, or hoary manulea: leaves oblong, 
ferrated; fpikes level-topped 5 calyx hoary. 
22. Manulea divaricata, or fpreading manulea : leaves 
elliptical, toothed ; fpike terminal, level-topped. 
23. Manulea virgata, or wand-like manulea: leaves obo¬ 
vate, ferrated, villous; branches panicled ; flowers alter¬ 
nate, remote. 
24. Manulea cephalotes, or great-headed manulea: 
leaves oblong, unequally ferrated, fmooth; flowers fome¬ 
what umbellate. 
25. Manulea hirta, or hairy manulea: leaves obovate, 
doubly ferrated, hairy 5 flowers axillary, remote. 
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