Manulea
(from manus, the hand; in allusion to the divisions of the corolla). SYN. Nemia. ORD. Scrophularineae. A genus comprising about twenty-five species of glabrous or pubescent greenhouse herbs, or rarely sub-shrubs, confined to South Africa. Flowers racemose; racemes sometimes simple and naked, or minutely bracteate, sometimes compound, composed of many-flowered peduncles; corolla-tube elongated, somewhat erect at top. Leaves often at the base of the stem, approximate or rosulate; stem ones few, opposite, or upper alternate; floral ones small, often bract-like. For culture, see Celsia.
M. rubra (red).* fl. golden-yellow, 1/2in. long; raceme interrupted, a little branched. April to September. l. oblong-lanceolate, dentate, narrowed at the base, downy. Stem erect, decumbent at the base, villous. h. 1ft. to 2ft. 1790. Perennial.
M. tomentosa (tomentose). fl. orange; raceme many-flowered, 2in. to 3in. long. May to November. l. obovate or oblong, toothed, thick, densely tomentose. Stem decumbent, dwarf, branched, villous. h. 1ft. 1744. Perennial. (B. M. 322.)