Thesium. | CXX. SANTALACEE (BAKER AND HILL). 427 
#4 in. long. Leaves distant, ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, subu- 
late, acute or acuminate, 1 lin. to } lin. long, hairy on back. Flowers 
terminal on naked axillary peduncles, flowering branches often borne in 
the axils of bracteoles ; bracteoles forming an involucre, ovate, acuminate, 
hairy, about $ lin. long. Perianth 3 lin. long; lobes 3 lin. long, linear, 
subacute, edges infolded, hairy on the outside. Anthers about } lin. 
long. Style about 4 lin. long. Fruit globose, hairy, ? lin. in diam., 
with well-marked ribs and intermediate reticulations. 
North Central. Eastern Chari: Ndelli, Chevalier, 7672! 
39. T. fastigiatum, 4. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 183. 
Perennial ; rootstock thick, woody, bearing numerous erect stems about 
1 ft. high, grooved, densely clothed with more or less erect branches ; 
stems and branches minutely puberulous; branches 1}—2 in. long, one 
or two in the leaf-axils. Stem-leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, apicu- 
late, 24 lin. long or less, leaves of branches subulate, acute, or acuminate, 
about 1 lin, long, minutely puberulous on the back and margins or sub- 
glabrous. Flowers terminal or subterminal on the axillary branches, 
with an involucre of subulate bracteoles. Perianth 1} lin. long; lobes 
§ lin. long, linear-lanceolate, hooded, with infolded margins, glabrous. 
Anthers } lin. long. Style 3 lin. long. Fruit ovoid, about 1 lin. long, 
with 5 prominent main ribs, intermediate less definite, reticulation well 
marked. 
Mozamb. Distr. Portuguese East Africa: on aridge at the back of Mendwe 
Chujala-Yala, Johnson, 316! 
The roots are said by Archdeacon W. P. Johnson to be used for fish traps. 
40. 'T. strigulosum, Welw. ex Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 936. 
A perennial herb, covered with short rigid hairs; stems prostrate or 
ascending, setulose-hirsute, 6-12 in. long, wiry, branching mainly below ; 
branches slender, elongate. Leaves subulate, acute, 3-1 lin. long. 
Flowers arranged in long terminal spikes, nearly sessile in the axils of 
bracts; bracts shorter than the flowers; bracteoles subulate, acuminate, 
forming an involucre. Perianth about 1 lin. long, yellowish ; lobes } lin. 
long, deltoid, ovate, puberulous outside, glabrous within. Stamens with 
very short filaments ; anthers } lin. long. Style } lin. long. Fruit 
globose, immature, setulose, with well-marked ribs. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in rocky thickets near Condo, 
Welwitsch, 6432! Loanda ; Kiambella, on the left bank of the Quanza River near 
Kitush, Gossweiler, 1113 ! 
41. T.fuscum, 4. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910,185. Subshrub ; 
rootstock unknown; stem erect, much branched above, about 1 ft. high, 
minutely pilose, reddish brown, round in section; branches slightly 
grooved. Leaves subulate, acute, 3-1 lin. long, minutely pilose on the 
back. Flowers borne on short branched compact axillary branches, 
Covered with pilose imbricating broadly ovate acuminate bracts and 
bracteoles, 1 lin. long, Perianth 14 lin. long, hairy outside ; lobes 3 
lin. long, elliptic-ovate, hcoded, glabrous, margins inflexed. Anthers 
