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6 . THYMELiEACE^ (Wright), [ArtJij'osohn. 



cepTiala, Meisn, in Linna^a, xiv. 393 ; Drege, Zicei Pft, Dommente, 

 158. Gnidia caJocepliala, Gilg in Engl. & Prantl, Pjlanzenfam. iii. 

 6 A, 228 ; 0. Knntze, Bev. Gen, PI iii. ii. 280. 



Eastern Rkgiox : Pondoland; St. Andrews, 1000 ft., Tf/son, 3138 1 Natal; 

 near Durban, Sanderson, 85! Intscbanga, Rthmann, 7885! bet^veen Umkomanzi 

 and Umlazi Rivers, Drejel laanda, Woody 38! 156. Hillside near Bothas, 

 2500 ft., Woodl arid in MacOivan, Ilcrh, Atistr.-Afr.j 1525! Dumisa Station, 

 Hudatis, 420 1 Krantz Kloof, Kuntze \ and without precise locality, Gerrard, 282 1 



Zululand, 3/?'^. McKcnzie ! 



4. A. ornatus (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 559) ; a much-branched 

 shrub; branches at first pilose, finally glabrous and rather rough; 

 leaves opposite or occasionally alternate, closely placed, oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, 6 lin. long, l|-3 lin. wide, pilose with long hairs 

 on the margin and undersurface ; flowers in the axils of the upper- 

 most leaves, subcapitate ; calyx pilose outside ; tube about 7 lin. 

 long, slightly curved, glabrous inside ; lobes 4, two outer broadly 

 ovate, rounded at the base, 3^ lin. long, 2| lin. wide, pilovse outside, 

 two inner oblong, about 3 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, glabrous on both 

 surfaces, all obtuse ; anthers oblong, nearly 1 lin, long, upper 

 shortly exserted ; ovary oblong, pilose at the apex ; style exceutric, 

 filiform, clavate at the apex. Gnidia vesicuJosa, Eckl. dk Zeyh. ex 

 JDrege in Linndeciy xx. 208 ; Meisn. in BG, Prodr, xiv. 559. 

 <T. ornately Gilg in EngL ci Prantl^ Pjlanzenfam. iii. 6 A, 228. 



Var. i3, Gueinzii (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. siv. 559); branches and leaves pilose 

 longer than in the type ; calyx smaller. 



South Africa : \yithout locality, Eddon & Zcyher, Var. )3, Gueinzlus, 

 Coast Region: Caledon Div. ; Kleinrivier Mountains, 1000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 

 3755! Bredasdorp Div.; Rhenoster Kop, Sddechter^ 10603! near Elim, Bolus, 



7852! 



5, A. spicatus (0. A. Meyer in Bull. Phys.-Math. Acad. Petersb. 

 i 1845, 359); a shrub about 2 or more ft. high; stem terete, 

 glabrous except when young, rough with the scars of fallen leaves ; 

 leaves ovate, obtuse, imbricate, 3 lin. long, 1^ lin. wide, glabrous 

 and somewhat tuberculate (when dry) above, villous below when 

 young ; flowers solitary in the axils of the upper leaves ; bracteoles 2, 

 linear, 3 lin. long ; calyx white, pubescent outside ; tube 3^ lin* 

 long, lower l^- lin. oval, persistent, upper part funnel-shupcd ; 

 lobes 4, 2 lin. long, 2 outer ovate, acute, 1 lin. wide, 2 inner oblong, 

 obtuse, f lin. wide; anthers oblong; ovary oblong, 1 lin. long, 

 pubescent at the apex ; style slender, reacliing nearly to the upper 

 anthers ; stigma capitate, hairy, Meisn, in DC. Prodr. xiv, 559 ; 

 Bolus & Wolley-Dod in Trans, S, Afr. Phil Sac. xiv. 315. Passerina 

 spcata, Linn, /, Sujjpl 226; Wiksfr. in Vet. Acad. HandL StocU, 

 1818, 34G; Wendl BoL BeohacJiLld, t, 2, Jig. ld;Lodd.Caht 311; 

 Thunh. FL Cap, ed, SchuU. 377; Meisn. in Linn^a.xiv. 398; BregCy 

 Zwei PJl, Documente, 101, 122. P. laterijlora, Sort, ex Wihstr. 

 Ic. 347. Genista sjncala, Eckl d Zeijh. ex Meisn. in DC, Prodr. 



