Fassei^ina.'] ■ tuymel^ace.]-: (Wright). ^ 13 



Coast Rkgiox: Cape Div. ; Simons Hay, Wright \ Cape Flats, Burchdl^ 

 S3S9 ! near \\'ynberg, BfAu^, 292G ! Ceres Div. ; between Hex River Mountaiu» 

 and Bokkeveld, 8000-1000 ft., Ih^ege ! Riveradale Div. ; hills near Zoeternelks 

 River, lUtrchdl, 6781 ! S^-ellendam Div. ; on dry hills near Breede Hiver, 

 Barchell, 74f>3 ! MosBel Bay Div. ; between Great Brak River and Little Brak River, 

 Barchell^ 6163! Uitenhage Div. ; without precise locality, Zrt/her, 156! Port 

 Elizabeth Div. ; Port Elizabeth, on the sand hills and rocky shores, under 100 ft., 

 Brejel Albany Div.; Howisons Poort, Cooper^ 2301! Batliur^st Div.; between 

 Kasuga River and Port Alfred, Barchcll^ 4019 ! 



Ckntral Rkgion : Somerset Div. ; Somerset, BowJcer \ Molteno Div. ; Brciugh- 

 tun, near Molteno, Flanagan^ Albert Div. ; without precise locality, Cooper, 625 ! 



K A LAH A ui Region : Orange Free State ; without precise locality, Cooper, 642 ! 

 Basutoland ; without precise locality, Cooper^ 702 ! 2302 I Transvaal ; Mac.Mac, 

 Mndd ! 



Eastern Region ; Natal ; near Durban, Peddle ! Mooi River, Wood I Van 

 Reenen, Woody 11405 ! Klip Riverj Suthei^land I 



9. P. rigida (Wikstr. in Vet. Acad. Handl. Stockh. 1818, 326); 

 a much-branched shrub ; branchlets tomentose in the upper part ; 

 leaves opposite, 4-ranked, imbricate, linear, obtuse, almost trique- 

 trous, 1-2 Hn. long, h Hn. ^vide ; flowers few at the ends of the 

 branches ; bracts broadly ovate, 1 lin. long, | lin. wide, obtuse or 

 subacute; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, 1 lin. long. Meisn, in DC. 

 Prodr. xiv. 563, and in inniaea, xiv. 402. P. JiJlformis, Bolus d: 

 WoIIey-Dod in Trans, S. Afr. Phil, Soc, xiv. 315, partly^ not of Linn. 



Var. fi, truncata (Meisn. in Linna:a, xiv. 402) ; leaves adpressed to the 

 branches, approximately quadrifarious, obtuse or almost pr^emorse, about li lin. 

 long ; spikes terminal, not comose ; calyx-lobes oval, obtuse. DC Prodr. xiv. 

 563. P. rifjida, Drtge, Zwei FJl. Docamente, 68, 69. 



Var. 7, tetragona (Meisn. in Linn?ea, xiv. 402) ; leaves very slightly spreading-, 

 strictly quadrifarious, obtuse ; spikes terminal, not comose ; bracts ovate or sub- 

 rotund, obtuse, keeled, distinctly nerved ; calyx-lobes oblong. Mcisn, in DC 

 Prodr. xiv. 563. P. rigida, var. y3, Dreje^ Zicei Pji. Documente, 75. 



Var. 5, comosa (Meisn. in Linntcaj xiv. 402); leaves adpressed to the branches, 

 1—1^ liu. long, convex, obtuse, not or very slightly keeled near the apex ; flowere 

 in tufted slender spikes at the ends of the branches ; bracts oAate-oblong, neives 

 indistinct; calyx-lobes narrowly oblong. Mc'isn. in DC, Prodr. xiv. 563. P. 

 rigldaj Drege in Linnwa, xx. 210. 



South Africa : without locality, Sparrmann, 



Coast Region : Cape Div. ; Table Mountain, Bnrchell, 626 ! near Simonstown, 

 Wolkij-Dod, 1878! 2927 1 Houts Bay, WoUey-Dod, 1575 1 Riversdale Div.; 

 «uromit of Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7129 ! George Div. ; on the C;aclock Berg, 

 nf ar George, BiinluU^ 5929 ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; shore near Port Elizabeth. Zeyher, 

 405 ! Bathurst Div. ; near Port Alfred, Burchell, 3835 ! 3950 ! King Williams- 

 town Div. ; Perie, 3000 ft., Sim, 68 ! Var. j3 : Tulbagh Div. ; Tulbagh, Pappe ! 

 near Tulbagh waterfall, Zeyher, 43 ! near Saron, Schhchter, 10627 1 Knysna Div, ; 

 Ruigte Vallei, under 500 ft., Drege ! Var. y : Clanwilliam Div, ; Ezels Bank, 

 Ceder Bergen, 4000-5000 ft., Dreye ! Var. 5 : Caledon Div. ; tops of the moun- 

 tains of the Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7761 1 Genadendal, 

 Bolus in Herb. Norm, Austr.-Afr., 687! Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, 

 Zeyher, 7381 ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; Krakakamma, Zeyher, 37S0 ! 



Central Region ; Ceres Div. ; Gydouw Mountain, Schkchter, 10220 ! 



WESTERN Region; Var. P : Little Namaqualand ; near Spektakel, 3000 ft., 



Bolus, 9507 ! ' 



Kalahari Region : Orange Free State ; Harrismith, Sankey, 69 ! 



Eastern Region : Natal ; on sandhills near the sea beach, Durban, Wood, 

 1712! Var. 5: Natal; Durban, Sutherland \ Wilms, 2277! and without precise 

 locality, Oerrard, 95 1 



