LacJin^CLl thymel.eace.e (AVriglit). 19- 



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Branches glabrous : 



Calyx r;ilky (10) capitata. 



Calyx pubescent (11) diosmoides. 



Head;? few-flowered : 



Leaves acerose, pungent (12) ambigua, 



Leaves oblong, obtuse ,., ... (13) ericoides* 



Leaves adpressed to the stem : 



Branches long, slender, finally glabrous ; 



Leaves Hnear, pungent (14) globulifera. 



Leaves linear-laneeolate, obtuse ... ... (15) funicaulis. 



Branches short, white-tomentose : 



Leaves lanceolate, triquetrous ... ... (16) penicillata. 



Leaves lanceolate, concave ... ... ... (17) passerinoides. 



Flowei's solitary, axillary : 



Branches straight, erect ... ... (18) micrantha. 



Branche>s fiexuous, interlacing ... ... ... (19) axillaris. 



1. L. macrantha (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 575); an erect 

 subshrub about 1 ft. high ; branches stout, glabrous except when 

 quite young ; leaves concave, oval or obovate, obtuse, contracted 

 at the base, quite glabrous, about 6 Iin. long and 4 lin. wide ; 

 flowers collected into terminal heads, white (Barchell) ; calyx-tube 

 oblong, constricted above, densely hairy ; lobes 4, densely silky on 

 both surfaces, the abaxial oblong, 6 Iin. long, 3 lin. wide, rounded 

 at the apex, the adaxial oblong, 2 lin. long, 1 Iin, wide, lateral 

 lobes linear, '2h lin. long, ^ lin. wide; filaments filiform, the longer 

 1^ lin, long; scales in the throat of the calyx |- lin. long, obtuse; 

 ovary obovoid, 1 lin. long ; style 2^ lin. long, with silky upward- 

 pointing hairs ; stigma plumose. L, hiixi/olirf^ EcJcL & ZeyJi, ex 

 Mehn, Z,e., not of Lam. 



South Afric.v : wltliout localitv, Bowie ! 



Coast Rkgio^' : Riversdale Div. ; summit of Kampsche Berg, Barchell, 7120 ! 



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2. L. buxifolia (Lam. Encycl. iii. 373); a shrub; branches robust, 

 glabrous; leaves alternate, imbricate, oval or ovate, acute, sessile, 

 quite glabrous, 9 lin. long, 4-5 lin. wide ; flowers congested at the 

 apex of the branches, without a special involucre ; calyx-tube 6-8 

 lin. long, cylindrical or very slightly widened at the base, densely 

 and patently hairy ; lobes pale yellow, ovate, subacute, 4 lin. long, 

 1^^ Iin. wide, densely hairy on both surfaces; scales in the calyx- 

 throat ^ lin. long, clavate ; filaments shorter than the calyx-lobes, 

 very slender ; anthers elliptic, }^ lin. long ; ovary elliptic, compressed, 

 1 lin. long, hairy at the apex; style lateral, very slender, densely 

 hairy in the uppermost line. Illustr, t, 292, fg. 1 ; Meisn, in 

 Llnnseaj xiv. 410, and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 574; var. virens, Sims in 



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enfam. iii. 6 A, 240, not of Meim. Gnidia JUanienfosa, Linn. f. 

 Snjypl 224 ; Wilhl S/.. PI ii. 425. 



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