Zachnwa.] thymel.i^ace.^. (Wright). 2r» 



Meisn. in DC. Proflr. xiv. 577; Drege, Zwe! Pfl. Docnmcnfc^ 112; 

 Bolus & WoUef/'Dod VI Trans, S, Afr. Phil. Soc. xiw 315. L,pJii/h'~ 

 coideSy Lam. Enrt/el, iii. 374. Passertna crrjntata, Linn. Amorv, A^ad. 

 vi, 88j and Sp. PL td. ii. 513; Lam. EncycL v. il, and III. (. 291, 

 fir/, 3; Tlaiah. Prodr. 75, and Fl. Cap. ed. ScliuU. 37G; Wikstr. in 

 Vet. Acad. Handl. Stochh. 1818 329 ; Wendl Bot. BeohachL 18, /. 2, 

 Jifj. 17. GonopliyJla acuminata, G. capitata^ and G. coiKjlonitrala^ 

 EclcL & Zeyh, ex Melton, in DC. Prodr. xiv. 578, — TInjmcIsea foliis 

 linearibuSy eic.y J, Burm. Bar. Afr. PL 133, t. iS^fig. 3. 



South Africa: without locality, Burke I Gr€)j\ Forster\ Zeyher^ 14841 

 Harvejj, 685 ! / 



Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; Zeekoe Vley, 800 ft., Schlcclder, 850S ! 

 Cape Div. ; Cape Flats, near Rondebosch, Burchcll, 712 ! Mund, 7 ! Wolley-Dod, 

 503 ! Claremont Flats, DUmrnrr, 297 ! Tokay Flat, Wnlley-Dod, 2565 ! near 

 Dooi iilioogte, Wolhi/-Dod, 653 ! near Cape Town, Bulus, 3776, partly ! MacOican, 

 Herh. Aiistr.-Afr., 1786 ! Komnietjes, 100 ft., Galpin, -4500; Muizenberg, near 

 Kalkbergj Wilms^ 3594 ! Stellenbosch Div. ; between Tygerberg and Simons Berg, 

 I)rej€ ! between Lowrys Pass and Jonkers Hoek, Burchellj 8298 I Caledon Div. ; 

 near Grabouw, on the Palmiet River, Bolus, 4195 ! 



Meisner in founding the varieties 'pnucifiora and mvltiflora expresses doubt as to 

 their validity. The subsequent accumulation of material shows there is every 

 gradation from few-flowered to many-flowered states, with corresponding changes 

 in the length of the receptacle, so that the varieties cannot stand. 



11. L. diosmoides (Meisn. in LinnjBa, xiv. 418, var. elatior) ; a 

 shrub ; branches virgate, sleiidei-j glabrous : leaves alternate, linear, 

 acute, flat, 5 lin. long, |- lin. wide, the uppermost very slightly 

 wider; heads terminal, about 10-flowered, sometimes clustered ; 

 calyx pubescent outside ; tube 1 Hn. long, slightly inflated below ; 

 lobes ovate, obtuse, about as long as the tube, the two outer slightly 

 narrower than the inner ; stamens two-thirds as long as the calyx- 

 lobes ; scales filiform, ^ lin. long ; ovary glabrous ; style excentric, 

 filiform and glabrous below, thicker and hairy above; stigma 

 penicillate. Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 578, inch var. elatior, L. 

 phylicoides, Lam. III. L 292, Jig. 3, not EncycL iii. 374; Drege^ Zwei 

 PJi. Docnmentey 124. 



Var. j8, tenella (Meisn. in Linnoea, xiv. 419, and in DC. Prodr. xiv. 579) ; 

 branches more slender ; leaves more distant ; heads 2~4-flowered. L. phylicoideSj 

 Dreje, Zwei Pfi, Bocumente, 117. 



South Afkica: without locality, WaUichl Mund i^ Maire^ 208! 234! 



Coast Region: George Div. ; George, Zeyher, 1475! Pappel Bolus, 8690! 

 Cradock Berg, 900 ft., Galpin, 4501! Burchdl, 5953! Hoogekraal River, on 

 mountains under 1000 ft., Brege ! Humansdorp Div.; Witte Els Drift, Zitzikama, 

 600 ft., Galpin, 4502! Uitenhage Div.; Van Stadensberg Range, 800 ft, 

 MacOicaff, 1051 ! Var. )3 : Mossel Bay Di^. ; Attaquas Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., Bref/e I 



Central Regiox : Ceres Div. ; near Ceres, 1500 ft,, Bolus, Hevh. Norm. Austr,- 

 Afr., 1356! 



12. L. ambigua (Meisn. in Linn?ea, xiv. 417, var. major) ; a shrub ; 

 branches shorty slender with tubercle-like leaf-scars, blackish ; leaves 

 alternate, acerose, pungent, 4 lin. long, -^ lin. wide; heads terminal, 

 4-8-flowered ; bracts 2-3-seriate. elliptic, subacute, 2^-3 lin. long, 

 1 lin, wide, slightly ribbed outside, glabrous; calyx pale yellow, 



