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30 TiiYMELiEACE-E (Wright). [Strutliiola. 



inibricatej erecto-patent, glabrous ; flowers in the axils of the upper \ 

 leaves ; bracteoles 2, lanceolate, concave, keeled, acuminate, '2^ lin. 

 long; calyx-tube glabrous, 10-11 lin. long, slender, cylindrical, 

 slightly swollen at the top ; lobes ovate, acuminate, 2\ lin. long, 

 1 lin, wide, glabrous ; petals 8, oblong, | lin. long, surrounded by - 

 hairs shorter than themselves; stamens oblong, apiculate, 1 lin. 

 long; ovary oblong, glabrous. Thmh. FL Cap, ed, Schidt. 382; 

 AmJr. Bot Bep, t 119; Lodd. Bot. CaK 141 ; Willd. Sp. PL I 693; 

 Ait. Hart, Keiv, ed. 2, i. 272 ; Boem. d- Schdt. Syst, Veg. iii. 333 ; 

 Wi'^:^^r, in Vet, Acad. HandL StocJch, 1818, 290 ; Meisn. in Linnsea^ 

 xiv. 471 {ivcl. var. longijlora, hut excl. var. hreviflora) and in DC. 

 Prodr. xiv. 5G9 (inch var. myrsinites). S. myrstnites^ Lam. III. i. 314 ; 

 Pair, Eneych vii. 478. Belvala myr.^'intteSy 0. Kuntze^ Bev. Gen. 

 PL iii. ii, 280. 



Var. iS, laneeolata (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 569) ; leaves lanceolate, l-nerved 

 or apparently nerveless, about 4 lin. long and 1 lin. wide. S. lanceolate ^ IMz. 

 Obs. iii. 26, 8. erecta, var. laneeolata, Melsn. in Liun^a, xiv. 470. 



Var. y, scariosa (Meisn. in DO. Prodr. xiv. 569) ; leaves elliptic or lauceolate, 

 3 lin. long, 1-1 J lin. wide, 1-3-nerved, scarious on the margin. 



South Africa : without locality. Thorn ! 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div. ; between Lange Valley and Olifants River, 

 Drtge ! Tulbagh DIv, ; Winter Hoek, 1700 ft., Solas, 5264 ! Worcester Div. ; 

 Dutoits Kloof, 2000-3000 ft., IJrer/e I Stellenbosch Div.; Stellenbosch, ZeyAer ! 

 Swellendam Div. ; Zuurbraak Mountain, 1000 ft., Galpin, 4506 ! Langeberg Range 

 near Swellendam, 1500 ft., Bolus, 8093! Riversdale Div. ; between Little Vet 

 River and Garcias Pass, Biurhell, 6894 ; Uniondale Div. ; on a rocky hill near 

 Haarlem, Burckell, 5027 I Humansdorp Div, ; north side of Kromme River, 

 Bvrchelly 4844 I Uiteuhage Div. ; Van Stadens Mountains, Toynhee I by a rivulet 

 between Maitland River and Van Stadens Kiver, JJarchell, 4630 ! and without 

 precise locality, Zeyher, 378 ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; Krakakamma, Zeylier, 572 1 

 Algoa Bay, Cooler, 3073 ! between Krakakamuia and the upper part of Leadmine 

 River, Buvchell, 4590 ! near Port Elizabeth, Bolns^ 1264 1 Albany Div. ; Grahams- 

 town, Misses Daly X- Sole, 478 ! Var. ^: Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, Bie'je I 

 Cape Div. ; Cape Flats, Burchell, 83S2 ! CaledonDiv. ; Genadendal, 2000-3000 ft., 

 Drifjel Houw Hoek, 1500 ft., ^chkchter, 7362! Zeyhcr, 3732! Var. y: Tulbagh 

 Div. ; ^N'inter Hoek, Zeyjier ! Bolus, 5262 ! Swellendam Div. ; near Swellendam, 

 Eeldon & Zeylier^ 58 1 and without locality, Ludivig. 



6. S. tuberculosa (Lam. Encycl. vii. 479); branches puberulous, 

 leaf-scars close and prominent ; leaves imbricate, closely placed, 

 elliptic or ovate, obscurely l-S-nerved, glabrous, 3-4 lin. long, 

 1^-2 lin, wide; calyx quite glabrous, 5-G (rarely 8) lin. long; 

 lobes ovate, acute, scarcely 1 lin. long ; petals 8, tvt'ice as long as 

 the surrounding hairs. Layn. EL i. 314 ; Boem, d Srlndt. Sysf, iii. 

 333; Wikdr. in VeL Acad. HandL StueJch. 1818, 291; Mrisn. in 

 DC. Prodr. xiv. 569. S. Vahlii, Wikstr. in VeL Acad. Handl Stoclch, 

 1818, 291, S. ovaia, var. hreviflora, Meisn. in Linnsea, xiv. 

 471. S. mhidata, Vahl ex WHstr. in VeL Acad, Bandh StorkJu 

 1818, 2911 



Coast Region: Ludwig, Ecklon, 5*3 and 627; Zeyher, 3737 7 and 5 from 

 Grootvadera Boscli, Uitenhage and Krakakainmaj ex Meisner. 

 I have not seen a specimen of this species. 



