32 THYMEL.i^ACE.4^. (Wright). [Struthiola. 



10. S. eckloniana (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 5G8) ; branches 

 virgate, glabrous, Avith the leaf-scars rather distant and only 

 slightly prominent j leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 6 lin. long, about 

 1 lin. wide, glabrous ; flowers borne in the axils of leaves for some 

 distance down the stem; bracteoles 3 lin. long, oblong, acuminate, 

 glabrous; calyx-tube glabrous, 11 lin. long, \ lin. wide; lobes 

 lanceolate, 2 lin. long, | lin. wide ; petals 8, ^ lin. long, subulate 

 shorter than the surrounding hairs ; anthers oblong, shortly apicu- 

 late; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform, 7 lin. long; stigma 

 penicillate. 



South Africa : without locality, Thorn ! 



Coast Kegion: Caledon Div. ; Zwart Berg, 1500 ft., Galpln, 4011 ! by the 

 Zondereinde liiver, Barchell^ 7543 ! Swellendam Div, ; Grotvaders Bosch, Mund ! 

 summit of a mountain near Swellendam, Burchell^ 7425 ! Riversdale Div. ; Garcias 

 Pass, BarckcU, 6936/2 ! 6982 ! 7052 ! Galpin, 4504 ! River Gouritz, Ecklon d' 

 Zeyher^ 59 ! George Div. ; on the Cradock Berg near GeorgCj Burchellj 5967 ! 



11. S. lineariloba (Meisn. in Linn^a, xiv. 468) ; an unclershrub ; 

 branches tetragonal at the apex, quite glabrous ; leaves opposite, 

 e recto-patent, at length with the internodes 2 lin. long, accrose, 

 acute, 3 lin, long, glabrous; bracteoles 2, linear, acute, 2 lin. long; 

 flowers in the upper half of the stem ; calyx glabrous ; tube cylin- 

 drical, slightly inflated above, 4 lin. long ; lobes linear, acute, 2 lin. 

 long, ^ lin. wide ; petals 8, oblong, about ^ lin. long, surrounded by 

 hairs of equal length ; anthers oblong, inserted a short distance 

 down the tube ; ovary oblong, glabrous, Drege, Zwei Pjl, Docu- 

 mente, 73 ; Meisn. in DC Prodr. xiv. 568 iincl, var. glabra). 

 S. erectuy Curt. Bot, Mag, t. 222? ^S^. angustifolia, Steud. ex 3Ieim. 

 in Linneea, xiv. 469. S, juntperina, Betz. Ohs. iii. 26. S. strida, 

 Dunn, Hort. Cantah, ed, 6, 40. 



Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div, ; Blue Berg, 3000-4000 ft., Drege 



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12. S. cicatricosa (0. H.Wright); erect, much branched; branches 

 slender, at first pilose, leaf-scars prominent ; leaves opposite, subu- 

 late, 3 lin. long, I lin, -^^ide, acute, tipped by a tuft of hairs ; 

 flowers in the axils of the upper leaves ; bracteoles 2 lin. long, 

 oblong, ciliate and wnth a terminal tuft of hairs ; calyx-tube 

 glabrous, 7 lin. long, slender ; lobes 1| lin. long, .\ lin. wide, oblong, 

 acute, with a terminal tuft of hairs ; petals 8, oblong, 1 lin. long, 

 surrounded by hairs of about equal length ; anthers with acute 



connective; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform; stigma small. 



South Africa : without locality, Thorn, 577! 



13. S. parviflora (Bartl. ex Meisn. in Linncca, xiv. 467) ; an 

 undershrub, 1-2 ft. high {Burcltelt) ] branches tetragonal at the 

 apex, canescent when young : leaves slightly spreading, acerose, 

 subacute, glabrous, sometimes sparingly ciliate and with a short 

 terminal hair when young, 2| lin. long, | in. Avide at the base ; 

 bracteoles 2, linear, long, acute ; flowers in the axils of the upper- 



