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36 THYMEL^ACE.E (Wriglit). [StriUJdola. 



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long ; petals 8, oblong, rather shorter than the calyx-lobes, sur- 

 rounded by hairs rather longer than themselves ; anthers oblong, 

 acute, I lin. long; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform^ shorter 

 than the calyx-tube; stigma penicillate, 



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Coast Eegion; Cape Div. ; Devils Peak, 1900 ft., Kuntze ! 



22. S. rustiana (Gilg in Engl Jahrb. xix. 270) ; branches at 



first silky-pilose ; leaves adpressed to the branches, lanceolate^ 

 concave, obtuse, 3 lin. long, h Hn. wide, densely white-ciliate on the 

 margins and at the apex ; flowers in the axils of the upper leaves ; 

 bracteoles 2, linear, obtuse, 2 lin. long, cibate on the margin and 

 with a terminal tuft of hairs ; calyx-tube cylindrical, 6 Hn. long, 

 lowest third glabrous, I'est densely pilose ; lobes 1^ lin. long, h Hn. 

 wide, obtuse, with a terminal tuft of hairs ; petals 8, oblong, about 

 half as long as the calyx-lobes, surrounded by hairs as long as 

 themselves; anthers |- lin. long, acute; ovary oblong, glabrous; 

 style filiform ; stigma penicillate. 



Coast Regiox : Worcester Div. ; on mountains near the Hex River, Bolus, 

 o800 ! Riversdale Div. ; near Riversdale, Bustj 560 1 



The acerose pungent appearance of the leaves, mentioned in the original 

 description, is due to their rolling up when dry and lia^ ing a terminal tuft of 

 hairs. 



23. S. lucens (Lam. Encycl. vii. 477) ; branches virgate, pubescent 

 when young ; leaves imbricate, lanceolate or oblong, acuminate, 

 about 6 lin. long, 1 lin. M'ide, longitudinally multistriate, ciliate 

 when young, glabrous in age; flowers in the axils of the upper 

 leaves ; bracteoles 2, oblong, 2 lin. long, ciliate ; calyx-tube pube- 

 scent outside, about 6 lin. long, slender below, slightly inflated 

 above ; lobes broadly ovate, acute, 1 lin. long ; anthers oblong, 

 apiculate ; petals 8, oblong, | lin. long, surrounded by hairs of 

 equal length ; ovary oblong ; style filiform, hairy ; stigma sub- 

 1 capitate. Wihstr. in Vet, Acad. Handl SfocJJu 1818, 287; liocm. 



f£- Scltult, SysL Veg. iii. 332 ; Meisn. in Linnsea^ xiv. 478, and in DC. 

 Prodr. xiv. 570 ; Bolus d WoUey-Dod in Trans. S* Afi\ VltlL Soc. 

 xiv. 315. S. vinjaia, ITrmtL Handl vii. 364r, t. 40,/^. 2 ; WiJhl 

 Sp. PL i. G91. 8. ciliata, Lam. IN, i. 314; Lftin. Encyrh vii. 477, 

 'partly, S, pubcscens, Steud. ex Mcisn. in Linnsea, xiv. 478. Behala 

 lucent, 0. Kuntze, Bcv, Gen. PL iii. ii. 280. 



SorxH Africa: without locality, Btijlosl Vllletl Forster^ Pappe ^ Ilarrey 



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Coast Eegion : Cape Dir. ; Table Mountain, Echhm 65 ' 785 ' Dreqe ' 

 mtcGilUiray, 557 ! Bolus, 2919 1 4G70 I Tyson, 2380 I Devils Peak, WMey-Bod, 

 586 1 Schlechter, 54 1 above Wyiiberg Range, Wolley-Bod, 613 ! 'Simonstown' 

 1000 it.,. Schlechter, 315! Cape Flats, near Eondebosch, Burchell, 160' Camps 

 Bay, BurclteU, 297! Muizeaberg, Tyson \ Port Elizabeth Div'- near Port 

 Elizabeth, Tusm, 2182 ! . ; ^r jt 



