0?iidia.] TilYMEL^ACE^. (Wright). 4j 



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1. G. harveyana (Mcisn. in Linna\a, xiv. 437) ; branches sparingly 

 branched above, puberulous at the apex ; leaves opposite or in 

 verticils of 4 each, oval, very obtuse, 4^-5^ lin. long, 2-3 lin.. 

 wide, thickly coriaceous, 3~5-nerved, slightly concave, at first 

 adpressed silky-pilose, at length glabrous except sometimes at the 

 base; flowers geminate at the ends of the branches; calyx 7-8 lin. 



longj white-silky outside ; tube cyhndrical ; lobes oblong, subobtnse; 

 petals 4j linear-oblong, subacute, waxy, yellow, glabrous; upper 

 anther exserted* Jleisn, ui DO. Prodr. xiv, 581. 



South Africa : without locality, Bvhje, 



2. G. anomala (Meisn. in Linn?ea, xiv. 435) ; a much-branched 

 undershrub ; branches at first white-pilose, finally glabrous and 

 with slightly raised leaf -scars; upper leaves opposite, lower alternate, 

 oval or ovate-oblong, concave^ 3 A lin, long, \\ lin. wide, obtuse, 

 silky on both sides, 3-5-nerved ; bracts similar to the leaves ; 

 flowers few; calyx silky outside ; tube %\ lin. long, slender; lobes 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2| lin. long, 1 lin. wide, margins involute ; 

 petals 8, geminate, elavate ; upper stamens absent, lower with 

 anthers f lin. long; ovary oblong, glabrous; style filiform, 4 lin. 

 long ; stigma small. Melsn. in BG, Prodr. xiv. 580 ; Bolus and 

 WoUeij'Dod in Trans. S. Afr. Phil Sac. xiv. 315. G. ^pnrea, Brerje in 

 Linnsea, xx. 208. G^argenfpg, EekL ex Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 581, 



South Airica : without locality, Wallich I Stanger I 



Coast Region: Cape Div. ; stream beyond Pauls Berg, Wolley-Dod^ 2929! 

 Simons Bay, WrvjH ! lower part of Table Mountain, BurcheUj 8437 ! Stellen- 

 bosch Div. ; near Lowrys Pass, Hottentots Holland, 1300 ft., Zej^her, 3764, Bolus, 

 4190 ! Caledon Div. ; Houw Hoek. 1200 ft., MacOxvan, litvh. Noinn, Austr.-A/r., 

 248! Scott'EUwt, 1113! Burckell/suei on Donker Iloek Mountain, Bavchdl, 

 7946! Bredasdorp Div.; Elim, 500 ft., SMechter, 7657 1 l^iversdale Div.; 

 Riversdale, Bust, 599 ! George Div. ; between Zwart Yallei and the west end of 

 Lange Yallei, Barchell, 5693 ! Knvsna Div. ; between Goukamma Ptiver and 

 Greene Vallei, BurcheU, 5619 ! 



3. G, pulvinata (Bolus in Trans, S. Afr. Soc. xvi. 142); a slirub 

 3-4 ft. high ; Lranclies cliffusej rigid, at first pilose, soon glaLrous, 

 rerrucose, leaf-scars prominent ; leaves crowded, opposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 5 lin. long, ^ lin. wide, incurved, obtuse, thickly 

 coriaceous, densely white-pilose when young, at length minutely 

 verrucose ; flowers in terminal 3-5-flowered clusters, exinvolucrate ;, 

 calyx densely tomentose, dull purple, ribbed j tube subcylindrical, 

 8 lin. long; lobes ovate or lanceolate, acute, 1^ lin. long, 1 lin. 

 wide ; petals 4, divided into many fleshy processes intermixed with 

 hairs and almost closing the mouth of the calyx-tube ; anthers 

 oblong, obtuse, ^ lin. long; ovary ovoid, with a terminal tuft of 

 hairs; style nearly as long as the calyx-tube; stigma subcapitate. 

 De Wild. PL Nov, Herh. Hort. Then. I 205, t. AB,Jirjs. 1-9. 



Coast Region- : Bredasdorp Div. ; on the mountains between Caledon and 

 Elim, about 600 ft., Bolus, 9238 ! near Koude River, ScIdecJder, 9619 I EiversdaJe 

 Div. ; Gj-smans Hoek, Muir 502 ! 



