Gnidia.] thymel-EACE.e (\Yright). 49 



^bove; style excentric, filiform, 3 lin. long; stigma capitate. 

 Drrge, Zw€i Pfl, JDocumcnte, 95 ; Mcisn, in DC. Prodr, xiv. 585. 



Var. ^, brevifolia (ilcisn. in Liuuica, xiv. 442) ; uppermost leaves ovate- 



lanceolate, 3 lin. long, the lower smaller, ovate, remote ; flowers paler ; calyx 



^-8 lin. long; lobes 1 lin. long. Mdsn, hi DC. Prodr. \ix. 5S6. G. g^min iffoms 

 Bregc^ Zivei Pjl, Documente, \1L 



Coast Region : Vaurhynsdorp Div. ; Gift Berg, 1000-2000 ft., Phillips, 7457 I 

 Olauwilliam Div. ; Clanwilliam, 300 ft., Schlechter, SOlO ! on motintains around 

 Kromme Hirer, Cederberg Range, 2900 ft., Bolus, 5810 I Tulbagh Div. ; AVitzeu- 

 berg, behind Steendahl, 2000-2500 ft., Bclm, 5474 ! 



9385! Willems 



er mountains 

 and the warm Bokkeveld, 3000-4000 ft., Drege \ 



Westkrx Region : Little Namaqualand ; between Zwartdoorn River and Groan 



River, under 1000 ft., Dregel 



Central Region : Calvinia Div. ; Nieuwoudtville, LapoMt, 93: 

 River, Z<i>oW^ 140! 872! Var. )3 : Ceres Div. ; between IT^.s Riv 



10. G. Burmanni (Eckl. k Zeyh. ex Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 



583); an iindershrub about 8 iii. high; branches slightly spreading, 

 rather slender, pilose, leaf-scars small hut pi'ominent ; leaves opposite, 

 lanceolate, acute, 3 lin. long, -^- lin. wide, flat, midrib obvious 

 beneath, adpressed silky-pilose on both surfaces ; flowers terminal, 

 geminate ; calyx silky outside ; tube 4 lin. long, slender, inflated 

 belo\v, subcylindrical above ; lobes lanceolate, acute, 1 lin. long ; 

 petals 4, minute, clavate ; anthers oblong, \- lin. long ; ovary ovoid ; 

 style nearly as long as the calyx-tube ; stigma small. Gnirliopsis 

 Bmjiurnr^ Van Tleglu in Bull. Soc. Bot. Francej xh (1893) 76. 



Coast Region : Cape Div. ; at the foot of Table Mountain, Ecklon tfc Zeyher, 11 1 

 Lion Mountain, Ecldon & Zetfher, 13 I and :^5, ex Meisner, eastern side of the Lions 

 Rump, Bfurhellj 146 I kloof between the Lions Head and Table Mountain, 

 Burchell, 278 ! on the plain between Caj^e Town and Table Mountain, BurchcU, 80 I 

 Stellenbosch Div.; Lowrys Pass^ 600 ft., Schlechter, 78121 and without precise 

 locality, Mund & Maire ! 



11. G. wikstroBmiana (Meisn, in Linnsea, xiv. 434) ; a dwarf 



shrub ; branches patent, short, rigid ; leaves opposite, oblong- 

 lanceolate, subacute, 2 lin. long, h lin. wide, with adpressed silky 

 hairs on both surfaces ; flowers in small heads near the ends of the 

 branches; calyx silky outside ; tube 2 lin. long, ovoid below, sub- 

 cylindrical above; lobes oblong, obtuse, ^ lin. long, \ lin. wide; 

 petals 4, subulate, minute; anthers oblong; ovary ovoid, with an 

 apical tuft of hairs; style cylindrical, \\ lin. long; stigma slightly 

 swollen. Drege, Zioei Pfi, Docximente^ 55; Meisn, in DC. Prodr, 

 xiv. 582. G, strtctn. Wilcstr. in Vet Acad, HandL Siochli. 181S, 

 315. Passerina strif-fa^ Thitnh. Prodr, 75, and FL CajJ. ed, Scliult. 



377. 



J 



1 



Dreie, 7369 ! 



Range 



12. G. penicillata (Lichtenst. ex Meisn, in Linmiea, xiv. 448); a 

 subshrub ; branches at first reddish and pubescent, finally glabrous 

 and nearly smooth ; leaves opposite, linear, obtuse, up to 6 lin. long 



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