Gnidia.^ 



THYMEL^ACE^E (Wrigllt), 



53 



V. 



receptacle pilose; calyx glabrous; tube 4 



funnel-shaped, articulated just belo^^ 



lin. long, 



narro^vly 

 the middle ; lobes ovate, 



acuminate, IJ lin. long, 1 lin. wide; petals 4, hyaline, lanceolate, 

 1 lin. long; upper stamens exserted on filaments ^- lin. long; ovary 

 oblong, compressed, shortly hairy at the apex ; style stout, as long 

 as the calyx-tube; stigma capitate. .Dn^fje, Zwei Pfl. Doaunente^ 



107 ; Meisn. 



in 



Linneea^ xiv. 449, and 



in 



Da Prodr. xiv. 587 



Bolus & Wolley-Dod in Trans-. S. Af/\ PliiL Soc. xiv, 316. 



Thunh. Fl. Cap. ed. Sclult. 380; Wilstr. in VeL Acad. Jlandl. 



I 



f^ 



Stochh. 1818, 314. G. s^mplr.r, Linn. Mant. G7; Thunh, Fl, Cap, ed. 



Mag. f, 812, (?. juniperlfoVuu Meisn. in Linnsea, 

 xiv. 450, and DC, Prod)\ xiv. 587, incL var. nncinaf ri; 0. Kunize^ 



Rev. Gen. PL iii. ii. 280. G, viridis . Berg. De^crTi^l. Cap. 125. 

 Q_ ^_jnmfolia^ Linn. f. SuppL 225. G. acerosa . Gmelin, Syfit. 633. 

 '^ ' ' Martim in JMilL Gard, Diet, ed. ix. ??. 10. G, anrea. 



SteudT'T^ 3Ieisn, in Linnsea, xiv. 451. E pichroxant ha jiunpenfoUa^ 



and E. simplex , EcJcl. <i Zei/h.^pjarthj, ex ]\Teisn. i 

 Gnidiopt<is juniperi 

 France, xl. (1893) 76. 

 Cent 10, t, 6. 



rudr. xiv. 587. 

 and G, anhulafa . Van Tiegh. in Ball. Soc. Bot. 



rinm foliis, Breyn. 



Var. j3, pubigera (C. H. Wright) ; leaves congested at the apex of the 

 brancheSj at first ciliate on the margin and pilose on the upper surface. 

 (j, jyyiperifoUa^ var. puhigeraj Meisn. in Drt'je, Zicei Pji, Documente^ 87, and 



in DC. rrvdv. xiv. 587. 



South Africa; without localit}', Btrylus] Sparr/nafi, Sleher^ 186! Forslcr] 

 Reeves \ Grey t Harvey, 68'J ! 



Coast Kegiox : Cape Div. ; hills and flats around Capetown, Burchell, 271 

 124! 152! 725! £olus, 306D! 3S07 ! 4646! WoUey-Lod, 330! 666! 996. 

 Zeyher, 3752 ! Galpin, 4521 1 Pappe, 218! Ecklm, 363 ! Schkchter, 218 ! Mtnid, 

 12! Kifutzel Simons Bay, Wright \ MacGillivray, 596! Milne, 147! Stellen- 

 bosch Div. ; near Stellenbo^ich, Drege I between Lowrys Pass and Junkers Hoek, 

 Burchell, 8328 ! between Stellenbosch and Somerset \Yest, hrege, Caledon 

 Div. ; Hiniw Hoek, Zcyher, 3750 ! Schhchter, 9388 I between Villiersdorp and 

 French Hoek, 1300 ft., Bolus, 5270 ! mountains of Baviaans Kloof near Gena- 

 dendal, Burchell, 7802 ! on Donker Hoek Mountains, Burchell, 7971 ! 7999 ! 

 Riversdale Div. ; hills near Zoetemelk^ River, Burchell, 6780 ; near waterfall at 

 Garcias Pass, Bmxhdl, 7019! Var. J8: Paarl Div. ; Paarl Mountains, 1000- 

 2000 ft., Drege\ Caledon Div.; Appels Kraal, near the Zondereinde Kiver, 

 Zeyher, 3749 1 



22. 6. variegata (Gandog. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, Ix. 417, 

 1913); an undershrub, 1 ft. or more high; branches adpressed- 



very 



straight, linear, 

 mucronate, keeled, 4-5 lin. long; involucre present ; flowers densely 

 capitate, purple and pale yellow outside; calyx 5-6 hn. 

 pubescent ; lobes ovate, 1 lin, wide. 



Port Elizabeth Div. ; Port Elizabeth, Laidley in E. S, C, A. 



long, 



Coast Region 



Herb., 4S8. 



Allied to G. siiluhta, L«am. (G. dimidiata, Gandog.)- 



23. G. Flanagan! (C. H. Wright) ; an erect undershrub, up to 



1 ft. high; branches erect, straight, glabrous; leaves opposite, 



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