5G THYMELi-EACE.F. (Wright). [GiiicUa. 



filiform at the middle, narrowly funnel-shaped above ; lobes ovate 

 or ovate-oblong, acuminate, IJ lin. long, sparingly hairy outside; 

 petals 8, rather fleshy, oblong, obtuse, | lin. long, inserted in i:>airs ; 

 anthers half as long as the petals^ the upper exserted. Drege, 

 Zwei Pfi. Documentej 154 j 3Iei8n, in DC. Prodr, xiv. 588. 



Eastern RKGIO^' : Pondoland ; in grassy places near the mouth of the Uintentu 

 River^ DregCj 4667, 



29. G. thesioides (Meisn. iu Linnsea, xlv. 457) ; branches slender, 

 at first pilose, terete, straight, corymbosely branched above, leaf- 

 scars small, but rather prominent ; leaves alternate, rarely opposite 

 or whorled, linear or nearly lanceolate, rather obtuse, flat, 1 -nerved, 

 glabrous, 3-9 lin. long, 7.-2 lin. wide; fluwers solitary (rarely 



geminate) in the axils of the upper leaves ; calyx densely hairy 

 outside ; tube about 3 liu. long, inflated below, narrovvdy funnel- 

 shaped above, f lin. in diam. at the top; lobes rounded, \ lin. long 

 and wide; petals 8, clavate, half as long as the lobes; anthers 

 about as large as the petals, obtuse ; ovary compressed, hairy at 

 * the apex; style \h lin. long ; stigma subcapitate; fruit surrounded 

 by the ovoid pubescent base of the calyx. Mcisn, in JjC. Pntdr. 

 xiv. 590. 



Var. 0, laxa (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 590) ; stems very slender, iuteruodes- 

 4-8 lin, long ; ieavea narrower than in the type, distant. G. tkesioirh^, ^S rt^X^ 

 Zicei Pfl, Bocumente, 136. G, cceridea. Eckl, <t' Zeyh. ex Meisn, I.e. 



Var. 7, coadensata (Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 590); stem and branches short, 

 sttaightj rigid ; leaves siibcoriaceouSj densely crowded^ somewhat adpressed. 



South AmiCA: without locality, Fvrder\ Boivhcr \ Var. y: Ludvng tx 

 Meisner, 



Coast Region: Riversdale Div. ; by the Zoetemelks River, JBurchell, 66061 

 6807 1 near Riversdale, 650 ft., Bolus, 11368 ! Uitenhage Div. ; near Uitenhage, 

 BureheU, 4267 1 Addo, Zeyher, 3773 ! Albany Div, ; Daisies Klip, between 

 GrahamstowTi and Port Elizabeth, Bolu$, 2679 ! Bathvirst Div. ; Trappa Valley, 

 Miss Daly, 610 ! Albany Div. ; Grahamstown, Glm9, 549 ! Sandy Drift, Mm 

 Bahj, 58 ! at Kumkuru River, Burchdl, 3528 ! between Z^^-a^twater Poort and 



the east end of Zwartwater Berg, Burchell, 3446 ! and without precise locality, 

 Zeyher, 847 1 Fort Eeaufort Div. ; Kat River, BaHclo I King Williamstown Div. ; 

 near King Willianistown, 1500 ft., 7>o«. 2233 ! Flanarjan; 21761 Kotngha Div. ; 

 Kei River, near Komgha, 1800 ft., Flauaijan, 1363 ! British Kaffraria ; without 

 precise locality, Cooper, 29 ! 424 ! Var. p: Cape Div. ; Vyges Kraal River, 

 Wolley-Dod, 3409! noar Claremont, Dnmraer, 16701 Swcllcndam Div.; near 

 Swellendam, Zc2//icr, 1499! Riversdale Div. ; Garcias Pass, Bolus, 11370! dry 

 hills near Spiegel River, BurcheU, 7204 I Uitenhage Div. ; near Bontjes River, 

 Brerje, 7353. 



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30. G, fastigiata (Rendle in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, iv. 41) ; a^ 

 subshrub, up to 10 in. high; branches ascending, pubescent ; leaves 

 alternate, approximate, snberect, lanceolate^ up to 5 liu. long and 

 1 lin. wide, acute, 1 -nerved, glabrous ; flowers solitary or several on 

 short axillary branches; bracteoles 1^ lin. long, oblong, pubescent; 

 pale blue (SarJcey), silky-pubescent; tube 4 lin. long, spindle-shaped 

 in tlie lower half, funnel-shaped above ; lobes ovate, obtuse, | lin- 

 long; petals 8, | lin, long, oblong, obtuse, alternating with tufts of 



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