62 THYMEL.EACE.E (Wright). [GuicUa. 



rounded at both ends; ovary compressed, pubescent; style as long 

 as the calyx-tube ; stigma capitate. Meisn, in DC, Frodr. xiv. 584; 

 Drege, Zivei Pjl. Documenie, 124, 145, and in Linnsea, xx. 209; 

 0. Kuntze, Bev. Gen. Fl iii. ii. 280. G^^cses^dtosg^ EeJd. d' ZeyJi. ex 

 Drege in Linnseaj xx. 209. 



South Africa; without locality, Mwnd \ Krchs, 289! 



Coast Region : Vanrhynsdorp Div. ; Olifants River, Ecldon & Zeylier ! Rivers- 

 dale Div. ; Paaxdeberg, Muir in Hcrh. Galpin,, 5319 ! River-sclale, Jlust, 148 ! and 

 without precise locality, Zeyher, 3768 ! George Div. ; near George, Burchell, 

 5996 1 Zuur Flats, Tyson, 1470 ! Hoogekraal River, on mountains under 1000 ft., 

 Drege, 3539 ! Knysna Div.; Homtini Pass, SOQ ft., Gal^ln, 4522! near Vlngt, 

 Bolus, 2442 I Uitenhage Div. ; Uitenliage, Zeyker ! between Addo and Kraka- 

 kamma; Zeyher, 3770 1 Bathurst Div.; between Blue Krantz and Kaffir Drift 

 Military Tu^t, Barchtll, 3702 ! between Kasuga River and Tort Alfred, Barchell, 

 3957 ! Albany Div. ; Grahanistown, Gla.H>i ! 3//w.s Daly <^ Sole, 277 ! 507 ! 8iS ! 

 Rockcliffe near Sidbury, 3/m Daly, 839 ! Queenstown Div. ; mountains near 

 Queenstown, 3600-4000 ft., Galpin, 1570! Stockenstrom Div.; 'Willowsdale, 

 Scnlly, 81 ! Old Katberg Pass, Galpin, 2409 ! l':ast London Div. ; i^ast London, 

 Fiattray, 118! King "Williamst own Div.; Perie Forest, Knntzel Komgba Diy. ; 

 grassy hills near Komgba, Flanagan, 32G ! British Kaffraria ; without precise 

 locality, Cooper^ 118 I 403 ! Mossel Bay Div. ; Ruyterbosh, Mrs. Britton^ 155 ! 



Central Regio>^ : Somerset Div. ; Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 1880 ! and without 

 precise locality, Bo^vker ! 



Eastern Region : Transkei ; between Gcua River and Banshee River, Breye t 

 Kentani, Miss Feyltr, 1156! Tembuland ; Little Buoli, 4000 ft., Royffe, 172! 

 Natal ; near ISTewcastle^ Wilms, 2249 ! Pinetown, Wnod^ 5489 ! 



Mei?ner in DC. Prodr. I.e. states that his variety verticillata cannot be 

 maintained. 



45. G. strigillosa (Meisn. in Linnj<?a, xiv. 459); a dwarf shrub, 

 branched from the base ; branches erect, slender, pubescent ; leaves 

 opposite, linear-oblong, acute, 5 lin. long, 1 lin. wide, v^itli long 

 straight scattered hairs when young; flowers few at the apex of the 

 branches; calyx densely long-hairy outside; tube 4 lin. long"; ovoid 

 beluw, cylindrical above ; lobes oblong, acute, the outer 2 lin. long, 

 the inner rather shorter ; petals 8, short, subulate ; anthers small ; 

 style 2| lin, long; stigma small. 

 Meisn, in DC. Frodr. xiv. 583; 



Drege, Zwei Pji. Documenle, 4/ ; 

 . Knntze^ Bev. Gen, FL iil. ii. 28 L 



f. 



m, EcJd, & Zeyh. ex Meisn. in DC. Frodr. xiv, 584. 



Coast Rkgion: Swellendam Div.; Swellend.im, Kantzel Cathcart Div.; 

 Blesbok Flats, near Windvogel Mountains, Dreye ! 



46. G. sericea (Linn. Syst. ed. xii. 272) ; an erect shiad) ; branches 



densely silky-pubescent, finally with raised leaf scars ; lea^es 

 densely imbricate, uniform, opposite, oval, 3 lin. long, 1^ lin. wide;. 

 densely adpressed silky on both surfaces when young, the upper 

 soon becoming glabrous, veins obscure; flowers few at the apex of 

 the branches, surrounded by an involucre of about i leaves simil-'ir 

 to the lower ones ; calyx pubescent outside ; tube 4^ lin. long, 

 slightly inflated below, subcylindrical above; lobes ovate, 1 lin- 

 long, 1 lin. wide, subobtuse ; petals 8, subulate, ]^ lin. long ; anthers 

 oblong, small ; ovary ovoid, compressed ; style excentric, as long as 



