"^<- 2 m _ 



^ E i—r xn -. ■ 



-\- 



Gnidia.~\ 



THYMEL.EACE.^ (Wright). 



G7 



Coast Reqiox : Oudtshom Biv. ; in rocky places on the mmm'it of the Zwart 

 Berg Range, near the Pass, 5600 ft., BohiSj 116^ ! 



The 8 petals are all free ; not united in pairs as suggested by ''petala bipartita" 

 in the original description. 



57. G. scabrida (Meisn. in Linnsea, xiv. HG) ; a shrub, tip to 

 4 ft. high (Burchell) ; branches simple, straight, at first puberulous ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, 6 lin. long, 1^ lin. wide, acute, suhcrect, 

 pilose and rather long-ciliate when young, minutely scabrous in age ; 

 flowers at the ends of the branches ; involucral leaves up to 9 lin. 

 long ; calyx gamboge-coloured (BxrcJiell) ; tube 8 lin. long, basal line 

 glabrous and ribbed, remainder woolly -pubescent j lobes linear- 

 lanceolate, 2 lin. long, |- lin. wade^ woolly-pubescent outside, glabrous 



anthers S, 



within 



1 



lin. long; 



; petals 8, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 oblong, much shorter than the petals ; ovary ovate ; style half 

 long as the calyx-tube ; 



as 



stigma clavate. 



Drege, Zwei P/?. 

 Documcnte, 117 ; Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 581, G, elongata , EcfcL 

 d- Zeyh. ex Meisn, in DC, Prodr. xiv. 581. 





South Africa : without localityj Bowie ! 



Coast Regiox : Worcester Div. ; momitains near "Worcester, Ecklon <t Ziyher^ 

 Cape Div. ; Devils Mountain, Ecklon. Stelleubosch Div. ; Hottentots 

 Holland, 1500-2500 ft., Mimd\ Swellendam Div. ; on a mountain peak near 

 Swellendam, Barchell, 7i04 ! George Div. ; on the Cradock Berg, near George, 

 Burchell, 5927 ! Drege, 7356. 



58. G. Cephalotes (Lichtenst. ex Meisn. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 581) ; 

 branches at first pilose, finally glabrous and with prominent leaf- 

 scars, stout ; leaves approximate, alternate or subopposite, lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, at first pilose, finally minutely scabrous ; bracteolos 

 oblong, obtuse, scabrous, 2^ lin. long, f lin. wide ; flowers in the 

 axils of the uppermost leaves ; calyx silky outside ; tube 5 lin. 

 long, slightly inflated above ; lobes elliptic, 4 lin. long, 2 lin. wide ; 



petals about 12 in one series, 



1 



5^ 



lin. 



long, 



lanceolate, slender ; 



longer stamens with anthers about half as large as the shorter ; 



style filiform, hairy ; stigma clavate. jff. grand iff ora_^ Meisn, I.e. 582. 



ra/'., EcJd. it Zeyh.y and Cahfcosericos 



^mfentta 



Cryptadenia 



onaa 



and 



. & Zeyii, ex Drege in Linnsea^ xx. 210. 



Coast Region : StellenboBch Div. ; Hottentots Holland, 1500-2500 ft., Zeylia\ 

 3743 I Mnixd^ 1 ! Lowrys Pass, 4500 ft., SchUchter, 7219 ! Caledon Div. ; moun- 

 tains at Kleinriver Kloof, 1000-3000 ft., Zeylier, 3745 ! River Zondereinde, 

 Iferb. SaUsbimj ! Hoinv Hoek, 2000 ft., SchJechtev, 9402 ! Bredasdorp Jyiv. ; near 

 Elim, 600 ft., Bolas, 85951 



Imperfectly Jnwwn species. 



59. G. acutifolia (Wikstr, in 



315) ; quite glabrous ; leaves 



Yet Akad. HandL Stookh. 1818, 

 02^posite, elliptic, acute ; flowers 



F 2 



