Zasiosi^hon.] tiiymel^ace.e (Wright). 71 



thrice as long as the petals; anthers oblong, obtuse, ^ h'n. lon;^ ; 

 ovary oblong, hairy at tlic apex ; style slender, rigid, about as long 

 as the calyx-tube ; stigma capitate. 



Kalahari Region: Transvaal; Witte Kranz, near LydeuLurg, Wilms, 1298! 

 on the sides of mouutains uear Lydenburg, McLea in Ilivb, Bolus, 3020 ! 



4. L. Burchellii (Meisn, in DC. Prodr. xiv. 594, var, lilloms) ; a 

 much-branched shrub ; branches villous ; leaves alternate, lanceolate, 

 6 lin. long, I lin, wide, the upper leather wider, densely adpressed- 

 ^ubescent on both surfaces, somewhat glabrescent; heads sessile, 

 terminal, many-flowered; calyx-tube densely Ttllous outside, 7 lin. 

 long, slightly inflated below ; lobes oval, obtuse, 2 lin. long, 1 lin. 

 wide ; petals minute, clavate ; anthers oblong, obtuse, \ lin. long ; 

 ovary oblong, compressed, glabrous ; style nearly as long as the 

 calyx-tube ; stigma capitate. 



Var. j3, glaLrifolius (Meisu. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 594) ; leaves liuear, obtuse, 

 glabrous ; iuvolucral leaves oblong, densely pilose. 



Var. 7j angustifolius (C. H. Wright) ; resembling var. glahrifoUuSj but leaves 

 linear, acute^ densely adpi-essed-hairy beneath. 



Coast Region : Cathcart Div. ; Wiudvogel 3Iountain, Cooper, 245 I 

 Kalahari Eegion : Orange River Colony ; Bethlehem, Richardson I Basuto- 

 land ; without precise locality, Cooper, 30S5 ! Bechuanaland ; between ilatlowing 

 River and Takun, Burchdl, 2201! 2203! Mashowing River, near Takun, 

 Burchell, 2256! Var. )3 : Transvaal; Yaal River, Zeyher, 1490! BwrAr, 85 

 Var. 7: Transvaal ; Barberton Mountains, Burtt-Davy, 347 ! 



Eastern Region : Gnqualand East ; sides of mountains, Ingeli, 5500 ft., 

 Tyson, 1322! 1990! 



5. L. Wilmsii (C. H.Wright); a much-branched shrub; branches 

 at first pilose^ reddish, leaf-scars small; leaves alternate, very 

 shortly petiolate, oblong, acute, 7 Hn. long, If lin. wide, glabrous, 

 coriaceous, midrib prominent beneath ; involucral leaves rather 

 larger than the cauline, pilose ; flowers numerous in terminal 

 heads, very sweet-scented in the evening {Coaster)] calyx densely 

 silky outside; tube 6-7 lin, long, cylindrical ; lobes orange {Cooper), 

 oblong, obtuse, 2 lin. long, about 1 lin. wide ; petals minute ; 

 anthers § lin. long, thrice as long as the petals, obtuse; ovary 

 oblong, glabrous; style about as long as the calyx-tube; stigma 

 capitate. 



Kalahari Region : Orange River Colony; Witteberg, BeJiTnann, 3943 ! Basuto- 

 land ; without precise locality, Cooper, ^^^ ! Transvaal ; by the Vaal River near 

 Kloete, Wilms, 1299 I by the Crocodile River in Lydenburg District, Wilms, 

 1209b. 



Resembling Z. anthylloidcs, Meisn., but differing in ha vhig quite glabrous leaves. 



6. L. deserticola (C. H. Wright); a much-branched shrub; 

 branches spreading, woody, pubescent when very young, soon 

 glabrous, grey, leaf-scars small but prominent ; leaves usually 

 clustered at the ends o£ the branches, oblong, obtuse, 3 lin. long, 



