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15. V. capense (Linn. f. Suppl. 426) ; a densely branched slirub ; 

 stem terete, about 2-^ lin. in diam. near the base; branches and 

 bvanchlets conspicnouslj nodose ; branches very numerouSj spreading, 

 longitudinally Avrinkled in a dried state ; branchlets obtusely 

 tetragonal, |-f lin. in diam, ; internodes 2-8 lin. long, the upper- 

 most slightly compressed ; leaves scale-like, connate, spreading, at 

 length becoming more or less "deflexed, deltoid, acute ur apiculate, 

 i-| lin. long ; latei-al scale-leaves broadly subulate, ^f lin. long ; 

 floAvers dicecious, tetramerous ; male inflorescence consisting of 1 or 

 3 flowers, each of which is l>oi'no by a biacteal cup 5 bracteal cup 

 very shortly peduncled, deeply 2-lobed ; lobes diverging at rather 

 less than a light angle, broadly boat-shaped, acuminnte or apiculate, 

 f-| lin. long, xV~i^ ^^^^' broad, minutely ciliate ; peduncle about 

 ^ Hn. long ; petals broadly ovate, 'I lin. long, |- lin. broad ; female 

 inflorescence consisting of 1-3 flowers, each of which is borne by a 

 bracteal cup ; Vjracteal cup transverse, very deeply 2-lobodj shortly 

 and broadly boat-shaped. -| lin. long, -^'^ lin. broad, .\ lin. deep ; lobes 

 diverging at less than a right angle, minutely ciliolate, equalling 

 the receptacle at the time of expansion of the flower ; receptacle 

 shortly subcylindric, slightly compressed, rounded at the base, ij Im* 

 long, ^ lin. broad at the apex ; petals narrowly triangular, ^ hn. 

 long, ^ lin. broad at the base ; style broadly conical, ^-^ lin. long ; 

 stigma projecting ^ lin. above the insertion of the petals ; berry 

 sessile, subglobose, about l^ lin. in diam.', smooth, white. TJiunh. 

 FL Cap, ed. Schult, 154; DC. Prodr. iv. 283; Harv. in Harv. & 

 Sond. FJ. Cap. ii. bSl, partly ; Erujl in EmjJ. Jahh. xix. 131, and xx. 

 131 ; Srlnnz in Bull. Eerl. Boiss. iy. App. iii. 55 ; Bolus d- WoUni' 

 Dod in Trans. S. Afr, PhiL Soc. xiv. 316; Sprague in Dyer, FL 



Trap. Afr.Vi, i. 409; Marloth, Fl. S. Afr. 16S, f. 38, Jig. C. 



V. sp., Drege^ Zivei PJl, Dommenie, 112. Aspidixia capenais^ Van 

 T'legl). in Bull, Soc, Bot. France, xliii. 193. 



Coast Etoion ; Piquetberg Div. ; Elands Berg, WaUtdt ! Worcester Div. ; 



without precir^e locality', Erldon d: Zefjher, 2278 ! Paarl Div. ; near Paarl, 



BurduU, 95i: Cape Div.; H out Bay, 7/a?-V(?y, 196! Simons Bay, Wni/Jd, ^^01 



between Paarden Island, Blauw Berg and Tyger Berg, JJre[/e, 7653a 1 Cape Flats, 



on Rhus lucida, Linn., Pappel Burrhell, 85211 Burke \ Steen Berg, Wolky-Dod, 



807 1 SwellendamBiv, ; without precise locality, I-rUoaAZeyher, 2^278 ! Uniondale 

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Fiuchams Nek, Galpva, 1821 ! 



Ck>'tral Region : Ceres Div. ; between Little and Great Doom River», 

 Bttrchell, 1207! Laingsburg Div.; Witteberg Eange, near Matjesfontein, 

 Puhmann, 2898 » Middelburg Div. ; near Mi^ldelburg, Burrhell, 2808/2 ! 



Western Region ; Van Rhynsdorp Div. ; between Nienwerust and Bi 



fontein, Pearson, 5546 ! 



Kalahari Region : Griqualand West Div. ; near Griqvnitown, Marloth. 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



Zeijliei\ 749, is represented In the Cape Government Herbarium by a mixture 

 of V, capeme and V. continuum. According to Zeyher's labels, part of the 

 materia! was gathered near the mouth of the Zwartkops River and part by the 

 Ganila River. As F. capeme is known from the former locality {Zetjher^ %^^) 



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