14S SANTALACE.^i (Hill). [TAfSUMn. 



subterete, acute, up to | in. long, glabrous ; bracteoles as long as 

 or longer than the flower, similar to the bract ; flower nearly 2 lin. 

 long, slender; perianth 1^ lin. long, glabrous; segments linear- 

 lanceolate, ^ lin. long, hooded, margin incurved ; anthers exserted, 

 I lin. long ; style 1 Tin. long, reaching to the top of the anthers ; 

 fruit oblong-ellipsoidj about 2 lin. long including the persistent 

 perianth, prominently 10-ribbed, prominently reticulate between 

 the ribs. A.DG, in DG. Prodr, xiv. 653. 



Eastern Region: Tembuknd ; Morley, 1000-2000 ft., Breje ! Natal, Germrd, 

 1279! 



8. T. costatum (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 25); root 



stock slender, erect ; stems few and fairly numerous, branched in 

 the upper part, ribbed or angular, glabrous ; leaves laxly arranged, 

 linear, acutely acuminate, 3-6 lin. long, flat, glabrous?, midrib 



prominent on both surfaces ; cymules 1-3-flowered ; bracts shortly 

 adnate to the peduncle, 3-5 lin. long, otherwise similar to the 

 leaves ; peduncle shorter or a little longer than the bract, com- 

 pressed, rather slender ; bracteoles shorter or longer than the 

 flowers, linear, acute, glabrous; perianth 1:^-1|^ lin. long; segments 

 triangular-lanceolate, | lin. long, hooded, the margins with a broad 

 flap-like fringe near the base, the hood beaked and slightly papillose ; 

 anthers \ lin, long ; style | lin. long, overtopping the anthers ; 

 fruifcs campanulate-globose, about 3 lin. long including the persistent 

 perianth, prominently 10-ribbed, coarsely reticulate between the 

 ribs. 



Var. ^, juniperinum (A. W, Hill) ; leaves densely crowded on the shoots, more 

 finely pointed than in the type. 



Kalahari Hegiox : Orange Paver Colony ; Bethlehem, Richardson ! Basuto- 

 land ; Leribe, Dkterlen, 647 ; Transvaal ; near Pretoria, WilmSj 130Sa ! Swazi- 

 land ; near Bremersdorp, 2600 ft., Bolus, 12273! near Mbabane, 4700 ft., Bolus, 

 12277 ! 



Eastern Region : Griqualand East, Tysoji 1 Natal ; near Camperdown, 3330 ft,, 

 Schlechter, 3284 ! Weenen, 3500 ft., Wood, 3582 ! between Pietermaritzburg and 

 Greytown, Wilrn, 2252 ! near Pietermaritzburg, Wilms, 2254 ! near Emberton, 

 Schkchter, 3239! Tnanda, Wood, 11411 and Avithout precise locality, Gtrnirdy 

 1281 ! Var. jS : Natal and Zululand, Gerrard, 1280 ! 



9. T, Nationae (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 34); stem 



slender, suLsimple, evidently arising from a rhizome, about 1 ft. 

 liigh, slightly flexuous, ribbed, glabrous ; leaves linear, with a short 

 acute cartilaginous apex, \~^\ in. long, about h lin, broad, flat, 

 fleshy, glabrous, midrib conspicuous on the upper surface ; flowers 

 few, very shortly pedunculate ; bracts shortly adnate to the 

 peduncle, much longer than the flowers, flat and very similar 

 to the leaves j bracteoles as long as or little longer than the 

 flowers, green and like the bracts, but a little narrower; perianth 

 1| lin. long; segments triangular-elliptic, f lin. long, hooded, with 

 papillose margins; anthers half exserted from the perianth-tube, 



