152 SANTALACE-E (tliU). [Thcditm. 



longer than the flo^vers, similar to the bracts ; perianth \\ lin. long • 

 segments triangular-ovate, | lin. long, fleshy, deeply hooded, with 

 papillose margins ; anthers exserted, 4- lin. long ; style about ^ lin. 

 long ; fruits shortly stalked, ellipsoid-globose, capped by the 

 persistent perianth, about '1\ lin. long including the stalk, 1^ lin. 

 In diam., 10-11-ribbed, reticulate between the ribs, T. capitatanir 

 vai\ internijjtuiti, Krauss m Flora, 1 845, 80. T, Tarczaninoidiy 

 SoncL in Flora^ 1857, 354. 



Coast Region : Uniondale Div, ; mountains of Long Kloof, Drege, 8164a I 

 Humansdorp Div. ; Claikson, 1000 ft., Galpin, 4^i4: [ Uitenhage Div. ; Van 

 Stadens Eerg, Ecldou & Zcylier ! Winterhoek Mountains, /Tm^^.'j.s. 180G I Port 

 Elizabeth Div. ; Van Staadens, near Port Elizabeth, Mrs. Paterson, 882 ! upper 

 part of Maitland (Leadniine) River, Bmrhell, 4619 ! Albany Div. ; Salat Kraal, 

 near Graliamstown, Zcyher, 304 ! Batliurst Div. ; vicinity of Bathurst, Ecldon 



17. T. fruticosum (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 28); a- 



sliriibj 4-6 ft- high ; stem terete, v:\i\\ transversely splitting bark, up 

 to I in. thick at the base, perfectly simple till 1-2 ft. from the top and 

 then dividing into 4-6 whip-like 2-3-chotomously divided branchlets, 

 glabrous; branchlets ascending or '^ weeping," slightly angular or 

 compressed, glabrous; leaves in young plants present along the 

 stem from the very root, subsequently deciduous, linear-oblong,, 

 obtuse, recurved, 3-4 lin. long or up to f in. long, fleshy, convex 

 below, flat or concave above, glabrous; cymules l-3-flowered> 

 loosely arranged in spike-like racemes ; bracts shorter than the 

 flowers, more or less free from the very short peduncle, up to 2| lin. 

 long, rather thick, somewhat boat-shaped, obtuse; bracteoles 2, hal£ 

 as long as the flowers or less, linear-lanceolate, acute ; perianth wide 

 and cup-shaped with broad spaces between the segments, 1 lin. 



long, with glandular disc ; 



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slightly hooded, apex and margins papillose; anthers rounded^ 

 included in the perianth-tube, \ lin. long ; st^de | lin. long ; fruits 

 ellipsoid-globose, contracted at the base, 3 lin. long including the 

 persistent perianth, prominently 5-ribbed at the base, with less 

 prominent ribs between, reticulate. 



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Coast Region; Uitenhage I)iv. ; Zuurberg, Mrs. Paterson. 35 ! Albany Div. r 

 Howisons Poort Hills, 2200 ft., Galpln, 2900 ! hills near Graliamstown, MacOirnn, 

 2094! Bolus, 155S ! AlliersUme, 581 Cooper, 56! Featherntone Kloof, 2000 ft., 

 i^chonlaud, 567 ! Qiieenstown Div. ; Queenstown, Cooper, 3045 ! 



According to a note by MacOwac the stems in this species are 4-6 ft. liigli? 

 fleiibie, about 5 in. thick at the base, perfectly simple till 1-2 ft. from the top, 

 then dividing into 4-6 whip-like 2-3-chotomouBly divided branchlets. Leaveft 

 subsequently deciduous. Remarkable by its weeping flagellate aspect. 



rigid, terete 

 subulate-1 



