154 SAXTALACE/E (Hill). [Theswm. 



^shaped, sharply keeled, with a prominent midrib on the upper 

 surface ; peduncle adnate to the lower part of the bract but 

 shorter ; bracteoles as long as the flowers, similar to the bracts ; 

 porianth 1 lin. long ; segments ovate, | lin. long, hooded, glabrous 

 except on the incurved papillose edges ; anthers exserted, -|- lin. 

 long ; style ^ lin. long, exceeding the anthers or reaching about 

 to their middle ; fruit ellipsoid, narrowed to both ends, capped 

 by the persistent perianth, 1| lin. long, prominently 10-ribbed, 

 5 of the ribs more prominent than the others, A.DC. in DC 

 Prudr, xiv. 655. T, corymb ijl or um, Sond. in Flora^ 1857, 354, 

 404. . 



Coast Region: Swellendam Div. ; Yoormans Bosch, Zcyher, 3701 ! Riversdale 

 Div. ; mountains of Garcias Pass, 1200 It., Galpln^ 4545 I 



21. T. glomeruliflorum (Sond. in Flora, 1857, 355); an under- 

 shrub up to \\ ft. high ; stem angular or almo.st winged, glabrous ; 

 branches ascending ; leaves linear, broadening towards base, acute, 

 ^~| in. long, flat on the upper surface, rounded on the lower, 

 glabrous; flowers 3-5 in axillary sessile or very shortly pedunculate 

 clusters, the latter about half as long as the leaves ; bracts and 

 bracteoles imbricate around and much longer than the flowers, 

 lanceolate, acute, up to 2 lin. long, prominently keeled ; perianth 

 I lin. long, with external glands between the segments ; segments 

 erect, lanceolate, obtuse, h Hn. long, glabrous ; anthers exserted 

 from the perianth-tube, | lin. long, dark-coloured; style very 

 short. A.BG. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 671. 



Coast Region: Swellendam Div.; Swelleudam, Mundl Riversdale Div.; 

 "between Little Vet River and Garcias Pass, Burckell, 6864, partly I mountain?, 

 Garcias Pass, 1000-1500 ft., Galpin, 4543 ! Bolus, 11422 ! Klein Berg, at Platte- 

 Kloof, Muir, 473 (5446 in Herh. Galphi) ! 



22, T. angulosum (A.DC. Esp. Kouv. Thes. 2); a shrub, 5 ft. 



high ; stems erect, broadly winged, wings with cartilaginous margins, 

 glabrous ; branehlets less broadly winged to angular, sometimes 

 rather slender, glabrous ; leaves linear, decurrent on the stem, with 

 a prominent midrib continuous with the cartila*^inous edge o£ the 

 wing, acute or subacute, up to about h in. long and about l^ 

 lin. broad, flat, glabrous ; cymules arranged in rather elongated 

 lax racemes ; bracts adnate to the j)eduncle for more or less than 

 half their length or sometimes almost free, linear-lanceolate, acutely 

 acuminate ; bracteoles shorter than the flowers ; perianth 1|-2| Un. 

 long; segments elliptic, 1-1^ lin. long, hooded, with papillose in- 

 curved margins; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, ^ hii- 

 long; style 1|-1^ lin. long, reaching to the top of the anthers; 

 fruit with a stout yellow stalk about 1 hn. long, su>)globose, about 

 2 lin. long, including the gaping persistent perianth, prominently 

 10-ribbed, not or only very slightly reticulate between the ribs. 

 A.na in DO. Prodr. xiv. 653; Sond. in Flora, 1857, 403. 

 r. Galpinli, SehlecJder in Journ, Bot, 1897, 222. 



