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Thcsiitm,'] santalace.-e (Hill). 159 



32. T. cupressoides (A. W, Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1015, 2G); 



stems busily, about 8 in, high, much -branched, woody, terete ; 

 branches ascending, rather densely leafy, glabrous ; leaves linear, 

 acute, 2-31- ]|j^^ long, flat on the uj^per surface, slightly keeled 

 belo"vv^ somewhat fleshy, glabrous; flowers clustered at the end;* of 

 short axillary branches ; bracts and bracteoles lanceolate, longer 

 than the flowers; perianth ^ lin. long, with a distinct disc and 



small prominent external glands ; segments ovate, obtuse, ^ lin. 

 long, hooded ; anthers exserted, -^^ lin. long ; stigma- subsessile ; 

 fruits not seen. 



Eastern Regiox: Natal ; Niginya, 5500 ft., Wylle la Ilerh. Wood, 1061S ! 



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33. T, ericaefolium (A.DC. Esp, Nouv. Thes. 3); a heath-like much- 

 branched low shrub ; stem purj^lish, subterete, glabrous ; branches 

 ascending, rather slender, slightly grooved ; leaves linear, keeled, 

 obtuse or subacute, li-2 lin. long, glabrous ; flowers crowded 

 towards the apex of the branchlets, sessile ; bracts rather longer 

 than the flowers, ovate-Ianceolatc, acute, keeled, concave above ; 

 bracteoles similar to the bracts but a little shorter ; perianth with 

 conspicuous external glands, h lin. long; segments ovate-triangular, 

 about \ lin. long ; anthers very small ; style \ lin. long, reaching to 

 the top of the anthers; fruits small, ovoid, scarcely 1 lin. long, 

 prominently 10-ribbed especially at the base, scarcely reticulate 

 between the ribs. Sond. in Flora, 1857, 404; A.BG. in DO. 

 Prodr. xiv, 658. T. ramellosum, Sond, in FlorOy 1857, 362. T. 

 erlcsefoUum, var. confertum, A.DC. Lc, 658. T. encoides, H. Br. 

 Prodr. 353, name only ] DC. he. 672. 



Coast Eegiox : Tulbagli Div. ; near Tulbagh Waterfall, EcldA) 



Kloof 



Kloof, Burchtll, 7760! Houw Hoek, Scott-ElUoU 1132! Bolm, 9919 ! Steeubrass 

 River, 1000 ft., Scldecktcr, 5384! Vogelgat, 1500 ft., SrhJ^rhtrr. 10^2^ I Kivers- 

 dale Div. ; Garcias Pass, 1000 ft., Galpin, 4542 ! Uitenhage Div. ; Yau St^dens- 

 Berg, DrerfCj 7174 ! Zet/her, 3805 ! Uitenhage, Ecklon & Zeyher, 27 Z ! 



The specimen collected bj R. Brown and labelled T, ericoides is preserved 

 in the British Museum and proves to be T. cricdfoUum, A.DC. 



34. T. nigromontanum (Sond, in Flora, 1857, 3G1); a small 



heatli4ike subslirub branched from the base; branches erect or 

 suberect, slender, subterete ; leaves of two kinds, those towards the 

 base of the plant linear and subterete, subobtuse, up to 4 lin. long,. . 

 fleshy, ghibrous ; the upper closely adpressed to the shoot, subulate- 

 lanceolate, acute, about 1 lin. long j cymules axillary, often sub- 

 corymbose, with the flowers crowded at the apex, leafy in the lower 

 part ; flow^ers sessile or subsessile in the middle of the bract and two 

 bracteoles ; bract acutely acuminate from an ovate base, about the 

 same length as the flower^ with minutely hirsute margins ; bracteoles 

 ^vith blackened tips, ovate-lanceolate, acute, a little shorter than 

 the flower ; perianth saucer-shaped, f lin. long, with conspicuous 

 external sflands : segments trianOTlar, thickened and deeply hooded 



