160 SANTALACE.K (Hill). [Theshuii, 



£Lt the apexj margins minutely hairy ; anthers about -j^^ lin. long, 

 exserted ; filaments ^ lin. long; disc flat and conspicuous; style 

 extremely short ; fruit ellipsoid-campanulate, 1^ lin. long, pro- 

 .minently 10-ribbed at the base, finely reticulate between the ribs. 

 A. DC. in DC, Prodi\ xiv. 657. T, le^jtocaule, SoncL in Flora, 1857, 

 ZQ2^ partly. T. lej^^tocaule, Sand., var, glahrimculum, A,DC in DC. 

 Prodr. xiv. 658, 2)artli/ ; Sond. I.e. 404, partlt/. T. hrevifollara, 

 A.DC. Esp. Noui\ Thes. 3, partly \ var. glahriusculurti, A.DO. l.c, 3. 



Coast Region : Cape Div. ; Cape flats, Doornhoogte, ffcklo n & Zfyhcr, 11 \ 

 Stellenbosch Div. ; French Hoek, 1500 ft., Schlechia^, 9336 ! Caledoo JJnT; 

 between Zwart Berg and the River Zandereiude, Zeyher, 3813 ! Bredaadorp Div. ; 

 Elim, 700 ft.. Scklechtei\ 7 ii2S ! George Div. ; Montagu Pass, 3800 ft., Schlechter, 

 582S ! near George, 650 ft., Sddcchtcr, 2393 ! Knysiia Div.; lulls near Kny.sna, 

 160 ft., ScJdechter, 5924 ! Hiimansdorp Div. ; near Gamtoos River, Schlechttv, 

 6040 ! Uitenhage Div. ; between Zwartkops River and Snndavs River, £ckloa 

 HJ- Zn/hn\ 2 8, partly ! > 



Considerable confusion exists as to the specimens to be referred to T. nigro- 

 montanum and T, leptocaule respectively, and the specimens appear to have been 

 mixed under the same number. In T. nigromontanvm the extei'ual glands are 

 ■conspicuous, vrhile they are apparently absent frum T, Itptucaale ; tlie acutely 

 acuminate bracts of T. nvfromontanmn and the black-drying flowers also serve as 

 a ready means of distiuf^uishing this species from the more robust T. leptocaule, 

 Rhiaostegia hrcvlfolia, Turcz., ^^'hich has also been associated with T. leptocaule 

 '(Sond. in Flora, 1857., 404), appears to be an imperfect specimen and probably 

 should be referred to T. virgatum. 



35. T. leptocaule (Soncl. in Flora, 1857, 362); rootstock slender, 



erect ; stem simple for some distance or with several branches from 

 the apex of the rootstock, erect or ascending, subterete or sHghtly 

 angled, glabrous ; branchlets rather short and twiggy ; leaves of 

 two kinds, those towards the base spreading, acicular, obtuse, 1-2 

 lin, long, glabrous, the upper very small and closely adpressed to 

 the stem, subulate-lanceolate, glabrous ; flowers crowded at the 

 •ends of the branchlets ; bracts often blackish when dry, shortly 

 adnate to the very short peduncle, ovate-lanceolate, fairly acute, 

 f lin. long, keeled, with slightly jagged membranous margins; 

 bracteoles a little shorter than the flower, keeled ; perianth | Hn, 

 long; segments ^~\ Hn. long, hooded, glabrous; anthers y^j lin. 

 long ; disc conspicuous; style ^ lin. long; fruits ovoid, IJ lin. long, 

 prominently 9-10-ribbed at the base, reticulate between the ribs. 

 A.DO. in DC. Prodr, xiv. Qo7, partly. T. hrrvifollum, A.DG. Esp. 

 Nouh\ Thes. 3, partly ; Sond. in Flora, 1857, 404, ?w>/ T. {PJiinostnjla) 

 hrevifolium, Sond. Ic. 361, 404. 



Coast Region : Uitenhage Div. ; between Zwarttops "River and Sundays Biver, 

 Evklon <£• Zeyher, 28 partly ! neaj- Uitenhage, £ckhm&_^£u!^^ ^^^ 



Elizabeth Div. ; Port Elizabeth, Herb. E. S. C. A, ^SFTTJi^TTrHumewood; Miss 

 Dahj, 10621 Mrs, Patevson^ 6141 



Eastkr>' Region : Griqualand East ; Mount Fletcher, Sim, 2641 ! 



36. T. commutatum (Sond. in Flora, 1857, 362); stem much- 

 branched, subterete, slightly longitudinally wrinkled when dry; 



