164 SAXTALACE.^ (Hill). [TheskivK 



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exsei'tecl froni the perianth-tube^ f lin. long ; style J lin. long, 

 reaching nearly to the base of the anthers ; fruits not seen. 



Western Region : Little Namatiualan J ; Modderfontein, Whitehead \ 



42. T. strictuTU (Berg. Descr. PI. Cap. 73) ; a shrub, up to about 

 4 ffc. high ; stem erect, branched in the upper part, subterete, 

 glabrous; branches subterete ; lower leaves longer than the others, 

 acicular, with a very jiarrow groove on the upper side, up to 2^ in. 

 long, obtuse or subacute, somewhat fleshy, glabrous, upper leaves 

 smaller and a little recurved, more or less fiat on the upper surface ; 

 flowers crowded in small dense corymbs at the ends of the branches; 

 bracts shortly adnate to the peduncle, similar to the upper leaves; 

 peduncle -|-1 lin. long, slightly angular ; bracteoles linear-lanceolate,^ 

 shorter than the flowers; perianth f-l^ lin. long; segments ^ lin. 

 long, triangular-ovate, apex and margin shortly papillose ; anthers 

 \ lin. long ; filaments about the same length ; style about \ Uu- 

 long; fruit ovoid-globose, IJ lin. long, 1| lin. in diam., lO-ribbecl, 

 with well-marked reticulation between the ribs, Linn, Maut, 214; 

 Thunl. Fl. Cap. ed. SchulL 210 ; A.DC. in DG. Frudr. xiv. 654 ; Sond. 

 in Flora, 1857, 361. T. eiqdiorbtoides, Jacq. ex A.DC. I.e. 655, name 

 onhj, not of Linn. T. robustitm, Bernli. in Flora, 1845, 80, accord, fo 

 Sond, in Flora, 1857, 361. 



Coast Ekgion : various localities in the following Divisionn — Van Rhyusdorp 

 Biv.; Schlechter, 8344 ! Clanwilliam Div. ; Erklon £ Zeiiltcr. 1 6 ! Stephens, 7219 ! 

 7220 ! 7237 ! Dlels, 773 ! Pearson, 5420 ! 5421 ! Piquetberg Div. ; Pikiuiers Pass, 

 Pearson, 5152! Malmesburj^ Div. ; Bachmanv, 1699! Tulbagh Div. ; Ecjdon^ 

 Zeyher^ 15 ! Pappe \ Worcester Div. ; Brege 8165a! Pehmann, 2496T'^496 ! 



^aarlDiv. ; Dreye, 8166b! Bolus, 4064! Cape Div.; Sparrman \ Berghisl 

 Forsterl Burckell, 348! 500! 610 I Beklon, 59! 411! Zei/her, 3792! 3793 T 

 EcUon &_Z€yher^ 15 ! Wahlherfjl Anderson \ Pappe I Cooper, 3515! Wrightl 



Wilms, 3606 ! MacGlIUcraij, 603! Hooker, 627 ! MacOican, Her?). Norm. Avstr.- 

 Afr,, 765! Wolley-Dod, 438! 2663 1 IHels, 1412! Caledon Div.; Hang Klipr 

 Mund & Maire ! Houw Hoek, ^rhhrhfr.r ^ 7584 ! Swelkndam Div. ; Voornians 

 Bosch, Zcyhcr, 3792! Riversdale Div.; Burckell, 69731 Galphi, 4541! 3fi'Jrl 

 Humansdorp Div. ; Kruisfontein Mountain, Galpin, 4548 1 Albany Div. ; 

 Graharastown, Zegher, 3792 ! 



^YESTERN Region: Little Namaqualand ; variouB localities, Bolus, 9442! 

 Pearson, 5718 ! 5951 ! 6273 I 



43. T. lacinulatum (A. W. Hill m Ann, Bolus Herb, ined.) ; a bush, 

 about 1 ft, higb, everywhere covered with a very short puberulous 

 indumentum ; branches spiny at the tips, rigid ; leaves adpressed 

 to the stem, subulate-lanceolatej acute, with brownish-tips, |-1 be- 

 long ; flow^ers axillary, solitary, subsessile ; bracts small and scaly, 

 with subulate tips, very much shorter than the fluwers ; bracteoles 

 subulate, cartilaginous, about ^ lin, long ; perianth about -f hu. 

 long; segments ^ lin, long, ovate, subacute, with broad inflexed 

 membrauous flaps on the margins, glabrous ; anthers about J Ini- 

 long, exserted from the perianth-tube ; style l- lin. long, conical ;. 

 fruits ovoid-globose, 1^ lin. long, bright green, 10-ribbed, slightly 

 reticulate betw^een the ribs. 



