

166 SA^^TALACE.E (Hill). [Thesium. 



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Kalahari Regio^^ : Griqualand ^ye3t ; between Gri(jua Town and Spulgslang, 

 BiirchdJ, 1699 ! 



47. T. Hystrix (A, W, Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 31) ; a rigid 



much-branchecl shrublet, with rigid tapered spiue-tipped branchlets;: 

 bi'anchlets sometimes flexuous, contracted at the base, coarsely and 

 closely longitudinally wrinkled or closely grooved when dry, 

 glabrous ; leaves very small, more or less triangular, thick and 

 coriaceous, slightly mucronate, glabrous ; flowers solitary, short 

 and sessile within the bracts j receptacle glabrous ; bracts very 

 small, broadly ovate, slightly mucronate, glabrous ; bracteules 

 minute ; perianth | Un. long ; segments triangular-ovate, hooded, 

 ^ lin. long, the margin and apex fringed with fairly long hairs ; 

 anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, ^ lin. long ; filaments- 

 nearly as long as the anthers; style short, reaching to the base of 

 the anthers, -|- lin. long ; fruits ovoid-glol)ose, nearly 2 lin. long^ 

 strongly 10-ribbed and glaucous between the ribs. 



Ce>-tbal Eegiox : Graaff Reinet Div. ; near GraafF Eeinet, 2500 ft., BoluSr 

 523 ! iliddelburg Div. ; Conway Farm, 3600 ft., GUfillan in IlerL Galpin, 5503 1 

 Kalahahi Ekgion ; Griqualand AVest ; Kimberley, Alesandersfontein, 4100 ft., 

 Galpin, 7000 ! 



48, T. sertulariastrum (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 41); 



stems much-branched, subterete ; branches rather crowded and 

 ascending, very minutely puberulous ; leaves scattered, a few 

 towards the base of the plant acicular, terete, about \ in. long, 

 subobtuse, glabrous, the remainder subulate-lanceolate, with 

 blackened very acute tips, about 1 lin. long, glabrous; flowers up to- 

 3 at the apex of each shoot, sessile within the bracts ; bracts and 

 bracteoles forming an involucre, subequal, linear- or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, very acutely acuminate, shorter than the flowers, with black 

 tips and fringed submembranous margins, glabrous ; perianth 

 globose at the base, 1 lin. long ; segments linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 nearly f lin. long, with a long hooded apex and dense apical beard ; 

 anthers included in the perianth-tube, \ lin, long ; stigma subsessile ; 

 fruits ellipsoid, | lin. long, prominently 10-ribbed, prominently 

 reticulate between the ribs. 



Coast Region: Caledon Div. ; raapies Vlei, Schlechtcr, 104481 Bredaadorp 

 Div, ; Eiet Fontein, Bolm, 8597 ! 



49. T. paniculatum (Linn. Mant. 51, not of Thunb. nor Sond.) ; 

 stems slender, flexuous, terete, glabrous; branches very slender, 

 spreading almost at right angles, lax, glabrous ; leaves usually few, 

 rarely rather numerous, linear, grooved on the upper surface, acute, 

 |— f in. long, glabrous ; flowers arranged in lax dichotomously 

 branched cymes, pedicellate ; bracts free from the peduncle, similar to 

 the leaves but shorter; peduncle slender ; bracteoles several at the 

 apex of the peduncle, subulate-lanceolate, with blackish acute tips, 

 mostly shorter than the flowers ; perianth | lin, long, with con- 



