Tkcsiim.] SANTALACE.E (Trill). 1G9 



the former obovate-elliptic, cuspidate-acuminate, nearly as long as 

 the^ flov\-ers, with memLranous subscarious margins j bracteoles 

 similar to the bracts but smaller and a little narr<nver; perianth 

 1-1;| lin. long; segments lanceolate-triangular, acute, liooded, Avith 

 a woolly apical beard ; anthers J lin. long, included in the perianth- 

 tube; style |-| lin. long, stout, reaching to or above the base of 

 the anthers; fruits ellipsoid-globose, long-beaked with the persistent 

 perianth, 2 lin. long, prominently 10-ribbed especially at the base, 

 conspicuously reticulate between the ribs. T. capihiliflornm, Soiirf,, 

 mr., Sond. in Flora, 1857, 363, as to Zeyher, 47; A.DC. in DC. 

 Pi'och\ xiv. C65. 



Coast Region: Cape Div. ; south-west part of Devils Teak; Wilms, 3611 ! 

 Caledon Div. ; Zwart Berg, Zcyhcr, 47 ! Bredasdorp Div. ; Elim, 500 ft., 

 SchJechter, 7664 in Ilcrh, jBolasl 7666 in Herb. Berlinl Riet Fonteiii Poort, near 

 Elim, 150 ft., Bolus, 85971 



54, T. rariflorum (Sond. in Flora, 1857, 364) ; stems ascending 

 or straggling, slender, slightly angular, glabrous ; leaves few, 

 acicular, subacute, |— 1 in. long, about ^- lin. thick, fleshy, glabrous ; 

 flowers solitary or subsolitary at the ends of short lateral cyniules ; 

 bracts adnate to the peduncle, as long as or sometimes considerably 

 longer than the flowers, linear-lanceolate, acute, 1^-3 lin. long, with 

 narrowly membranous margins, glabrous ; bracteoles a little shorter 

 than the flowers but otherwise very similar to the bracts ; perianth 

 about 1 lin. long ; segments -l— §- lin. long, ovate, subacute, flat, with 

 a dense apical beard ; anthers inserted at the base of or low down 

 in the tube, I lin. long ; style ^ Un. long, reaching to the top of 

 the anthers, or almost wanting ; fruits ellipsoid-globose, shortly 

 contracted at the base, prominently 10 ribbed, slightly reticulate 

 between the ribs, capped by the persistent closed perianth. T. 

 Maxmiliani, Scldeclder in Engl. Jahrh. xxvii. 11!). 



Coast Regiox: Tulbagh Div.; Tulbagh Waterfall, 1500 ft., Ecldon 6: Zeyker, 

 56 ! Schleehter, 9063 ! Caledon Div. ; Vogelgat, 300 ft., ScJi 



55. T. Zeyheri (A.DC. Esp. Nouv. Thes. 8); a subshrub, more 

 or less prostrate, much-branched ; main stem stout and knotty ; 

 branches short, crowded, closely grooved, with sharp scabrous 

 ridges; leaves linear, flat on the upper surfaces, with slightly 

 recurved subacute tips, 3-5 lin. long, keeled, with scabrous keel 

 and margins ; flowers single and terminal or 2-5 in a fairly lax 

 terminal cyme; bracts shorter than the flowers, linear, acute, 1-2 

 lin, long, keeled, with scabrous margins; bracteoles sometimes 

 slightly longer tiian the bracts, otherwise similar to them ; perianth 

 2-2;^ lin. long; segments linear-lanceolate, subacute, 1^ lin. long, 

 densely hairy within the apex ; anthers partly exserted from the 

 perianth-tube, ^ lin. long; style 1| lin. long, reaching nearly 

 to the top of the anthers ; fruits oblong, 3 lin. long, prominently 

 10-ribbed, conspicuously reticulate between the ribs, green when 

 tliy. A,Da in na Prodr. xiv. 666: Sond. in Flora, 1857, 407, 



