172 ' BANTALACE^ (Hill). [T/icmm. 



from Wokelev, 740 ft., i)ie?5, 1027! Tulbagb Kloof, EcUon\ Tulbagh Waterfall, 

 £clio)i\ Var/jQ: Clamvilliam DIv. : Blaw Eerg, 1200 ft., ScMccliter. 8451 ! hills 

 ■near Clauwilliam, 800 ft., Leipoldtj 500! 



61. T. prostratum (A. W. Hill iu Kew Bulletin, 1915, 38) ; stems 

 numerousj prostrate from the apex of a slender erect rootstock, 

 glabrous, terete ; ];ranchlets ascending, very slender, sparingly leafy ; 

 leaves acicular, subacute, terete, 4-6^ lin. long, fleshy, glabrous ; 

 flowers glomerate at the ends of the branchlets ; bracts equallin 

 or longer than the flowers, linear or linear-lanceolate, subacute, 

 glabrous ; perianth about I lin. long ; segments triangular, acute, 

 nearly ^ lin. long, apex and margins above bearded Avith papill*^' ; 

 anthers exserfced from the perianth-tul>e, ! lin. long ; style nearly 

 ^ lin. long, reaching to the uiiddle or top of the anthers ; fruits 

 ovoid-globose, 1| lin. long, coni^picuously 10-ribbed, rather delicately 

 reticulate between the ribs. 



Central Rkgion: Ceres Div. ; Skurfdeberg Range, near GydoiuVj 5000 ft., 

 Schleclitti\ 10008 ! 





62. T. acuminatum (A. W. Hill in Ivew Bulletin, 1915, 22) ; root- 

 stock slender, erect, subterete, about If lin. thick ; stems numerous 

 from the apex of the rootstocb, spreading or ascending, subterete, 

 .glabrous ; leaves acicular, acute, ^-1 in. long, suljterete, glabrous ; 

 flowers in rather dense terminal clusters ; bracts triangular- 

 lanceolate, acute, fleshy, 1-1^ lin. long, glabrous; bracteoles about 

 half the length of the flowers ; perianth-segments | lin. long, linear- 

 lanceolate, with long acicular points, with a densely adpressed 

 beard in the lower part ; anthers included in and at the base of the 

 perianth-tube, \ lin. long ; style I lin. long ; fruits ovoid-globose, 

 ■about 2 lin, long including the long persistent perianth, rather 

 faintly ribbed and reticulate. 



SorTH Africa : without locality, Hooker, 608 ! Reynoitd, ex herh. Kunth in 

 Herb, Boiin ! 



Coast Region: Cape Div.; near Noahs Ark Eattery, Simoiistown, Wolky-Dod, 

 ^806 ! 3016! Simoas Bay, Wright, 536 ! hills west of Sioionstowu, Wolley-Dod, 

 1879 ! Muizen Berg, 1000 ft., Bohii^, 8040! Constanti;i Berg, 2000 ft., Schkcliter, 

 543 ! Steenberg Flats, WoUej-Dud, 2741 ! 



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63. T. selagineum (A.DG. Esp. Nouv. Thes. 3) ; branches slender 



And straggling, slightly angular or subterete, very minutely pube- 

 rulous ; leaves all recui*ved, acicular, flattened on the upper surface, 

 subterete, acute, 2 lin. long or less, glabrous; flowers sessile in 

 small clusters at the apices of the shoots: bracts and bracteoles 



„U^„J. 1 • 1 .1 \ .-i n 1-1 1 i^_ + ^ *rt 



m lenfirth to 



perianth with 



consp 



_ I lin, long, 

 ■ted from the 



segments, g lin. long ; segments triangular-ovate, obtuse, 

 shortly bearded, with papillose margins ; anthers exsert 

 j»erianth-tube, ^ lin. long ; style stout, | lin. long, reaching to the 

 middle of the anthers ; fruit ovoid ellipsoid, contracted at the base, 

 IJ lin. long, slightly 10-ribbed, distinctly reticulate between the 



