I 



Thesium.'] 8ANTALACE/E (Hill). 175 



ribs. A,DC. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 658 ; Sond. in Flora, 1857, 404. 

 T. tliuuhergiaimm, A. DC, in DC Prodr, xiv. G6G. T. pamcn- 

 latum, Thunh, Herb,; FL Cap, ed. Scladf, 2\0^ imrtly \ 9 not of 

 Prodr, 45 nor of LhuL 



Coast Regton : PiquetbergDIv. ; Piquetberg, 1725 ft., DiT^re, 8172 ! Srhlcchter, 



5237! Worcester Div. ; near De Dooms. Hex River Valley, 1700 ft., Bolus, 

 131S5! 



Central RT'^gion : Ceres Div. ; Bockberg in Upsala Herbarium ! 



64. T, capitellatum (A.DC. E«p. Nouv. Tlies. 7) ; slirubby, 



about 1 ft. higli^ much-branched ; branches ascending, somewhat 

 angular, glabrous ; lea^'es Unear or linear-lanceolate, acu te or 

 subacute, slightly curved, 2-3 hn. long, concave on the upper 

 surface, rigid, fleshy, glabrous ; Howers few in small dense terminal 

 heads; bracts lanceolate, acute, keeled, fleshy, as long as the 

 flowers, with slightly scabrous membranous greenish margins, 

 becoming quite black with age ; bracteoles a little smaller than the 

 bracts ; perianth tubular, fleshy, 1 lin, long, with conspicuous 

 external glands ; segments ovate, subacute, fleshy, ^ lin. long, with 

 a dense apical beard ; anthers inserted in or at the base of the tube, 



^ lin. long , 



ibout 



reaching to the base of the anthers ; fruits ovoid-ellipsoid, 2-2|- lin. 

 ^<^^g> prominently 10-ribbed, finely reticulate between the ribs. 

 A,DC, in DC. Prodr, xiv. 664. T, brachycephalum, Sond, in 



Flora, 1857, 360, 406. T, foveolatnm, SchlecJder in Engl. Jalirh, 

 xxvii. 119. 



Coast Region : Paarl Div. ; French Hoek ! 3600 ft., Schleckta^, 9348 ! Stellen- 

 boBch Div. ; Flor, Fnl. 87 in Stockholm Herbarium ! Caledoii Div. ; Zwart Berg^ 



65. T. imbricatum (Thunb. FL Cap. ed. Schult. 208) ; a much- 

 branched conifer-like shrub with stout stem and branches closely 

 beset with the persistent bases of the leaves ; branchlets densely 

 leafy, slightly scabrous ; leaves opposite^ linear, triangular in 

 section, flat above, sharply keeled below, with a light -colon red 

 cartilaginous acute apex, thick and rigid, lJ-4 lin. long, about 

 J lin. long, with finely scabridulous margins ; flowers in few- 

 flowered terminal heads; bracts similar to the leaves; bracteoles 

 narrower^ shorter than the flowers ; perianth about 2 lin. long ; 

 segments triangular, acute, 1-1| lin. long, bearded inside; anthers 



3-^ lin. long ; inserted at top of perianth-tube ; style | lin. long, 



reaching to the middle of the anthers ; fruits oblong-ovoid, 3 lin. 

 long, including the thick closed perianth, obtusely 10-ribbed, not or 

 scarcely reticulate between the ribs. Sonder in Flora, 1857, 355 ; 

 A, DC, in DC Prodr. xiv. 672 (among excluded species). T. 

 ahietiaum, Schleclder in Journ, Bot 1897, 282. 



South Africa : without locality^ Thunherg \ 



Co.vsT Regiox : Queenstowu Div. ; Kliplaat, Zet/hcr, 38 ! sumTiiit of the 



Audriesberg Range, 6600-6800 ft., Galphi, 211 '2 ! 



