178 SA^TALACE."E (Hill). - l^Thcsmm. 



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75. T. gnidiaceum (A.DC, Esp. Kouv. Thes. 7) ; stems and 



branches ascending, very densely leafy ; leaves erect, subulate, with 



very acute rigid cartilaginous Avhitish apex, flat on the upper 



surface, slightly rounded below, 1-3 lin. long, usually slightly 



scabrous ; flowers in rather dense terminal spikes ; bracts shorter 



than the open flowers, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, with an 



acuminate subulate very acute apex, finely scabrid-puberulous on 



the margin^ very slightly keeled ; bracteoles similar to the bracts- 



but narrower; perianth Ij-lf lin. long, with distinct external 



glands ; segments linear or linear-lanceolate, subacute, f-l| li^^- 

 long, flat, Avith a dense apical beard; anthers almost wholly included 



in the perianth-tube, about | lin. long ; style very short or almost 

 absent; fruits ovoid-globose, 2^ lin. long, prominently 10-ribbcd, 

 very prominently or almost honeycombed-rcticulate. A.DC. in DC, 

 Prodr, xiv. 6G2. T. inihricatum, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfi. Docu- 

 mente, 132, nolo/ Thunl. T. Dregei, Son<L in Flora, 1857, 356, 406, 



Var. $, Zeyheri (Sond. in Flora, 1857, 356) ; leaves acute, glabrous, with 

 recurved tips ; bracts rather broader than in the type with almost glabrous margins. 

 A.Da in DC. Prodr. xiv. G62. 



CovVST Region: Uitenhage Div. ; Addo, 1000-2000 ft., Drege a! 



Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, Barchell, 3541 ! Bolas, 1912! MacUican, 45 1 

 Guthrie, 3319 ! Schdnland, 57 ! Between Coldstream and Grahamstown, 2000 ft.. 

 Bolus, 3594 ! J^nbs, 386 ! Fort Beaufort Div. ; Cooper, 419 ! Queenstown Div. ; 

 Queenstown, Cooper, 3095 ! British Kaffraria ; Kei^kanuua Hoek, Cooper, 236 1 

 Var. j8 : Caledon Div. ; Zwart Berg and Zondereinde River, Zajher^ 3807 1 



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76. T. phyllostachyum (Sond. in Flora, 1857, 355); a small 

 shniblet, many-stemmed^ erect ; branches leafy, slender, glabrous ;. 

 leaves linear; recurved in the upper part, acutely mucronate, 1|— 2 



lin. long, flat on the upper surface, rounded below, glabrous ;; 

 Howers in lax spikes, with a leafy shoot above which turns black 

 when dry ; bracts linear, acute, shorter or lunger than the flowers, 

 concave on the upper side, slightly keeled below ; bracteoles about 

 two-thirds as long as to nearly as long as the bracts, but otherwise 

 very similar; perianth 1-1 1 lin, long, with conspicuous large 

 external glands; segments linear-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute, 

 i-1 lin. long, densely bearded in the upper portion ; anthers about 

 -Jr lin, long, included in the perianth-tube ; style \ hn. long or almost 

 absent; fruits ovoid, 2\ lin. long, conspicuously 10-ribbed, slightly 

 reticulate between the ribs* A, DC. in DC, Prodr, xiv. 670. 



Coast Ekgiox : Riveradale Div. ; Garcias Pass, Galpin, 4540 ! near River.-dale, 

 Schlechter, 1886 ! Mossel Bay Div. ; between Duyker River and Gouritz River, 

 Burchell, 6394 ! George Div. ; Zwarteberg Range, Bolus, 2455 ! Knysna Div. ; 

 Outeniqua lIountai^UB, Bolus, 2455 ! Uitenhage Div. ; between Port Klizabeth 

 and the Zwartkops River, Znjhtr, 3800 ! 



77. T. impeditum (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 32) ; stems 

 tufted from the apes of a rhizome, slender, simple or sparingly 



branched, slightly angular, glabrous; leaves linear, with acute 

 recurved tips, 2-7 lin. long, flat, rather thick, glabrous ; flowers in 

 lax spikes, solitary in the axil of each bract; bracts slightly adnate 



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