Thcmcm.'] santalace.e (Hill). 181 



lin. broad, slightly keeled below, fairly thick and fleshy^ glabrou^i ; 

 flowers few, solitary, axillary, very sliortly pedunculate; bracts 

 adnate to the apex of the pedimole, Imear, with acutely subulate 

 apex, equal to or slightly longer than the flowers, deeply conrave 

 on the upper surface, very minutely seri'ulate on the mar-^-in ; 

 bracteoles as long as the flower, narrower than tlie bracts ; perianth 

 white, 2 lin. long, without external glands ; segments oblon^r- 

 ianceolate, obtuse, 1 lin, long, hooded, flat, densely woolly-bearded ; 

 anthers partly included in. the tube and partly exserted, | lin. 

 long: style 1|- lin, long, longer than the anthers. 



Kalahari Eegio^^ : Orange Free State; Bethlehem, low -lying veld, 

 Rlcliardsoa 1 



82. T. lobelioides (A.DO. Esp. Xouv. Thes. 8); stem usually 

 much branched in the upper part, sulcate, glabrous ; branches 

 ascending or suberecf, purplish or grey, dull and glabrous; lea\es 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, fleshy, acute, J— | in. long, flat, 1 -nerved 

 on the upper surface, glabrous; flowers solitary; bracts shortly 

 adnate to the peduncle, much longer than the flowers, keeled ; 

 bracteoles as long as or slightly longer than the flowers, with 

 slightly scabrous edges; perianth 2^ lin- long; segments 1-^ lin. 

 long, oblong-lanceolate, .subacute, densely bearded inside ; anthers 

 slightly exserted, \ lin. long; style ^-1 lin. long, sometimes reaching 

 to well above the anthers; young fruits ribbed. A.DC. in DC, 

 Prodr. xiv. 666. T. recurvifoUiiin, Soruh in Flora, 1857, 356, 407. 



Cexteal Region : Stockeiiatrom Dh\ ; bjthe Kat River, near Philipfon, Eckl(yii 



. 25 ! 

 Easterx Rkgion: Natal; Hoffenthal, 4000 ft., Wood, 3574 ! 



83. T. goetzeanum (Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 306) ; a subshrub; 

 caudex small, thick ; steins erect, 10-12 in. long, numerous, branched, 

 glaucous, longitudinally grooved ; leaves linear-lanceolate, apex carti- 

 laginous, 7 lin. long, strongly keeled ; bracts and bracteoles adnate 

 to the pedicels ; bracteoles 2-2|- lin. long; perianth white, 1-2 lin. 

 long ; segments triangular, elongate, obtuse, |-1 lin. long, margin 

 inflexed, with a dense beard of long hairs at the apex and upper 

 part of the margins ; anthers \ lin. long, equal in length to the 

 tilaments; style g lin. long; fruit ovoid, with thick prominent 

 ribs, l|-2 lin. long, 1| lin. broad. Baher and Hill in Dyer, FL 

 Trap. Afr. vi. i, il8. T. ScJiweiufurfJiii, lar, laxum, Engl Pji. Ost- 



AJ)\ C'.*168. 



Kaxahari Regiux : Bechuanaland ; Chooi Desert, Burckell, 2340 ! Transvaal ; 

 Heidelberg, 5350 ft., Schkcht&r, 4792 ! Houtbosch, 4500-4900 ft., Bolus, 1115S ! 

 11159! 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



— L 



84. T. resedoides (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 187); a 



herb or subshrub, perennial, forming low bushes; rootstock woody; 



