77iesi7im.] sa^talace.e (Hill). 187 



branches few, ascending ; leaves large and fleshy, subaciciilar, 

 obtuse, 1-2 in, long, about 1 lin. thick, glabrous; flowers in fairly 

 •dense tf^minal corymbs about ^ in, in diam. ; bracts slightly adnate 

 to the very short peduncles, reddish, reaching to about the top of 

 the flowers, with subtranslucent margins, glabrous : bractcolcs 



nea 



conspicuous external glands, 1^ lin. long; segments lanceolate, 



flattened on the upper surface, acutely 

 \ lin, thick, fleshy, glabrous; flowers ve 



o 



obtuse, I lin. long, bearded at the apex, with hairy margins, sliglitlv 

 hooded ; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, -^ lin. long ; style 

 f lin. long, reaching to the middle of the anthers; fruits ovoid- 

 =ellipsoid, nearly 2 lin. long, fairly prominently 5-ribbcd, with 

 inconspicuous intermediate ribs and reticulation. 



Coast Eegiox : Prince Albert Div. ; tops of the mountains of Zwartberg Pass, 

 4400 ft., Bolus^ 11633 ! 12276 ! MarJoth, 2489b 1 



98. T. boissierianum (A.DC. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 663); a small 



shrub, 9 in. high ; stems ascending, densely leafy, rather slender, 

 terete, scabrid-pubcrulous ; leaves numerous, imbricate, acicular. 



mucronatej 2^-3 lin, long, 

 ^ ^ ery small, in dense terminal 



heads 2|— 4 lin, in diam. ; bracts as long as or longer than the 

 flowers, linear or linear-lanceolate, acutely acuniinate, \\ lin. lung, 

 Avith slightly hyaline margins ; bracteoles similar to the bracts but 

 a little shorter; perianth t lin. long, with external glands; se 

 ments |-— ^ lin, long, linear-lanceolate, ,-ubacute, bearded at the 

 apex ; anthers ^- lin. long, included in the perianth-tube ; stigma 

 sessile; fruits oblong-ellipsoid, 2 lin. long, distinctly but rather 

 finely 10-ribbed, laxly reticulate between the ribs. 



South Africa: without locality, Ycrrcaaxhi Hcrh.Boi6i'ier\ witliout coUector'a 

 name in Kev Ilcrhariurn ! 



99. T. pubescens (A.DC. Esp. Nouy. Thes. 7) ; a much-branched 

 subshrub, up to 1 ft. high ; stem woody, subterete, shortly pubescent 

 ■with somewhat reflexed hairs ; branches spreading from the main 

 stem at a wide angle, densely leafy, sulcate, pubescent; lea^es 

 linear, acute, keeled, 3-4 lin. lonix, more or less triangular in 

 section, shortly ciliate-pubescent on the margins and keel or some- 

 times all over both surfaces ; flowers in small dense terminal leafy 

 clusters; bracts and bracteoles similar to the leaves but broader; 

 perianth 2 lin. long; segments lanceolate, subacute, 1 lin. long, 

 densely bearded inside; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, 

 ^ lin. long; style 4-1 lin. long, reaching to the middle of the 



ted 



long, not reticulate. A.DC. in BG, Prodr, xiv. 664. T, hirfuhnn, 

 Sond. In Flora, 1857, 359, 406. 



Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; Vogel Fontein, 1200 ft., Schlechter, S515 \ 

 ^^ arm Baths, Stephens, 7729 1 Malmesbury Div. ; Modder Eiver, near Groeiie 

 Kloof, 300 ft., Bolus, 4328! Hopefiekl, 160 ft., SchUdder, 53011 Baclimann, 

 3^702! Cape Div.; Chapmans Bay, Kommetje sand hills, Wolky-Dod, 1634! 

 ->Iillers Poiut, WoUei/'Bod, 2S45 ! Div. ? Groctepostveld, FrKhn <C- Zeyher,± ' 



