188 SANTALACE^ (Hill). [Thesium. 



100. T. rufescens (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 40); 



stems reddi.sh-browii, very slender, sparsely and divaricately 

 branched, sulcate, shortly pubescent Avith subreflexed hairs; 

 branches rather densely leafy ; leaves spreading, linear, acute, 

 3-4 lin. long, shortly pubescent or nearly glabrous ; flowers in 

 rather dense terminal oblong spikes ; bracts reddish, linear- 

 lanceolate, acutely acumiuate, about as long as or a little longer 

 than the flowers, keeled, with somewhat membranous margins, 

 pubescent on the margin and outside ; biacteoles similar to the 

 bracts but a little shorter ; perianth minutely pubescent outside, 

 I liu. long ; segments triangular, subacute, ^ lin. long, with slightly 

 incurved margins, densely bearded inside ; anthers half exserted 

 from the perianth-tube, I lin. long ; style f lin. long, reaching 

 nearly to the top of tlie anthers; fruits ovoid, 2 lin. long, con- 

 spicuously ribbed, distinctly reticulate between the ribs. 



Coast Rkgiox : Riversdale Div. ; in fields near Riversdale, 300 ft., Scklec}itn\ 

 1851 ! 



101. T. scabrum (Linn. Sp. PL ed. ii. 30"2) ; stems erect, about 1 ft, ' 

 high, densely leafy, with very short internodes, glabrous; leaves 

 linear, acute, up to 1 in, long, but mostly about h in. long, more or 

 less triijuetrous, sharply pectinate-serrulate on the angles ; flowers 

 in dense terminal subglobose heads about J in. in diam. ; bracts 

 broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, with mem- 

 branous scabrous margins and a broad keel ; bracteolcs similar, but 



narrower ; perianth about 1 lin. long ; segments f lin. long, bearded, 



ovate lanceolate, acute ; anthers included in the perianth-tube, \ lin. 

 long; style \-^ lin. long; fruits oblong-ovoid, 2-^- lin. long, rather 

 conspicuously 10-nerved, finely reticulate between the nerves, 

 Benj. Biser. TJ, Cap. 72 ; ThmlK Fl. Cap, ed, SchilL 209; ThodK 

 Proih\ 45; SontL in Flora, 1857, 360; A.BC. in DC Prodr. xiv. 

 GG3. T. scahnini, vai\ Je/mJu/um, Suh'7. in Flora, 1857, 361 ; A, DC. 

 in DC ProJr. xiv. 664; var, (jractle, A. DC l.c, (?) T. ciliatmiy 

 B. Br. Prodr. 353 ; A.DO. in DC Prodr. xiv. 672, name onhj. 



Coast Region : Tulbagli Div. ; near Tulbagh Waterfall, P^; 



1500 ft.. Schlechter. lUt>65 ! Worcester Div. : ■mouninins npar 



Panrl Div. ; French Hoek, 500 ft., ^yhh.-huj-^ <>>na \ Cape Biv. ; Table Moiirttain,, 

 TJiunhergl between ^Vynberg and Coubtautia, BurcheU, 795! Mowbray, Wilms, 

 3605 ! Devils Peak, 1000 ft., Bolm, 2936 t BeTtjiu8\ Buttner\ Krehs \ Cape Flats 

 near Kenil worth, Schlechter, 216 ! Stellenbosch Div, ; between Stellenbosch and 

 Bottolary Hill, Burchell, 8338 ! Caledon Div. ; Douker Hoek Mountain, BiurhcU, 

 7996 ! Bredasdorp Div. ; near Cape Agidhas, EcUon ! 



Centkal PtEGiox : Sutherland Div. ; Middle Roggeveld, Thtmhcrij \ 



this 



102. T. polyceplialum (Sclilechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 120) : a 

 low much-branched shrub ; older branches \vith corky transversely 

 splitting bark, younger ones slender, rather elongated, glabrous ; 

 leaves fe\v and distant, snbacicular, with an obtu.se cartilaginous 

 apex, concave above, rounded below, 2-3 lin. long, about \ Kn. 



