) 





Thesiu7iu] SANTALace.e (Hill). 189 



thick, glabrous; flowers in small capitate clusters at the ends of 

 the branches ; bracts leaf-like, equalling the floAvers in len^^th^ with 

 slightly hispid margins ; bracteoles simihir to the bracts but a little 

 shorter ; perianth about 1 Hn, longj Avith prominent external 

 lands ; segments ovate, subacute, i lin. long, with a woolly beard : 



or 





anthers partly exserted from the perianth-tube, ^ lin. lung ; stylt 

 j Teaching to the middle of the anthers, ^ lin. long ; fruits not seen, 



Westi-rx Ri-giox : Little Namaqualand ; near Navies, Bolus, 9UG I Van 

 illiynsdorp Div. ; Kareeberg Range, St'llt^r^ter^ ^25f) 1 



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103. T. microcephalum (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 



34) ; branches snbterete, glabrous : branchlets twirrcrv ; leaves 



lan^y dense, narrowly lanceolate, subacute, 1|— 2 lin. long, about 



\ lin. broad, thick and fleshy, rounded on the lower suiface, flat or 



concave above, glabrous; flowers few in a faiz^Iy dense cluster at 



the apex of each shoot ; bracts shorter than the flowers, reddish, 



similar to the leaves, fleshy, finely fimbriate on the lower yav\- of 



the margins, otherwise s^labrous ; bracteoles nearlv as loni^ as the 



bracts and slightly keeled; perianth about \\ lin. long; segments 



j lanceolate, obtuse, | lin. long, reddish outside, hooded, with an 



apical beai'd and hairy margins ; anthers exserted from pockets 



inside the perianth-tube, \ lin. long; style \ lin. long, reaching to 



just above the base of the anthers ; stigma capitate ; fruits oblon_ 



ovoid, 2 lin. long, strongly 10-ribbed, coarsely reticulate between 

 the ribs. 



Coast Eegion : Worcester Div. ; Matroos Berg, 6560 ft., Marloth, 2252 in 

 Herb. Bolm (not in Herb. Marlotli) 1 



104. T, pycnanthum (Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 120); a 

 ■small shrublet, up to about 1 ft. high ; bi*anches several from the 

 base, erect or ascending, subterete, slender, glabrous ; leaves aci- 

 cular, very acute, 3-5 lin. long, about \ lin. thick, with a very 

 prominent midrib on the upper surface, rounded below, glabrous, 

 with very narrow subtranslucent margins; flowers in small terminal 

 heads; bracts linear-lanceolate, very acute, a little shorter than the 

 open flower, keeled, with thinner reddish margins; bracteoles about 

 two-thirds as long as the bracts but otherwise similar ; pericintb 

 If lin. long, with distinct external glands ; segments linear-lanceo- 

 late, hooded, 1-1^ lin. long, with an apical beard ; anthers included 

 in the perianth-tube, \ lin. long: style -J-j lin. long, reaching to 

 tho base of the anthers; fruits ellipsoid-globose, 3 lin. long, pro- 

 Tninently 10-ribbed, shining, distinctly reticulate between the ribs. 



Coast Regio.x : Worcester Div.; Goudini, 900 ft,, Sclila:hta\ 9046! Hex 

 liiver Valley, near De Dooras, Bolm, 13187 ! Paarl Div. ; French Hoek, 3500 ft., 

 ^lechtti' 9353 ! 



105. T. ecklonianum (Sond. in Flora, 1857, 356) ; stems pros- 

 trate or decumbent, elongated, terete, glabrous ; leaves large, 

 linear or linear-lanceolate, often somewhat falcate, acute or sub- 



