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190 SANTALAGE.E (Hill). [Tliesium. 



acute, flat on the upper surf ace, somewhat convex below, I-I-4- "i. 

 lon^^ "■labrous ; floAvers few in a subcapitate cluster at the ends of 

 the branches ; bracts oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, acutely 

 acuuilnate, l),-2l Un. long, slightly keeled, ^vith scabrous slightly 

 membranous edges, reddish ; bracteoles nearly as long as the bracts, 

 but much narrower ; perianth l-l-i lin. long ; segments about ^- lin. 

 long, lanceolate-triangular, acute, with a woolly apical beard ; 

 anthers included, at the top of the perianth tube, ^ lin. long ; style 

 nearly ^ lin. long, reaching to the middle of the anthers; fruits 

 with a short stout stalk, ellipsoid-globose, prominently 10-ribbed or 

 almost angled, distinctly reticulate between the ribs, 2| lin. long 

 including the persistent perianth. A,DG. in DC, Prodr. xiv. 

 670. 



Ronrleboscli. 



precise 



106. T. sonderianum (Schlechter in Journ. Bot. 1898, 376, partly) ; 

 a rather stout more or less dichotomously branched shrub ; branches 

 rather densely leafy, ribbed, glabrous ; leaves often all towards one 

 side of the branch, Unear, acutely mueronate, rigid, recurved, 2-3 

 lin. long, about h lin. Inroad, with a fairly prominent midrib on both 

 surfaces or rather sharply keeled below, slightly scabridulous on the 

 margins and keel ; flowers in rather dense thick more or less oblong 

 spikes ; bracts linear or linear-lanceolate, acute, shorter than the 

 flowers, with membranous rather jagged or scabrous margins ; 

 bracteoles as long as or nearly as long as the bracts and rather 

 thinner and narrower, otherwise similar ; perianth 2^2^ lin. long ; 

 segments linear-lanceolate, subacute, l\ lin. long, hooded, bearded 

 inside ■ anthers I lin. long, on short filaments, partly exserted from 

 tube ; style |-1 lin. long, reaching to the middle of the anthers ; 

 fruit ovoid-ellipsoid, 5 lin, long including the long cylindric 

 persistent perianth, prominently 5-ribbed with much less conspicu- 

 ous intermediate ribs, reticulate. 



Coast Regiox : Port Elizabeth Div. ; Kedhouse, Mrs. Paterson^ 6S9 ! Albany 

 Div. ; near Grahamstown, MacOtcan^ 804 ! 



Bolas, 52o, in Iverb. Stockbolm, on which uumberj as well as MacOivan, 804^ 

 Schlechter based his specie.Sj is foTind to belong to T, impedituhij A. AY. Hill- 



107. T. capitatum (Linn. Sp. PL ed. ii. 302) ; a small shrub, often 

 about 9-12 in. high ; stems erect or ascending, sparingly branched ; 

 branches densely leafy, glabrous; leaves imbricate^ parallel with 

 the stem or spreading, linear^ with an acute or subacute cartilaginous 

 apex, sharply keeled, more or less triangular in section, 4-7 Hn. 

 long, rigid, minutely ;iubtranslucent and scabrous on the margins ; 

 flowers in dense terminal heads; bracts gradually diflerentiated 

 from the upper leaves, obovate to oblong-lanceolate, acutely acumi- 

 nate, keeled, broad and fleshy in the middle, w^ith rather wide 

 jagged or toothed margins, glabrous ; bracteoles narrower than the 

 bracts but otherwise very similar; perianth 2 ^-3i lin. long, with 



