Tkesium,] saxtalace^ (Hill). 193 



bracteate heads 4-5 lin. in diam. ; Lracts ovate-lanceolate, acutely 

 acuminate, sharply keeled, as long as the flowers, with broad mem- 

 branous jagged margins in the middle third of their length, glabrous ; 

 bracteoles a little shorter and narrower than the bracts but other- 

 wise similar; perianth 1-^-1 1 lin. long; segments lanceolate, sub- 

 obtuse, |-t lin. long, horned at the apox, with a dense apical 

 beard ; anthers included, at the base of the perianth-tube, |- lin. 

 long ; stigma sessile or nearly so ; fruits ellipsoid-globose, 3-3^- lin. 

 long, prominently 10-ribbed, shining and nearly smooth between the 

 ribs. A.DG, in 1)0. Prodr. xiv. G63. T. capltaium, (3, Tliunh. 

 Herb, ex A. DC. l.c.^ not of Linn. T. capitatam^ Willd. Herb. 

 no. 5080, ex A. DC. l.c.^ not of Linn. T. assimile, Sond. in Flora, 



1857, 360, 40G. 



Var. P, pallidum (.V. W. Hill) ; leaves paler when dry ; flowers in laxer heads 

 than in the type, with narrower less membranous bracts. T. ass'tmile, var. pallidum j 

 Sond. in Flora, 1857, 360, 406. 



Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div. ; Packhuis Berg, 3000 ffc., Schlcckter, 8630 I 

 Koude Berg, 2500 ft., Schlechter, 8719 1 Northwards from *'Stasi/* 1830 ft., 

 Diets, 785! Piqnetberg Div. ; Piquetberg Mountain, 2200 ft., Bolus, 13646! Cape 

 t)iv. ; Simons Bay, Wright, 532! and without precise locality, Ilarrey, 590! 

 Stellenbosch Div. ; Grietjes Gat, 2000-4000 ft., Zeyher, 3789 ! EcUm x & Zeyher, 

 SJ Lowrys Pass, 1000 ft., Schlechter, 4837 1 Caledon Div.; near Vogelgitt, 

 2000 ft., S ^hteckter. 10419! near Houw Hoek, 900-2000 ft., Bolus ! George Div. ; 

 Cradock Berg, near George, Bitrchdl, 5946 ! Uitenhage Div. ; "Winterhoek 

 Mountain, 2000 ft., Marlothl Var. ^ : Tulbagh Div. ; near Tulbagh Waterfall, 

 1000-2000 ft., E ddon & Zeijlie r^ ! \yorce3ter Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, Dreje, c 1 

 Drakensteen Mountams, near Tiams Kloof, 1800 ft., Bolus, 4065! Breede River 

 valley. Bolus, 2937! Cape Div.; near Simonstown, Wolley-Dod, 3018! Lion 

 Mountain, Burchelt, 296 ! and without precise locality, Berf/his ! Hooker, 610 ! 

 Caledon Div. ; Houw Hoek, Bolus ! 



Central Ri:gion : Prince Albert Div. ; Zwartberg Pass, 5300 ft., Bolus, 11632 ! 



"113. T. penicillatum (A. W. Kill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 



37) ; steins erect, longituJinally sulcate, stout, ^v^oody, glabrous, 

 branched in the upper part ; branches erect, subcorymbose ; leaves 

 linear, acutely mucronate, 1-1;^ in. long, about 1 lin. broad, keeled 

 below, glabrous, becoming rather coarsely wrinkled when' dry ; 

 flowers In fairly dense terminal corymbs up to 1 in. in diam. ; 

 bracts luiear-oblong, subacute, keeled^ as long as the flowers, up to 

 1 Hq. broad, purj)lLsh, with subtranslucent margins; bracteoles 

 about three-quarters the length of the bracts; perianth 1-} lin. 

 long; segments linear-lanceolate, subacute, about 1| lin. long, flat, 

 hooded, with the apex and margin clothed with long hairs ; anthers 

 I lin, long, included in the perianth-tube and inserted in front of 

 a large tuft of orange-coloured hairs, which are not united to form 

 a definite ring and are free from the anthers ; style } lin. long or 

 almost absent ; fruit with a short stout stalk, elUpsoid, 3 Hn. 

 long, rather prominently 5-nerved, with inconspicuous intermediate 

 nerves, conspicuously transversely reticulate between the ribs. 



Coast Region : George Div.; Cradock Berg, 2500 ft., GaJpin, 4546 ! Humaaa- 

 dorp Div, ; Storms River, 250 ft., Schlechter, 5986 I 



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