194 SAXTALACE^ (Hill). [Thcsuim. 



114. T. micropogon (A.DC. Esp. Nouv. Thes. 6) ; root perpen- 

 dicular, wavy, about 2 lin. thick at the apex ; stems several or few 

 from the apex of the root, simple or subsimple, about G in. long, 

 moderately leafy, about h Hn. thick, glabrous; leaves slender, 

 acicular, with slightly recurved subacute tips, 3-5 lin. long, about 

 ^ lin. thick or less, glabrous, black when dry; flowers arranged in 

 fairly dense slender spikes ^-1 in. long; bracts shorter than the 

 flowers, lanceolate, acutely acuuiinate, slightly keeled on the back, 

 glabrous, fleshy ; bracteoles a little shorter than the bracts but 

 otherwise very similar ; perianth fleshy, urccolate, about ^ lin. long, 

 with prominent external glands and a ring of inconspicuous throat 

 hairs ; segments lanceolate, -t lin. long, hooded, fleshy, margins 

 papillose, but not bearded ; disc fairly conspicuous ; anthers exsei ted 

 from the perianth-tube, }—^ lin. long, without attachment hairs; 

 stigma sessile or supported on a very stoufc short 3-cornered style ; 

 fruits not seen. A. DC. in DC. Prodr. xiv. GG9. T. patentijionm, 

 SonJ, in Flora, 1857, 357, 406. 



Coast Kkoiox: Caledon Div. ; Zwart Berg, near the hot spring?^, 1000-2000 ft., 

 Ecklon it Zenh€i\ 12 ! 



115. T. urceolatum (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 43); 



stems woody, glabrous ; branches spreading, angular, glaucous ; 

 leaves stout, semicircular in section, flat or slightly concave above, 

 linear, subacutely mucronate, ^— | in. long, about \ lin. broad, fleshy, 

 somewhat glaucous, glabrous ; flowers rather large and at first 

 arranged in crowded spikes, at length lax, usually 3 together ; 

 bracts shorter than the flowers, linear-lanceolate or oblanceolate, 

 acutely mucronate, thick and fleshy, boat-shaped ; bi*acteoles 

 about two-thirds the leiigth of the bracts but otherwise similar ; 

 perianth \h lin. long; segments H-^ lin. long, ovate, subacute, 

 with a dense apical tuft of hairs ; anthers included in the 

 perianth-tube, about \ lin. long, with a ring of hairs in the tube at 

 the level of their insertion ; style stout, \-\ lin. long, reaching to 

 the base of the anthers; fruits ellipsoid, 2| lin. long including the 

 persistent perianth, prominently 10-ribbed, glaucous grey when 

 mature, transversely wrinkled between the nerves. 



Central EEGIO^- Calvinia Div:; Nieuwoiidtville, Leipoldt in Ilerh. Bolns, 

 9377 ! 



Western Region: Little Is'amaqualand ; on hilla near Brakdam, 2000 ft., 

 Schlahter, 1113S ! 



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116. T. patulum (A. W, Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 37); stems 

 divaricately branched, erect, glabrous; branches slender, elongated, 

 straight, spreading from the stem at an angle of about 45^ ; leaves 

 present near the forks of the main branches, acicular, acute, 3^-^ 

 lin. long, very slender, sometimes with a few short teeth on the 

 back or on the margins, glabrous ; upper leaves each subtending 

 and slightly adnate to a branch, recurved, linear or linear-lanceolate, 

 subacute, up to 2 lin. long, glabrous : flowers loosely arranged m 



