190 SANTALACE.E (Hill). [TJcesium. 



long, rather rigid, glabrous; bracteoles very small ; perianth 1-^^ Hn. 

 long, urceolate, "with conspicuous external glands and a ring of hairs 

 at the throat ; segments linear, obtuse, f lin. long, with an apical 

 beard of stiff straight hairs ; anthers exserted from the perianth- 

 tube, -J Jin. long; stigma seasile : fruits not seen. A.DC. n/ .Dc. 

 Prodr, xiv. 669, excL GueinzhiSj 407. T. sparteiim, SoncL in Florcij 

 1857, 358, 406, 



South Africa : without precise locality, Ilarcey, 711 ! Penthev ! 



Coast Kegiox : Clanwillinni Div. ; near Brakfontein, Ecklon tD Zeyher^ 7 I 

 Worcester Div. ; Ereede River valley, near Bains Kloof, 800 ft., BoluSj 2928 t 

 Cape Div. ; near Roudebosch, Cape Dunes, "below 100 ft., Bolus, 3919 ! 



119. T. diversifoliiim (Send, in Flora, 1857, 359); stem finely 

 ribbed, woody, glabrous ; branches short, ascending ; leayes de- 

 current on the stem, rather densely arranged, at length recurved, 

 the loTrer linear, subterete, acute, 6-7 lin. long, about ^ lin. thick, 

 the upper linear-lanceolate^ subacute, 1^-2 lin. long, flat on the 

 upper surface, slightly keeled below, sometimes very minutely 

 glandular-puberulous on the margins and midrib, otherwise 

 glabrous, thick and flesliy ; flowers arranged in. dense ovoid spikes 

 ^-\ in. long ; bracts purplish, linear-lanceolate, acutely acuminate, 

 all except the lowest shorter than the flowers, with narrowly 

 membranous minutely serrulate margins, glabrous ; bracteoles 

 similar to the bracts but a little shorter and narrower ; perianth 

 2 lin. long, with conspicuous external glands and a ring of throat 

 hairs; segments linear-hmceolate, acute, 1^ lin. long, hooded, with 

 a beard of stout straight apical hairs and hairy margins; anthers 

 exserted, at the base of the perianth-segments, \ lin. long ; stigma 

 sessile ; fruits globose (^Sander), ribbed, equalling in length the 

 persistent perianth. T, sptcattnuj A.DC. in DC Drodr. xiv. 668, 

 parthj. 



Coast Regiox : Tulbagli Div. ; mountalu plains near Tulbagh Waterfall, 1000- 

 2000 ft., Ecklan^^Z^h ev^ 5, partly ! 



120. T. aggregatum (A. W.Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 22); 



stems and branches ascend inir, subterete, i^labrous : leaves small? 

 flat, adpressed to the stem, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 H-2 lin. long, rigid, blackish when dry, glabrous; flowers crowded 

 in terminal heads, the latter subcapitate to oblong-linear; bracts 

 ovate, acutely acuminate, with a broad fleshy raidril) and green 

 subtransluceut jagged-denticulate margins, glabrous ; bracteoles as 

 long as, but much narrower than the bracts, otherwise similar ; 

 perianth 1^-2 lin. long, with a ring of hairs within the throat: 

 segments about 1|^ lin. long, linear, subacute, with a stiff stout 

 comb-like apical beard ; anthers exserted from the perianth-tube, 

 ^ lin. long ; stigma sessile ; fruits ellipsoid, 3 lin. long including the 

 persistent perianth, prominently lO-ribbed, rather delicately reticu- 

 late between the ribs. 



