Thesium,] sa^'talackj-: (Hill). 199 



spieuously 10-ribbed, verrucose-reticulate between the rib:^. A DC. 

 in DO, Prodi\ xiv. 670. 



Coast Region: Van Rhynsdorp Biv. ; near the Olzfauts Kiver at Driefoutein, 



Zejiher, 15031 Ebenezer, 100 it., Dkh, 515! Karee Berg, 1500 ft., Schhchtev, 



8216 ! Calviiiia Div. ; Onder Eokkeveld, at Papelfoiitein, 2200 ft,, SchkchUr, 

 10891 ! ^ I ^ > > 



125, T. Frisea (Linn. Mant. Alt. 213)'; stems fairly slender, 

 ascending^ often much-branched ; branches sulcate, glabrous ; leaves 

 linear-acicular, acute, \-'\\ in, long, about ^ lin. tliick, glabrous; 

 flowers arranged in fairly dense spikes of cymules ; bracts free from 

 the peduncle, linear, acute, up to 2 lin. long, rather sharply keeled 

 below, concave above; bracteoles about half the length of the 

 flowers, with very narrowly membranous finely toothed margins ; 

 perianth 1— 1| lin. long, with conspicuous external glands ; segments 

 elliptic, flat, subacute, -| lin. long, more or less hooded, with a dense 

 woolly apical beard and a ring of throat hairs ; anthers exserted, 

 ■g- lin. long ; style \-\ lin. long, reaching to the level of the ring of 

 hairs; fruits ellipsoid-globose, 1^- lin. long, distinctly 10-ribbed, 

 strongly reticulate between the "ribs. Sond, in Flora, 1857, 359; 

 A.DO, in I)C. Prodr. xiv. 667, T. debUe, B. Br, Prodr. 353, name 

 only; Spreng. SysL i. 830; AD(7. /.c. T. dchih, var. EcHonis, 

 A,DC, l.c, T, amhJysfacht/nm, A,I)C. Esp. Noiiv. Thes, 6, and in 

 PC. Lc. 668. T. moniicolmn, Sond. in Flora, 1857, 359, and 406. 



Var. )8j Thunbergii(A.DC. in DC. Prodr. :?civ. 667) ; stems mostly procumbent 

 and subsimple, up to 10 in. long ; leaves much broader and more fiesli}- tban in 

 the type. T. Frisea, Tkunh, Diss. Thes, 10 ; Fl Cap. cd. Schult. 210, not of Linn. 

 T. cra^sifoUum, R, Br, Prodr. 353; A. DC. in DC Prodr, xiv. 672, iimne onhj. 

 T. dehile, var, humile, A,DC. in DC ?.c. 667. 



South Africa : without locality, Bcuiks in herb. Mas. Brit, ! 



Coast PEorox : Clanwilliam Div. ; Olifauts River Mountains, ^iO ft., 

 SchlecJder, ^090 I Piquetl>erg Div. ; near Porterville, 600 ft., Seldeckter, 1073S ! 

 near Piquetberg Road Station, 300 ft.. Diets, 169! Malme.-bury Div. ; Coeraten 

 Berg, near Hopefield, Bachmann, 1697! near Mamre, 300 ft., Bolus, 4329! 

 Tulbagh Div. ; near Tulbagh Waterfall, E_cklon_J ^ Z eifher^ 10 1 near Saron, 1000 ft., 

 Sc hksMer. I0J23 ! Cape Div. ; region around Cape Town, Koeniff in the Linnean 

 Merharlanil Osbech I Forsterl Bergiusl EcUon, 795 ! Harvey \ 714! 1 '2^ \ Bolus, 

 2930 1 3927! 4329b! 7047 1 Scklechter, 240 T 652 ! Wilms, 3607! Wolley-Bod, 

 265S! 2920! Dreje^inllcrl.KewandStoclchohnl Riversdale Div. ; near Riversdale, 

 ^^(iit,, Bolus, 11377! Knysna Div. : Vlugt, Bolus, 2459! Var. ^: Piquetberg 

 Div, ; Verlooren Valley, Thunherg ! Malmesbury Div. ; near Hopefield. Bach- 

 ^nann, 1696 ! Berg River, Fcklon JL- Zeyher, 45 ! Zeyher, 323 ! Cape Div. ; Raapen- 

 ^erg Vley, WoUey-Dod, 3359 ! near Sea Point, Wolhy-Dod, 1735 ! Cape Fiats, 

 ScJimieterloh, 202 't and without precise locality, Sparmannl ZeyJitr, 155! 



126. T, annulatum (A. AY. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 23); 



a small plant probably only up to 4 in. high, branched from near 

 the base ; branches few, ascending, subterete, glabrous, clothed in 

 the lower part with a few persistent blackened leaves ; leaves fairly 

 densely arranged, subparallel to the stem, Hnear or linear-lanceolate, 



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