Theddivm.] saxtalace.i: (Hill). 203 



diam., pedicellate J pedicel f lin. long. Theshun fntqile, Luiu, fL 

 Suppl 162; Mnrr. SysL Veq. ed, xiv, 250; Willd. Sj), PL i.'ii. 

 I215j Thunb, Fl Cap. ed, SehulL 208, as to T1mnh. Hcrh. foL a, 

 Theslam podocarpam, A.BC. Esp, Noftv. Thes, 5; Send, in 'Flora, 

 1857, 405. Theddium podocarpura, A.DC, in DC. Prodr. xiv. 674. 



South Africa : without locality, Oshccl\ 159! 



Coast Ricgiox : Malmesbury Div. ; sand hills at SalJanha Bay or St. Helena 

 Bay, Thatihcrg] Cape Div.; Cape Sand Duues, Ec]:Jov t^ Zenker. 29 ! Knysna 

 Div,; sand hills of PIettenberg.<^ Bay, BurcheU, 532*2! Homtini Pass, 800 ft., 

 Galpln, 4553! Uitenliage Div.; strand near Cape Recief, FcHon & Zcylter, 31 \ 

 Zcyhcr, 642 ! Port Elizabeth, 8lm, 2669 ! ~" 



3. T, fragile (Send, in Flora, 1857, 364) ; a shrub or subslirul>, 

 stout, woody, erect, 1 2-18 in. high, much-branched, entirely 

 glabrous ; branches erect or bubspreading, dense, intricate, more or 

 less densely covered with flowers, ribbed or subangled ; leaves scale- 

 like, fleshy, broadly subrotund, with a thickened keel-wing at the 

 apex ; inflorescences more or less crowded ; bracts and bracteoles 

 broadly triangular, ovate, navicular, curved, abruptly subacute or 

 acute, with a prominent fleshy keel at the apex, about ^ lin. long ; 

 bracteoles with membranous slightly fimbriate margins, -J— f lin. 

 long ; male flowers : perianth |- lin. long ; tube well marked ; seg- 

 ments ovate, obtuse or subacute, hooded, f lin. long ; anthers 

 tV li^- long ; filaments i lin. long ; style \ lin. long, sometimes 

 present, but no rudiment of ovary ; female flowers : perianth ^-^ lin. 

 Jong; segments f Im. long; disc well-marked; style stout, ^ lin. 

 long; fruit sessile or subsessile, ovoid, 1-1| lin. long, ^-1 lin. broad 

 with conspicuous ribs. A.DC in DC. Prodr, xiv. 674 ; Marloth, FL 

 '"^^ Afr. 161, t S7,Jig, B. Thesium fragile, Thunh. Ilerh. foL /3. 



South Aprtca : without locality, Dre'je \ Ilavvey, 539 ! 



Coast Region : Malmesbury Div. ; sand liills at Saldanha Bay or St. Helena 



Bay, Thanherg ! Cape Div. ; Cape dunes, fjJi lon & Z eyher,^^ ! Muizenberg, 



sandy hilLs near the sea, Bolus, 4926 ! beyondRe^reaFTH^Itr^e railway, Wollei/- 



-Ood, 3653 ! False Bay, Marloth ! Kalk Bav, Bolus, 4759 ! Caledon Div. ; without 



precise locality, Thoni, 963 ! P.iverridale Div. ; Garcias Pass, 1200 ft., Galpin, 

 4555 ! 



T, exocarpijeoides, T, Thunhergil and T. frofflle are all closely allied, especially 

 ^e two latter, and it may be that T, Thunberfjii represents only a varietal form of 

 ^- />'«^'Ve. They can, however, be easily separated on the characters of the 

 tracts and the lax or dense inflorescences. 



4. T. hirtum (Sond. in Flora, 1857, 365); herbaceous above, 

 woody at the base, 4-9 in. high, with stout woody tap root ; stems 

 woody below, erect, with numerous erect branches arising from near 

 the base, ribbed, angled, hirsute ; male plants : leaves few, linear, 

 acute, 3-6 lin. long, keeled, margins and keel hirsute-scabridulous ; 

 branches almost entirely floriferous; flowers arranged in more or 

 less dense spikes ; bracts elliptic- or ovate-lanceolate, acute, incurved, 

 sharply keeled, prominently decurrent, 1|~1| Hn, long; bracteoles 



suxiilar to f\\f^ Ki'oi^fc' "kT'T-.^Tifa er^«KT»iVlTTlrine r*Ti I'ppl RTid maro^ius. both 



