204 SA^'TALACE.E (Hill). [Tlicsidium. 



bracteoles and bracts longer than the flowers ; flowers solitary or in 

 S-ilowcrecl cymules, sessile in bract-axils ; perianth orange when dry, 

 f lin. long ; segments triangular-ovate, f lin. long ; anthers about 

 y^fy lin. long ; style rudiraont present ; female plants : leaves 

 numerous, linear-lanceolate, acute, somewhat fleshy, sharply keeled, 

 about 4 lin. long, margins infolded, densely hirsute on keel and 

 margins ; inflorescences 2-4 in. long, dense ; bracts and bracteoles 

 leaf-like, fleshy, keeled, incurved, 4-6 lin. lo] 

 homy, densely Iiirsute-scabridulous, bracteoles " 

 U-3 lin. long; flowers solitary, rarely in 3-tlowered cymules; 

 perianth § lin. long ; segments ^ lin. long, margins hooded, infolded ; 

 style l~l^ lin. stout ; stigma subtrilobed; fruit globose, about 1 lin. 

 in diam., pitted between the prominent reticulations. T. fjlohosum, 

 ABC. in DC. Frodr. xiv. 673. T, sfrignlosnm, A.DC in DC. Prodr. 

 xiv. 673. r. hirtuhim, Soml in Flora, 1857, 405 {clL in err.). 

 Thesium ylohosum, A,DC. Esj), Nonv. Thes. 4. Thesium sirignlosnnu 

 A,DG. Esj). Nouv, Thes, 4 ; Sand, in Flora, 1857, 405. 



South Africa : without locality, Th&m ! ' 



Coast Region : Cape Div. ; Siiuous Bay, Wright i near Simons Town, 1200 ft., 



Bolus, 4G89 ! Table Mountain, near Constantia, EcUon d:Ze }(lm\ 35 LCaledonDiv. ; 



" ' ^ ^' " ^ ^ -' nTaririiin, 400-700 ft, Bolus, 8602 ! 



9627 ! 9622-! 



Zwart Berg. Zn/her^ 3815 ! Bredasdorp T>iv. ; near 

 Sckkchter, 7642 ! Koude River, 1000 ft., Schleclde) 



> 5. T. minus (A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1915, 98); annual; 



tap-root stout ; stems numerous, especially in male plants, arising 



from tlie apex of the rootstock, erect or spreading, sparingly 



branched aboA'e, 3-G in. long, ribbed, fioiiferous almost throughout, 



subglabrous, leaves at the base of plants narrowly linear-lanceolate 



or acicular, with a distinct rib, 3-6 lin. long, conspicuous and 



gradually replaced by linear bracts in female and abruptly by 



subulate bracts in male plants ; male plants : inflorescences simple 



or branched ; bracts and bracteoles ovate-lanceolate or subulate, 



navicular, curved, acute, slightly keeled, about equal to or shorter 



than the flowers, \ Im. long, margins translucent, scarcely scabrous, 



. verruculose; flowers sessile in axillary glomerules of 3-flowered 



cymules; perianth § lin. long; segments spreading \ lin. long; 



female plants : inflorescences simple or branched, rather lax ; stems 



usually doriferous in the upper parts ; bracts leaf-like, l|-2^ li^- 



long, linear or acicular, abruptly acute, erect or spreading, keeled, 



margins and keel membranous, subscabridulous ; bracteoles f Hn. 



long, about equal in length to the flowers or shorter, folded, sharply 



keeled ; flowers usually solitary, lateral flowers sometimes developing 



later, shortly pedunculate ; perianth about \ lin. long ; segments 



-^ lin. long, margins more or less undulate ; style \ lin. long ; fruit 



g- 



\ 



globose, I lin. in diam., prominently reticulate; pedicel ^ lin. Ion 



Coast Regiox: Caledon Div.; Houw Hoek, 1200 ft., Schkchter, 9431 ! 9432 

 near Yogelgat, 1200 ft., ^hhcJder, 10415 9 !(0 Bredasdorp Div. ; hiUs at Jliet 

 Fontein Poort, near YAin^ Bolus^^U L' \ ftiversds 



ale Div. ; near Riversdale, Rust, 

 280 ! Garcias Pass, 1200 ft., Galpin, 4554 [ 



