252 KUriujuuiACEzE (Brown). [EffphorhicL 



being intlexed ; capsule 5-5i liii. in diaui., glabrous, exserted on 

 an erect pedicel equalling or exceeding the involucre; styles united 

 into a column 1-1 1 Hn. long, with revolute arms J-li ^^'^' ^^^S? 

 minutely 2-lobed at the tips; seeds 11—2 lin. in diam., globose, 

 acutely pointed at one end, thinly and minutely subrugulose with 

 what appear to be irregular agglutinated masses of minute hairs. 

 K II Br. hi Di/er, FL Trap. A/r, vi. i. 523. E. hcnguclensis, Pax 

 in Bull. Herb. Boiss, vi. 741. E. suhfalcata, Hiern, Cat. Afr. PL 

 Welti\ i. 948. E, Gossweilcrij Pax in Engl, Jnlirh. xliii. 88. 



Kalahari Rkuiox : Transvaal; tops of lauiintain.s at niotfontein in Zuutpaua- 

 berg district, Miss Lcemlert::, 872 ! AVarmljath, Burtt'Davij, 5337 ! rilgrims Itest, 

 Greemtoch ! between Komati Ri\ er Drift atul Crocodile River, Bob'S, 9766 ! and 

 without precise locality, B/n-hel Zejhcr, 1531> partly ! 



Albo in Tropical Africa. Growths springing up after tlie vegetatiuu lias ueeu 

 l>urnt are very short and totally unlike those nonnally developed. 



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to 



11. E. Gueinzii (Buiss. iu DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 71); a tuberous- 

 rooted percnuial, dicecious ; steins often several, 2-G in. higli, simple 

 or branched, herbaceous, thinly to thickly covered with rather long 

 spreading hairs or occasionally glabrous ; leaves lax or numerous, 

 alternate below, opposite on the flowering part or at the forkings 

 of the stem, subsessile or very shortly petiolate, ^-1^ in. long, 

 1-5^ lin. broad, linear, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, or elliptic 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute, cuneate or rounded at the base, usually 

 labrous on both sides, rarely with a few long hairs beneath or on 

 both sides ; bracts like the leaves ; involucres in terminal leafy cymes 

 or solitary in the forks of the branches, on peduncles J— 4 lin. long, 

 glaln'ous or pubescent outside, unisexual, 1-3 lin. in diam., cup- 

 shaped, with 5 glands and 5 subquadrate or oblong-ovate toothed or 

 ciliate lobes; glands \-l^ lin. in their gi-eater diam., transverse, 

 cuneately oblong or somewhat half-circular, with the inner margin 

 rounded and the outer straight and entire or minutely crenulate ; 

 capsule about 2^ lin. in diam., tricoccous, hairy or glabrous, exserted 



ery 



rf 



deeply bifid tips; seeds 1^ lin. long, stoutly oblong, slightly 

 4-angled, wuth a groove along one angle^ ob^scurely sculptured, pale 

 greyish-white. 



Var. i8, albovillosa (X. E. Br.); stems, both si.lt-^ of the leaves and the 

 involucres all densely hairy or villous; otherwise as in the type. E, aWovillosuj 

 Pax in Eji'jl. Jahrb, sxxiv, 373. 



Kalahari Kkgiox: Baautoland, Cooper, 9:15! Orange River Colony ; Harrismith, 

 S'tnkey, 20 ! Transvaal ; roaJ^ilJe^ at Carolina, Nichdsm, 4594 ! Ermelo, Tennantj 

 6936! near Kobinsou, Bunt-Davy^ 2981! Embabaan, Buvtt-Bavy, 2854! 



Eastern' Kegio:^: Griqnalaud East; near Clydesdale, Tyson, 2692! Xatal ; 

 near IVirban, ^nthrrhuid \ Sanda'son, 214! Ladysmith, Germnl, 612! Klip 

 Ri-ver, Sutherland 1 Clairmont Flats, Wood, 697 ! 1715 1 3402 ! Schhchter, 3034 1 

 near Phccnix, Schlerhter, 3u25 partly (mixed with Phyfhfnthvs mrtderftsjnttensui) - 

 and without precise locality, Sa udtrson , Gerrardj 523 !* Var. J3 : Natal ; Tnchanga. 

 SadtcJder, 3245 \ Damiria, BadatiSj 718 ! 



on a recurved penllcel 1 J,-3 lin. beyond the involucre ; ^styles ver 

 shortly united at the base, -i-f lin. long, stout, with spreadin 



