Clwjtia^ EUPHonBiACEiE (Prain). 411 



glabrous ; styles free, 2-fid ; capsule subglobose, }. in. across ; seeds 

 black, shining. Prainin Kew Bulletin, 1913, 399. C, alaternoldes 

 /3 [hrevifoUa], E, Meyer in Drege, Zwei l\fl. Dociimenfe, 174, letters 

 c, dy e, /, g; not /3 brevifolia, E. Meyer ex Sund, C, poJygonoides,^ 

 Krauss in Flora, 1845, 82 ; not of Linn., nor of Thunh. and hardly of 

 Willd. or of Sond. C. pohjgonoides, /3 foliis utrinque glaucis, Sond. 

 I'C. C, glauca, Pax in Ann. NaturhisL Hofmns. Wien^ xv. 50. C. 

 alaternoides, 8 mierophylla, Mall Arg. in BG. Prodr. xv. ii. lOlS,, 

 partly and as to syn. Eckl only; Pax in Engl PJtanzenr. EupJiorh. 

 Gluyt. 70, partly and as to 2, glauca only, 



Var. P^ micropliylla (Prain in Kew Biilletiu, 1913, 400) ; prostrate, fastigi.ately 



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aonoides 



Var 



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ioug, ^-| m, wide. C. amernoidcs, Tliitnb. Prodv, o3, awi rL Cap, cd. i>chuU 

 470, pa7%ly\ E, Meyer in Drege^ Zwei Pfi. Dociimente, Hi, letter h only, not o 

 Linn. c. polygmoides, Willd, Hort. Btrol. 51, t. 51, andSp. PI iv. ii. 879 -, Pers 

 ^yn. ii. 636 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 422 ; Spreug. Si/st. iii. 49 ; Dietr. Syn. v. 

 455; BailL Adansoma, iii. 153, as to syn. Willd. only \ not of Linn, C, polygo- 

 noidcs, var, grandifolia, Krauss in Flora, 1845, 82. C. alaternoides, y genuina, 

 MillL Arg. I.e., as to h oblongata and d elliptica only ; Pax I.e. 68, as to 1 grandifolia 

 only. 



Var. d, tenuifolia (Prain I.e. 400); ^ect or prostrate, fa^tigiately intricate]}' 

 branching ; leaves lanceolate or linear, acute, base cuneate, |-| in. long, J^-J in. 

 wide, C, imbricata, E. Meyer in Drege, Zwei Pfi. Docujnente, 174 partly and as 

 to letter h {male) only : not of E. Meyer ex SoncL I.e. 125. C. tenuifolia, Sond. I.e. 

 123 ; not of Willd. C. alatemoides, € angustifolia, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 

 1048, astob brachyphiilla only ; Pax I.e. 70, as to b, hrachyphyUa in part. C. thymi- 

 folia, Willd. Mss. in Herb. BeroL 



South Africa: Var. 7, cultiAated specimens! 



Coast Region : Clanwilliam Div. ; Wupperthal, Wainnherg (Dreyr fi, letter e) ! 

 Piquetberg Div. ; Oliphants River Mountains behind Warm Baths, Phillips, 7253 I 

 Tulbagh Div.; New Kloof, Burchell, 1016! Winterhoek Mountain, 3500 ft., 

 Bolm, 5356! Saron, 1000 ft., Sehkchterl Worcester Div.; mountains near 

 Worcester, Behmann, 2538 partly ! Paarl Div. ; Drakenstein Range, 3000-4000 ft., 

 ^regc ^9, letter c! Cape Div.; various localities, EcJdon, 416! Krehsl Priori 

 Bergiusl Sparrmann^ Harvey^ Vregr ^, letter dl Stellenbosch Div.; Stellen- 

 bosch, Priori Hottentots Holland Mountain, 1000 ft., Diets, 1310! Caledon 

 .Div.; Baviaans Kloof near Genadendal, Drhje j8, letter f! Ecldonx Caledon, 

 Priori Houw Hoek, Bolus, 9937 partly! near Greitje^gat, Ecldonl Riversdale 

 ^'^y- ; Albertina, Muir I Mossel Bay Div. ; Attaquas Kloof, Gill I George Div. ; 

 near George, 1000 ft., Burchell 6007! Bowie ! Drege p, letter g ! Penther, 1597 ! 

 Schlechter, 2240 ! Plettenbergs Bay, Bowiel Humanadorp Div. ; near Humansdorp, 

 Rogers, 2907 partly! 2934 ' 2*9^4 ! Uiteuhage Div. ; without precise locality, Ze^Aer, 

 977 ! Port Elizabeth Div. ; near Port Elizabeth, Ecldon <(- Zeyher I Ecklon^ 9, i I 

 'Solub ! Mrs, Paterson, 1109 ! 2135 ! Drege, 414 ! Var. $ : Malme-sbury Div. ; Hope- 

 field, Backmann, 115 » 943! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-4000 ft., Drege 

 ^. letter b ! near Worcester, Bthmann, 2538 partly ! Stellenbosch Div. ; Hottentots 

 Holland Mountains, 1000 ft., Zeyher, 3831! Pri<*r\ Caledon Div,; vanoiia 



