Pharnaceum.]} CARYOPHYLLE& (Sond.) 139 
trigonous, aristate-mucronate, persistent ; stipules setaceo-fimbriate, at 
length falling of; peduncles scape-like, cymose, 3—5-flowered, 3—6 times 
as long as the leaves ; seeds globoso-lenticular, margined, very smooth. 
Fendl, l. c. p. 248. 
Has. Calcareous and clayey hills between the Koega and Zondag Rivers. E.&Z./ 
March. (Herb. Sond.). 
2 inches high. Root perpendicular. Stems very short, bi-trichotomous from the 
base ; the lower branches 3-4 lines. the upper 2-1 line long. Leaves close-pressed, 
the uppermost spreading, 14-2} lines long, furrowed at back, glabrous. Stipules very 
minute, 2~3 times shorter than the leaves. Cymes subumbellate, on a shining pe- 
duncle, }-1 inch long, pedicels very slender, bracteolate and stipulate at base. 
Sepals oval-oblong, 1 line long. Stamens } as long as the calyx. Capsule as long 
as calyx. : Ae 
$F. mistaphy liom (Lin. f. Sup. p. 185); suffruticose, erect ; 
branches : ichotomous, virgate, leafy; leaves crowded, ovato-terete, 
obtuse ; stipules lanato-fimbriate, the fringe very copious and silky, intan- 
gled in woolly glomerules at the axils ; peduncles scape-like, eymose, many- 
flowered ; seeds globoso-lenticular, acutely margined, black-brown, very 
smooth. Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p.272. Mollugo microphylla, Ser. DC. Prod. 
1. p. 392. Ginginsia microphylla, DC. l. ¢. 3. p. 368. : 
Has. On the shore, at the end of Verloren Valley, Ziunberg/ (Herb. Thunb.), 
This resembles the following in all characters, and only differs in having shorter, 
thicker, fleshy leaves, 1 line long, } line wide. Peduncles an inch long. Flowers of 
P. lanatum ; of which this may be a mere variety. 
3. P. lanatum (Bartl. Linn. 7. p. 625) ; suffruticose, erect ; branches 
dichotomous, virgate; leaves closely or laxly set, filiform, pointless ; sti- 
pules lanato-fimbriate, the fringe very copious, silky, intangled in woolly 
glomerules at the axils; peduncles scape-like, cymose, many-flowered ; 
seeds globose, lenticular, margined, very smooth. Fenzl, l. c. excl. syn. P. 
microphyli. P. lanatum and microphyllum, E. & Z. 1824, 1823. 
Has. In sandy ground. Cape Flats, near Rietvalley, at Saldanha Bay, at Hott. 
Holl., and at Brackfontein, E & Z./ chat oe Sogo 2496. (Herb. Sond.). 
woolly with the fringe of stipules. Leaves terete, filiform, obtuse, glabrous, furrowed 
beneath, spreading, 3-12 lines long ; those of the fascicles shorter, unequal. Stipules 
fringe. 
long ; cyme rarely few-flowered, simple or proliferous. Pedicels s, ing, glabrous, 
othe bisutested bye therenahivn: of- stipules; ox wheal of lowes: white-edged, 
2 lines long. Capsule longer than the calyx. 3 
4. P. incanum (Lin. Sp. p. 389) ; suffruticose, erect, or from the base 
squarrose and diffuse ; branches closely leafy, leaves more or less densely 
set, setaceo-filiform, mucronate, or awned ; stipules fimbriato-lacerate, the 
segments capillary, elongate, not interwoven in glomerules ; peduncles 
scape-like, cymose, many-flowered ; seeds globose-lenticular, acutely 
margined, very smooth. Fenzl, l.c. p. 249. Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 273. £. 
& Z. No. 1821. P. confertum, BE. & Z. ! 1822. Hb. Un, No. 626. Sieb. 
No, 210. Ginginsia conferta, DC. 1. c. p. 363. Bot. Mag. t. 1883. Lam. . 
Ill. t.214. f.3. G. elongata, DC. le 
 _Has. In sand: and stony places near Capetown; alao in Swellendam, Worcester; S : 
Zeyher, mae ED: ede 
2497, 2498, 2499. (Herb. T.C.D., Lehm., Sond.) 
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