142 CARYOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) [Pharnaceum. 
stipules imbricating the branches, about 2 lines long, oblong, cleft to the middle 
into setaceous laciniz. Lower leaves } inch long, narrowed at base, one line wide ; 
upper terminating the shining stem, 3-4 lines long and 4 line wide. Cymes termi- 
nal, or rarely issuing from the lower leaves, 1-3 inches long ; pedicels 4-6 lines. 
Sepals a line long. Stamens 5. Capsule equalling the calyx. Habit of Mollugo 
Cerviana. 
10. P. croceum (E. Mey.! in Hb. Drege) ; biennial or annual; cau- 
dex none or obsolete, undivided ; stems very many, scape-like, straight, 
issuing from a tuft of radical leaves; leaves fleshy, cuneate-filiform, 
and filiform, not furrowed, long-awned; cymes 2—3-chotomously race- 
miform, simple or shortly proliferous ; anthers linear ; hypogynous dise 
fleshy, 3—-parted; seeds globoso-lenticular, very smooth. enzl, l.c. 
255. 
Var. a. crassifolia (Fenzl); radical leaves uncial, 1 line wide. 
Var. 8. tenuifolia (Fenzl); rad. leaves semi-uncial, } line wide. 
Has. Var. a, Silverfontein ; and 8, Namaqualand, Drege / Sep. (Herb. T.C.D., 
Sond.) 
Root slender. Radical leaves crowded in a very dense tuft. Stems scape-like, 
simple, 3-4 times longer than the radical leaves, ending in a whorl of short leaves. 
Stipules very short, scarious, lacerate, nearly hidden among the radical leaves ; 
chiefly visible on the nodes of the inflorescence. Cymes 1-2 inches long. Pedicels 
erect, spreading. Anthers orange. Stigmata reddish-saffron colour. Capsule 
equalling the calyx, 
11. P. gracile (Fenzl, 1. c. p. 256); biennial or annual; caudex 
none ; stems numerous, scape-like, issuing from a tuft of radical leaves ; 
leaves tereti-filiform, awned; cymes trichotomously racemiform, sim- 
ple; hypogynous disc membranous, white, obsolete, often reduced to a 
single lobe ; anthers elliptical ; seeds sub-globose, marked with an obso- 
lete dorsal line, not margined, opaque, brown. 
Has. On the Great Karroo, 2—3000f. Drege / (Herb. Sond.) 
Very like the preceding, but much more slender, with longer racemes, capillary 
pedicels and flowers half the size. Leaves 8-12 lines long, } line wide, tipped with 
ahair. Stems 2-2! inches long, very slender. Stipules obsolete on the nodes of 
the inflorescence. Cyme 2 inches long ; racemes capillary, with no ramuli. Pedi- 
cels 4-6 lines long, spreading. Sepals 1 line long or shorter, white-edged. Stig- 
mata white. Capsule equalling calyx. Seeds under a strong lens, minutely granulate. 
‘Sect. 2. Annual or perennial herbs, without caudex. Leaves flat, 
oval, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, in remote whorls. (Sp. 12-14). 
