Coelanthiwm] CARYOPHYLLEZ (Sond.) 147 
3-8 inches long, with the habit of Androsace lactea, or rather, of Stylidiwm bul- 
biferum. Stem very short, many-branched ; the branches prostrate, repeatedly pro- 
liferous, the internodes 1-2 inches long. Leaves densely rosulate at the nodes and 
apices, 2-5 lines long, 4 line wide, glaucous-green, Peduncles straight, shining, 
2~3 inches long, simple or dichotomous, with many lateral umbellules, one over an- 
other near the apex. Umbellules opposite a semiverticil of leaves ; pedicels 1 line 
long, equalling the leaves, minutely bracteolate at base. Calyx } line long. Capsule 
3-5 angled. Seeds rust-coloured, not glossy. 
3. P. myriantha (Sond.); biennial or annual (??), stemless ; radical 
leaves very densely rosulate, elongate, narrow-linear, awned, one- 
nerved ; scape one or several, thickish, rather longer than the leaves, 
ending in a whorl of leaves ; peduncles rising from the whorl, 2-3-choto- 
mous, much branched, spreading widely ; ramuli bearing lateral umbel- 
ules opposite semi-whorls of leaves. Zey, No. 616. 
Has. Macallisberg, Burke & Zeyher. (Herb. Hook.! T.C.D., Sond.) é 
12 inches high, including the panicle. Root sub-simple, perpendicular. Tuft of 
radical leaves very large, densely many-leaved. Leaves 2-4 inches long, 4 line 
wide, rigid, with a strong nerve, tipped with an awn 1 line long, glabrous, and 
smooth. Common peduncle or scape one or several, 4-5 inches long ; the middle 
ones much thicker than the outer ; all shining, pale or foxy, ending in a whorl of 
8-20 leaves, about 4 inch long. Partial peduncles elongate, much divided, bear- 
ing umbels at the forks and nodes. Fl. minute. Pedicels a line long. Calyx glo- 
bose, sepals sub-petaloid. St. 5. Style 5 fid. Capsule 5 angled, rather exceeding 
the calyx. Seeds globose, brown, granulated. 
4. P. parvifolia (E. & Z. No. 1833.) ; herbaceous, perennial, pros- 
trate, many-stemmed ; stems filiform, much branched ; leaves small, oval, 
elliptical, oblong, or somewhat linear, pointless or mucronulate, with 
thick margins, whorled, spreading or reflexed ; flowers. sessile, densely 
crowded at the nodes. Fenzl, l. c. p. 266. Pharn. marginatum, Thunb. 
Cap. p.275. Moll. marginata, DC. Prod. 1. p. 392. 
Has. Sandy hills near Witteklipp, Thunberg. Zwartkop’s River, 2. & Z. / Drege, 
Zey. 2501. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D.) 
Aspect of Valantia muralis. Stems many, from a thick root, elongate, 3-10 
inches long, weak, somewhat angular, whitish, oppositely branched. Internodes of 
stem and branches 4-1 inch long ; on the flowering ramuli much shorter. Leaves 
1~2 lines long, 6-15 in a whorl, rigid, stellately patent and reflexed, with thickened 
edges. Stipules scarious, ciliate : i the length of the leaves. 
Flowers minute ; the glomerules 3-10 flowered. Sepals } line long. Capsule 2-4 
celled, very small, globose, angled, 2~4 seeded, sometimes abortively one-seeded. 
7 ---s§xXX. COELANTHIUM, E. Mey. oe 
Calyx fannel-shaped or bell-shaped, semi-quinquefid ; the segments 
petaloid, obtuse. Petals none. Stamens 5, inserted between the calyx 
lobes, very short ; anthers sagittate, erect, longer than the filaments. 
Dise none. Stigmata 3, roundish, fleshy. Capsule oblong, 3-angled, 
3-celled, many-seeded, loculicidally 3-valved ; the valves septiferous. 
Seeds globose, sub-compressed, not strophiolate. Hndl. 5190. Fenzl, 
 ¢. 2. p. 276, ‘ Jeoice 
Glabrous annuals, with scapelike stems springing from a tuft of radical leaves ,2-3- 
chotomous above, and breaking up into raceme-like cymes. Radical leaves obo-_ 
vate, oval or lanceolate ; cauline filiform, whorled, Stipules fimbriato-lacerate.— 
Name, xouAos, hollow and av@os, a flower. : “ 10° 5 
