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lar, the younger semi-terete ; leaves sessile, bifoliolate ; leaflets Jance- 
olate-oval, acute, somewhat narrowed at base, with smooth margins ; sti- 
pules lanceolate ; filaments thrice as long as the ciliato-lacerate, dor- 
sally papilla-margined scales ; capsules ovate-oblong, acute, furrowed and 
5-angled, Z. sessilifolium B, Lin. Sp. ed. 2. p. 552. Burm. Afr. p. 6. t. 
3. f.u Z. fuloum, HE. & Z. 1764. Z. maritimum, E. § Z.! 757, ex pte. 
Z. semiteres, H. & Z.! 762. Z. sessilifolium, Bot. Mag. t.2184. 2. ala- 
tum, EL. Mey! Zey.! 275, 2143, 2144. 
Has. Sandy and stony places, near Capetown, Gueinzius/ Witsen! 
Rivier Kloof and Caledon’s Bay, Zeyher! Howhoek, Hott. Holl., and - 
tein, E.dZ./ Also at the Zwartkop’s R. and Port Elizabeth. jaa de Wup- 
perthal and Gnadendahl, Drege / Jul.-Dec. (Herb. Sond., E. Mey., Lehm.,T.C.D.) 
Allied to the preceding, but known by the more shrubby, taller stem, thicker 
branches, and particularly by the semi-terete, almost winged branchlets ; larger, 
fulvous flowers, and longer, not globose capsules. Stem and primary branches as 
thick as a goose-quill, terete, greyish, somewhat woody ; branches and ramuli alter- 
nate or opposite, erect, patulous, 3-4 inch. to a foot long, herbaceous or purplish, 
striate, 1 line thick, one side flat, the other convex ; sometimes with the opposite 
angles. prominent, two-winged or ancipital. Internodes 4-2 inch. long. fone 
leaflets 10-12 lines long, 4 lines wide, the rest 5-8 lines long, 2 lines wide, very 
fleshy, one-nerved, the cartilaginous edge not denticulate, acute or mucronate, “Ste 
pules reflexed. Peduncles }-1 ao long, reflexed after flowering. Sepals 4 lines 
long, widely ovate, acute, sub-carnose, at length reflexed, persistent. Botale’ twice 
as long as the calyx, broadly obovate, fulvous or yellow, with a red blotch at base. 
Filaments half as long as the petals, Style subulate. Capsule 10 lines long, 8 
lines wide, 5-furrowed when dry, the angles narrow-winged. Flowers in a few spe- 
cimens whitish ; changed in drying ? i 
8. Z. cuneifolium (E. & Z.! 767); shrubby; branches woody ; leaves 
sessile, bifoliolate ; leaflets linear-cuneiform, obtuse, oblique at base, 
fleshy ; stipules small, acute; sepals ovato-lanceolate ; filaments twice 
as long as the oblong, lacero-ciliate scales ; capsules oblong, 5-winged. 
Z. rigescens, E, Mey.! 
Has. Stony mountains, near the mouth of the Orange River, E.@ Z.!_ Karroo | 
hills at Mierenkasteel, below 1ooof. Drege/ fae -Nov. Re ieoge E. Mey. ) 
capsules. A ri pesto anc ‘labrot ™ 
short tenets Siadieiieg neal oo chediar witaae timate branchlets. Internodes 3-6 lines 
long, or longer. Leaflets 5—6 lines long, about 1 line wide, pale green, one-nerved. 
Peduncles 5—6 lines long, recurved in fruit. Sepals 2 lines long, at a. 
persistent. Petals twice as long as the calyx, yellowish. Ovary 0 Style 
subulate. gee spied To ede. narrowly rv. apiculate. 
9. Z. flexuosum (E. & Z.! 768); shrubby; branches herbaceous, 
angular ; leaves sessile, bifoliolate ; leaflets obovate-oblong or linear-ob- 
long, obtuse, or apiculate, narrowed at base, smooth-margined, flat, fleshy ; 
«= ules small, subulate; sepals oval, obtuse, apiculate ; filaments thrice 
as long as the oblong, serrato-ciliate scales ; capsules globose, furrowed 
and 5-angled. 
(tet 
Var. a. ; leaves linear-oblong, cuneate at base. Z. Commelini, E. & oe 
44 765, ex pte. Z. flecuosum, E. & Z.! 
‘Var. 8.; leaves cuneate-oblong or obovate-oblong. Dill. Hort. Elth. 
t, 116. f 142. Z. Commelini, E. & Z.! ex pte. Z. idle sn 
Schoenb. t. 354. non Thunb. 
