486 RHAMNEZ (Sond.) ; [Phyliea. 
calyx campanulate, appressed-pubescent ; capsule ovate-globose, at length 
glabrate ; area as large as the capsule, se 
Var. 8. glabrata ; leaves glabrous, the lower ones somewhat larger. 
P. pinea, Thunb. ! 1. c. ex parte. E. § Z. 1042. P. ericoides, E. Meyer, d. 
Var. y. squarrosa ; leaves glabrous, recurvo-patent ; raceme lax, few- 
flowered. Soulangia microphylla, EB. & Z. 1040. 
Var. 6. pedicellata ; more robust; leaves 1 inch long, villous, at 
length glabrate, papillose-punctate ; flowers mostly larger, longer, pedi- 
cellate ; racemes often corymbose. P. pedicellata, DC. 1. c. p. 36. #. 
Mey. in Hb. Drege. Soulangia pedic. Presi. 
Has, Piquetberg, Thunberg. Boshrivier, Drege! 6767. Hills near Port Eliza- 
beth and Vanstaadensriviersberge, EZ. § Z./. Kromrivier, Zeyher / Var 8. Brackfon- 
tein, E. & Z./ Var. y. between Coega and Zondagsrivier, #. & Z./ Var. 8, between 
Langvalley and Olifantsrivier, Drege/ interior reg. Niven. Feb.-Noy. (Herb. 
Thunb., Hook., Sond., T.C.D.) 
Very near P. axillaris, but the leaves are mostly secundate, very small, and not 
wider at the base, the upper leaves and the calyx with appressed hairs, the flowers 
usually smaller. The var. 5. is covered with greyish, appressed hairs, the lower 
ones glabrous, the flowers larger and more woolly. Leaves about 6 lines long, $ line 
wide, in var. 5. somewhat longer and wider, in var. 8. about 3-4 lines long. 
13. P. ambigua (Sond.); much branched ; twigs minutely pubes- 
cent; leaves erect or secundate, sub-imbricated, linear, acute, with 
revolute margins, convex, glabrous and papillose-punctate above, to- 
mentose beneath, floral ones spreading, silky-pubescent, much longer than 
the flowers; spike racemose, cylindrical; calyx pedicellate, campanulate, 
downy; segments ovate-acute, hirsute on the outside ; capsule roundish, 
smooth ; area twice smaller than the capsule. P. plumosa, E. Mey. 
Hb. Drege, non L. or Thunb. Soulangia plumosa. Presl. 
Has. Blauwberg, 3-4000 feet, Drege! Nov. (Herb., Sond., T.C.D.) “ 
Branches crowded, scabrous ; twigs short. Leaves 6-3 lines long, $ line wide, 
the younger appressed pubescent. Raceme about 1 inch long; floral leaves or brac- 
tex about 4-5 lines long, recurved at top. Pedicel $ line, calyx 1 line long, seg- 
ments short. Capsule blackish, smooth, the size of a pea. Seed brown, about } line 
long. In habit and by the long, silky bracts it approuches P. plumosa, L., but the 
flowers are very different and the bracteole wanting. 
14. P. Willdenowiana (E. & Z.! 1035); branches virgate; twigs 
fastigiate, velvetty-pubescent ; leaves erect, sub-imbricate, rigid, linear, 
_™Mucronate, with revolute margins, glabrous and papillose-scabrous 
_ above, the younger appressed, villous ; raceme capitate ; bracteze lanceo- 
late, equalling the flowers or a little longer ; calyx sub-cylindrical, tomen- 
tose ; segments acute ; capsule ovate-globose, smooth. P. rosmarint- 
_ Sola, Schlecht. Linn. 6. p. 195. non Thunb. nec aliorum, Tylanthus Pres. 
