488 RHAMNEX (Sond.) [Phylica. 
eae Mountains, Attaquaskloof, Niven. (No station given) Drege/ 6776. (Herb. 
md.) ; 
Shrub 14-2 feet; branches brownish or greyish. Leaves shortly petiolate, erect, 
or a little spreading, 7-10 lines long, $ line wide. Spike about 1 inch long ; floral 
leaves 6-8 lines long. Calyx 2 lines long, segments short. Petals as in the pre- 
ceding. Differs from the preceding by the short, appressed pubescence, smaller 
leaves, and the calyx. : 
17. P. recurvifolia (E. & Z.! 1033); stem erect; branches virgate, 
pubescent; leaves crowded, spreading, sub-recurved, lanceolate-linear, 
rigid, mucronate, with revolute margins, villous-pubescent, at length gla- 
brate, tomentose beneath ; floral leaves villous-pubescent, spreading, 
much longer than the flowers ; spike oblong; bracteole pubescent, 
‘longer than the campanulate, woolly calyx ; segments of the calyx erect, 
ovate, acute. 
Haz. Mountains, Puspasvalley, Swellendam, £. « Z./ Sept.-Oct. (Herb. Sond.) 
Distinguished from P. velutina by the more woolly indumentum, recurved le: 
longer spike, and shorter, woolly flowers. Leaves 6-9 lines long, at base sub 
pressed ; ficral ones silky-pubescent. Calyx about 14 line long. Petals as in.P. plu- 
mosa. Capsule sub-trilobed, the size of a large pea, pubescent, at length glabrous, 
brown, impressed at top with a small area, and often apiculate by a short style. » 
18. P. excelsa (Wendl.! collect. iii. p, 3, t. 74); branches virgate- 
pubescent, leaves spreading or erect, linear-lanceolate or linear with re- 
volute margins, villous, at length glabrate; floral leaves hirsute, about 
twice as long as the flower; spike cylindric, lax; bracteole_ villous, 
Shorter than the campanulate tomentose calyx; segments of the calyx 
short, Srect. a spicata, Bot. Mag. 2704% Tylanthus eacelsus, Presl. 
Var. a. laxa; branches lax; leaves lanceolate, spreading, villous. 
P. excelsa, Wendl. 1. c. P. cylindrica, E. Mey.! a. P. imberbis, E. Mey.! 4. 
Var. 6. stricta ; branches erect; leaves linear, subacerose, imbricate, » 
cee villous. P. cylindrica, E, § Z.! 1029, non Wendl. Drege! 
_ Var. y. papillosa; branches and leaves sub-glabrous ; leaves erect, : : 
linear acerose, papillose, slightly hairy. P. papillosa, Wendl. ! 1. Co Ps Sv eo 
17. 
1032. 
Has. Var. a. Dutoitskloof, 1-4000 f. Drege! Var. 8. Somerset, Hott. Holl. and 
Winterboeksberg, 2-3000, Var. y. Hott. Holl. Var. 8. Tulbagh, near the cata- 
ract, Z. g Z./ Oct.Jan. (Herb. Wendl., T.C.D., Sond.) , 
, sore 2-4 feet high ; branches brownish, twigs crowded. ‘Leaves short, petio- 
Floral leaves acuminate, 3 lines long, fulvid or yellow green. Calyx 2 lines . 
, erect, surrounding and surpassing the 
Jlowerhead ; bracteoke hirsute, equalling the calyx; tube of the calyx 
. Meyeri (Sond) ; branches pubescent; leaves approximate, 
» arcuate-incurved, linear, obtuse, with revolute margins, COn-— 
oth above, tomentose beneath, the younger villous-pubescent ; 
Wy 
Var. 6. brevifolia ; branches rigid; leaves shorter, erect, sub-im- Z 
bricate, linear-lanceolate, the younger fulvid-hairy. P. fuloa, BE. & &! ee 
