Phylica.] RHAMNEX (Sond.) 491 
Has. Rocky places, Ezelsbank, 3~5000 t. Drege! Cederbe: Clanwilliam, 2. & Z. 
Nov.—March. (Herb. Sond.) “4p 
Shrub robust, 2 feet and higher, with rigid branches, tomentose, dense, fulyid or 
blackish. Leaves 8-10 lines long, 1-13 line wide ; petiole 1 line long. Head of 
flowers the size of a walnut ; receptacle very villous ; involucre fea -villous, 
greyish white. Calyx 3 lines long. Style short. 
25. P. cylindrica (Wendl.! collect. 1. p. 7); stem and branches 
erect ; twigs pubescent ; leaves lanceolate or linear lanceolate, villous, 
with revolute margins, greenish above, whitish tomentose beneath, pa- 
tent, the upper erect ; floral ones shorter, imbricate, woolly ; spike 
cylindrical, dense, white; bracteole small, shorter than the tubular, very 
villous calyx ; segments of the calyx lanceolate, spreading ; petals seta- 
ceous, Willd./ enum. 1. p. 253. BR. & Sch. lc. v. 489. Spreng. l. ¢. 
f 5+ DC. 1c p. 35. P. cylindrica, Drege! c. Tylanthus hirtifolius, 
rest, 
Var. @. glabrata ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, rigid, smooth, 
shining, with revolute margins ; upper ones sub-villous. 
; ah Between Heerelogement se raped ro ol Between a 
vallei ey, Zey./ 320. June. Var. u and Lange >) an 
between PirsaneGoF Wackaaktaal; Drege? O78 4. Tux: (Heeb Wendl 
T.C.D., Sond. 
30. ae more slender than those cultivated in the Herrenhausen 
botanic gardens, and the flower-heads smaller. Shrub over 2 feet, with mostly 
crowded, brownish branches. Leaves short, petiolate, 6-8 lines long, 1 line wide. 
superior and floral ones shorter, villous, often penicillate at top. Spike terminal, 
woolly, 1—2 lines long. Calyx bi-bracteolate, whitish, woolly, 2 lines long, segments 
small, yellow green within. Petals very minute. Capsule smooth, the size of a 
pea, area small. 
26. P. spicata (L. fil. suppl. p. 153); stem and branches erect, 
twigs greyish, pubescent ; leaves erect, oblong, or ovate-cordate, acumi- 
nate, very acute, minutely downy or glabrous above, whitish tomentose 
beneath, with revolute margins; floral ones (bractew) shorter, woolly ; 
spike ovate or ovate-cylindric, white, woolly ; bracteole small, oa, 
villous, shorter than the woolly calyx, segments small, longer than the 
tube; petals setaceous; ovary glabrous. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 204. desi 
.I.p. 1111. Lam. ill. t. 127, f. 3. Trichocephalus speatus, Brogn. 
ea .* * 
lic. E. & Z.1 997. Walpersia caprtata, Prest. 
il, BE. § Z./ Niven, 
Has. Mount Paardeberg, Thunberg/ Tulbagh near Waterfall, GA 
Kruisrivier, Zey./ 319. Simonsbay, Paarl, Dutoitskloof, Piquet fig ene ioe 
6764, 6787. FI. thro t the year. (Herb. Thunb., Wendl., T.C. ire * é 
t feet high or ess sagittate-cordate, the lower sometimes I inch long, 4-5 
lines wide, the intermediate 7-9 lines long, 3 oe’ ae eran, garg aaaggaat e8 
long, 2 lines wide, or shorter. Petiole about 1 mg. Sp: 2 —_ “cagh , 
i ; floral leaves (bractew) about 4 lines long. Calyx 24 g, 
seca pase Cassels oe blackish, smooth, the size of a large pea, 
crowned by the calyx. 
recli rh.! in Krauss. Beyt. p. 44); branches and 
t a ch : i Scnririe reclinate, arcuate-curved, lanceolate, cal- 
a: flattish, smooth and shining above, tomentose beneath, margins 
revolute, younger leaves slightly hairy ; heads of flowers hemispherical H 
floral leaves in 2-3 rows, the exterior glabrous, the interior ones no 
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