Phytica.] RHAMNE (Sond.) 493 
Leaves 3~4 lines long, 3-1 line wide, often recurved at the top: the 
, : ; 0 some- 
what pubescent. Petiole 4 line long. Capitulum eeovih-whiin, the aa a hazel- 
nut. Bracteole tomentose. Calyx 2 lines long. Capsule tomentose, at length sub- 
glabrous, the size of a small pea, crowned by the calyx. 
31. P. debilis (E. & Z.! 1016); twigs pubescent ; leaves (minute) 
spreading, sub-reflexed, cordate-lanceolate, apiculate, sub-incurved, with 
revolute margins, convex, smooth, papillose above, tomentose beneath, 
the younger sub-villous ; heads of flowers small ; tnvolucre foliaceous; 
calyx turbinate, villous; bracteole subulate, villous-barbate ; petals 
setaceous, incurved, glabrous. Tylanthus debilis, Presl. 
Has. Mountains in Kannaland, near villa “Gideon Joubert,” Swellendam. 
£.&2Z.! Nov. (Herb. Sond., Lehm.) 
Shrub 4-1 foot high, much branched from the base ; branches alternate, twigs fili- 
form, brownish-grey. Leaves approximate, 2 lines long, 3-1 line wide, cordate-emar- 
ginate at the base, shining. Capitulum white, 10-15 flowers on the very villous re- 
—— Calyx 1 line long, very villous ; segments lanceolote. Ovary conical, soon 
glabrate. re 
** Petals roundish, concave, ciliate-barbate. (Sp. 32-34.) 
32. P. brevifolia (E. & Z.! 1017); twigs pubescent; leaves (minute) 
crowded, spreading, sub-sessile, cordate-lanceolate, hookedanwards, 
acute, smooth, shining, tomentose beneath ; margins revolute ; heads 
of flowers woolly, involucrated by the uppermost leaves ; calyx smooth; 
segments subulate, spreading, very villous ; petals roundish, fimbriate, 
ciliate. 
Has. Between rocks, Zwarteberg, near Caledon, 7.4 7Z.! Aug. (Herb., Sond., 
T.C.D.) 
1 foot high, greyish ; branches and twigs umbellate. Leaves about 1-14 line long, 
$line wide, sub-compressed, minutely punctate above. Capitulum white, the size 
of a large pea. Receptacle woolly. Calyx 1 line long ; segments very small. 
33. P. cuspidata (E. & Z.! 1031); twigs wllous-tomentose; leaves: 
sub-imbricate, erecto-patent, very short, petiolate, appressed at the base, 
cordate, cuspidate, or lanceolate, callous-mucronate, with revolute mar- 
gins, glabrous, shining above, tomentose beneath ; younger ones sub- 
villous ; heads of flowers globose, spiked; inferior bractex foliaceous ; 
calyx woolly-tomentose, segments lanceolate, subulate, bearded at the 
base within ; petals concave, roundish, bearded ciliate. P. imberbis ? 
Thunb.! herbar. P. strigosa, Berg.! ex pte. Petalopogon cuspidatus, Reiss. 
in Decad. nov. stirp. mus. Vind. 10, n. 92. Lrichocephalus Harvey, Arn,! 
tn Hook. Jour. Bot. vol. tit. p. 253+ pe Re oa 
in Herb. ius. near ry; 
emia, Padheten rome Niven, Boz rie 322. Drege, 6754, 6785, 
6706. Bert. (ay Hee s tetign fastigiate, hort. Petiole 
i igi apitula lobose. 
one arr —— aenally shorter or as long as the flowers, in the lower 
part of the capitulum a little longer. Bracteole subulate, hirsute. Calyx tubular: — 
sub-campanulate, very villous at base. Style short ; stigmas lobed. Capsule blackish, 
at length glabrous, the size of a pea ; area large. ee 
34. .P Thunbergiana (E. Meyer!); twigs thinly pubescent ; leaves 
