494 RHAMNEZ (Sond.) [ Phyliea. 
crowded, sub-sessile, or short-petioled, spreading, sub-recurved, ap- 
pressed at the base, cordate-lanceolate, callous-mucronate, with revo- 
lute margins, pubescent, older ones glabrate above, tomentose beneath ; 
heads of flowers ovate or ovate-oblong, spiked ; bractez foliaceous ; calyx 
appressed-silky, segments lanceolate, within bearded at the base; petals 
concave, roundish, bearded-ciliate. H. Mey. in herb. Drege, but not P. 
ericoides, Thunb. Tylanthus Thunbergianus, Presi. 
Has. Hills between Paarl and Pont, and near Bergriver ; sandy places at the foot 
of Simonsberg, Drege. Oct.-Dec. (Herb., Lehm., Sond., T.C.D.) 
Shrub, about 1 foot high, greyish, with alternate branches. Leaves mostly im- 
bricate, 2-3 lines long, 3—t line wide, in the twigs sub-distichous. Capitulum about 
the size of a hazel-nut, greyish-white ; involucre formed by the uppermost leaves. 
Bractee cuspidate. Bracteole small, hirsute. Calyx 1 line long. Capsule blackish, 
at length glabrous, the size of a small pea.—Very similar to the preceding, but differs 
by the slender, shorter stem, with numerous branches, pubescent, patent recurved 
leaves, smaller, ovate or oblong capitula, and the calyx. 
(Sp. 35-56.) 
35. P, callosa (Thunb.! prod. p. 45) twigs greyish-pubescent ; leaves 
spreading or sub-reflexed, ee aediae: Saves ilbs ovate or oblong, 
callous-acute, hairy, sub-tomentose beneath, young ones pilose, adult 
ones smooth above; margins revolute; heads of flowers swb-globose; in- 
volucre leafy, as long or a little shorter than the head; bracteole vil- 
lous short ; calyx sub-turbinate, segments lanceolate, very villous out- 
side, equalling the glabrous tube; petals rotwndate, cucullate; capsule 
smooth. HI. cap. p. 204. Linn. f. suppl. p. 153. DC.l.c. p.36. E. Mey. 
Bee P. ores L.! aye a P. atrata, Bernh ! in gare 
‘Ps 45, NON tensten. i g 
Tylanthas callosus Presl. renee Pe dle, & 2.1% 99 
- —— pseu ee ar Groenekloof, Devilsmountain, Thunb. E. § Z./ Kravuss. 
aarl and Paarlberg, . Pappe, Drege, n. 1917 a. j : . , 
(Herb., Thunb., Hoim., Dan ides tol a 
Shrub, 1-3 feet high, greyish ; leaves at length blackish. Branches rigid or vir- 
gate. Petiole } line long. Leaves 4-6 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, others 14-1 line 
wide, deeply cordate, slightly convex, quite smooth or papillate above, tipped by a 
whitish callus ; the upper ones smaller, or lanceolate. Capitula solitary or corym- 
bose, aggregate, tomentose, the size of a small cherry. Involucre appressed. Brac- 
tew short. Calyx 2 lines long, with spreading segments, longer than the bracteole. 
Capsule black, shining. the size of a small pea, crowned by the calyx.— Drege n. 
1917 6. is perhaps a different species, which has an hemispherical capitulum and 
more developed, lanceolote bractex ; the flowers are not perfect. 
86. P. atrata (Licht.! in R. & Sch. syst. veg. v. ; twigs 
clothed with dark villi ; leaves spreading, i aes Te gsc 
*** Petals roundish conca) ostly cucullate or mitriform, quite glabrous. 
lanceolate, incurred, callous, obtuse, very smooth above, tomentose beneath, — 
with revolute margins ; heads of flowers terminal, hemispherical, villous; 
leaves of the involucre sub-obtuse, equalling the capitulum or a little 
longer ; calyx turbinate, glabrous ; se: i 
cans os - gments lanceolate, very villous 
outside ; bracteoke equalling the calyx, subulate, penicillate-hirsute ; 
— 
! 1005, 
Ta cal, SrasOrm 5 e glabrous. T; ee 
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