Phylica.] RHAMNER (Sond.) 497 
oblong, acute, equalling the capitulum ; calyx turbinate, tube glabrous, 
segments lanceolate, acuminate, very villous outside, longer than the 
villous bracteole ; petals cucullate, obtuse. Trichocephalus elongatus, 
HZ. 906: ell. wa k: 
Has. Mountain sides near Zwellendam, Z.§ Z./ Oct. (Herb., Sond.) 
1 foot, or higher. Branches and twigs rigid, angular. Leaves dense, 4-6 lines 
long, 1} line wide, pale green, the upper ones sub-erect. Capitulum 6-8 lines in 
diameter. Involucre foliaceous, 2-3 seriate. Flowers 3 lines long, limb very white. 
Bracteolze linear, very villous, 2 lines long.—Very similar to P. atrata, from which 
it differs by more oblong, not cordate, evidently petiolate leaves. 
44. P. comosa (Sond.) ; branches minutely pubescent ; leaves erecto- 
patent, short-petioled, lanceolate, incurved, callous-acute, obtuse at base, 
glabrous, papillate-scabrous above, tomentose beneath, with revolute 
margins, the younger pubescent ; head of flowers swb-globose; leaves of 
the involucre ovate, acute, equalling the capitulum; calyx downy, seg- 
ments lanceolate, villous ; bracteole villous, a little shorter than the 
calyx ; petals rotundate-cucullate ; capsule velvetty pubescent. Tricho- 
cephalus comosus, LH. § Z./ 1009. Tylanthus comosus, Presl. 
Has. Among rocks in mountains of the Tulbagh valley, near waterfall, Z. ¢ Z./ 
Dec. (Herb., Lehm., Sond.) 
Shrub, erect, much branched, greyish ; twigs short. Leaves approximate, sca- 
brous, 4 lines long, about 1 line wide, the upper ones about 3 lines long. Petiole 1 
line long. Capitulum the size of a small cherry. Calyx 2 lines long ; segments 
shorter than the tube. Capsule greyish, the size of a pea. 
45. P. rubra (Willd.! in R. & Sch. 1. c. p. 491); branches virgate, 
twigs filiform, thinly pubescent, the ultimate very short; leaves spread- 
ing, short-petioled, /anceolate, acute, at base obtuse, smooth above, to- 
mentose beneath, with sub-revolute margins; heads of flowers minute, 
terminal, 6—-10-flowered, involucrated by the uppermost leaves ; calyx 
minute, campanulate, tomentose, segments acute ; bracteole villous, 
shorter than the calyx; petals cucullate; capsule obovate, smooth. 
Var. 8. parvifolia ; leaves erecto-patent, smaller, linear-lanceolate. 
P. empetrordes, E. § Z./ 1021, ex pte. 
Has. Hott. Holl. Lichtenstein. Var. 6. Howhoeksberge, Stellenbosch, Z. § 2./ 
(Herb., Willd., Holm., Hook., Sond.) sg 
Shrub, over 2 feet high ; branches red, in var. 8. yellowish or greyish. Leaves 4° 
lines long, 1 line wide ; in var. 8. 2-3 lines long, 4 line wide. Petiole }-1 line long. 
~The numerous twigs, terminated by a head, representa large panicle. Capitulum 
woolly, 1-1} line in diameter. Flowers 4 line ee ee 2 _ long, 
cuneate, crowned by the persistent calyx ; area Peg oka apart 
P. parviflora, but differs by the glabrous, not scabrous, leaves, w 
edges. Phylica, Drege, 6761, is also very similar, but distinguished by the globose 
capsule ; capitula and flowers are wanting. 
46. P. apiculata (Sond.); branches nodose-scabrous ; twigs with 
spreading hairs ; leaves spreading, sub-ineurved, lanceolate, tipped with 
a very acute, callous point, at base obtuse, flattish and smooth above, 
whitish-tomentose beneath, with revolute, ciliate margins ; heads of 
flowers solitary ; involucre hemispherical, pubescent, its scales folia- 
ceous cuspidate, the outer ones larger, equalling the capitulum ; calyx 
vachindie:, smooth, longer than the subulate, feathery-hirsute bracteolae a 
: segments hirsute ; petals rotundate, cucullate. ss 
