SUR LA FAMILLE DES LINEES. 491 
dium connatis, sepalis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, glanduloso- 
ciliatis capsula sub-globosa obtusa longioribus. 
Has. in Africa Capensi; Houtniquas, Thunb.; districtus Viten- 
hage, Zeyh. no. 399 in hb. Hook. ; ibid. inter Soomtesvlakte et 
Boschzemans river in sabulosa planitie, infra altit. 500 ped. 
Octob., Drége (sub nomine L. Æthiopici, b. in Hb. Hook.) 
L. Aithiopicum, Thunb. Prod. p. 57 et ejus Fl. Capensis (ed. 
Schult.) p. 277. (Specimen hujus plantæ e Thunbergio accep- 
tum in herb. Linnæano asservatum est, quod fere absque dubio 
authenticum, quamvis tantum a Smithio nec ab inventore 
nomine L. Æthiopici sit insignitum.) 
Species habitu robustiore quam affines. Caulis primarius (?) (in 
specimine inferne abscissus) crassitie penne anserinæ, sicut 
secundarii, cortice excoriato flavescente tectus. Caules secun- 
dari sepius ramos virgatos erectos, oppositos, 2—6-pollicares 
agentes. Rami teretes, lineis quatuor elevatis e basi foliorum 
decurrentibus striati, laterales interdum longi, graciles, flagelli- 
formes, curvato-ascendentes, ramulis sterilibus vel passim flori- 
feris crebriusculis ornati. Folia in parte inferiore ramorum 
conferta, in superiore magis dissita, nempe internodiis sæpius 
breviora, erecta vel patenti-erecta, (vetusta infima sæpe deflexa), 
omnia 3—4 lin. longa, 1-2 lin. lata, rigida, nitida, margine sæ- 
pius plana et levia, mucronulata. Corymbi e cymulis simpli- 
cibus vel pluribus dichotomis, contractis, 3- vel pluri-floris con- 
stantes, inde 7—20-flori. Pedicelli floriferi calyce subduplo 
breviores, versus medium articulati. Sepala sepius ovato-lan- 
ceolata, acute cuspidata, 3-nervia, capsulam grano Piperis sub- 
æqualem paulo superantia. 
53. L. pungens, Planch.—L. fruticulosum glaberrimum; Géalibus 
(v. ramis) virgatis sulcato-angulatis ; foliis oppositis v. in parte 
superiore ramorum alternis anguste linearibus v. subulatis 
pungentibus margine obsolete involutis; glandulis stipularibus 
geminis ; corymbis dichotomis laxis v. contractis; sepalis line- 
ari-lanceolatis eximie cuspidatis conspicue glanduloso-ciliatis 
capsula ovata acuta longioribus ; stylis fere a basi liberis. 
Has. in Africa Capensi, Burke in Hb. Hook.; Zeyh. no. 202, 
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