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26 CONSPECTUS TABULARUM., 
XXXIX. CUSCUTA CAPENSIS, Chois. ( Convolvulacee.) 
C. Capensis: caule filiformi, floribus corymboso-racemosis laxis 
confertisve, racemulis pedunculatis, floribus pediccllatis, pedicello brac- 
tea subtriplo longiore, corolla calycem 2-3-plo superante profunde 5-fida, 
laciniis acutis rectis, staminibus exsertis, squamis oblongis fimbriatis, 
stylis divergentibus apice clavato-incrassatis. 
Has.—Kaymansgat, Drege. Near George, on Laurophyllus, Dr. Alexander Prior ! 
(Herb. T. C. D.) 
Descr.—Stem as thick as packthread, reddish-brown, glabrous. 
Racemules few-flowered, 2-1 inch long, many springing from a thick- 
ened knob, and often forming dense, fastigiate, globose tufts 15 inches 
in diameter. Pedicels 3-4 lines long, with a small, subtending, rufous 
bract. Calyx 4 line; corolla 15 lines long, campanulate, deeply cut ; 
the segments triangular, erect. Sguame oblong or obovate, sharply 
lacerate. Stamens shorter than the segments of corolla. Styles ending 
in club-shaped, spreading stigmata. 
One of the most showy of the South African Cuscute. 
Fig. 1, Cuscuta Capensis, parasitical on Laurophyllus Cupensis, the natural size. 
Fig. 2, a flower; 3, corolla laid open, seen from within; 4, a squama; 5, ovary and 
styles; 6, cross-section of ovary : enlarged, 
XL. TRICHODESMA ANGUSTIFOLIUM, Harv. (Boraginee.) 
T. angustifolium: caulibus erectis teretibus scabris, foliis lanceo- 
lato-linearibus basi et apice acutis subsessilibus albo-tuberculatis sca- 
berrimis, calyce 5-partito demum aucto et inflato sinubus reflexis, 
laciniis cordatis acuminatis tubum corolle equantibus, nucibus intus 
asperulis dorso dentibus pluriseriatis cinctis. 
Has.—Macallisberg, Burke & Zeyher! Plains on the Rhinoster River, Free State, 
7000-8000 feet, Mr. Sanderson! (Herb. T. C. D. Hook.) 
Derscr.—12-18 inches high, ascending-erect, many stemmed; 
branches erect and virgate, occasionally opposite, grayish, rough with 
hard, white, raised points. Leaves 2-3 inches long, 14-2 lines wide, 
rough with white, bristle-tipped tubercles, darkening in drying. Pe- 
duncles 1 flowered, opposite the leaves, and shorter than them. Calyx 
in flower, $ inch, in fruit an inch or more long; the segments becom- 
ing proportionably wider and more cordate as they advance to maturity. 
Corolla not longer than the calyx; its lobes cuspidate. Nuts fringed 
with a broad band of sharp teeth : granulated on the inner face. 
Fig. 1, Trichodesma angustifolium, the natural size. Fig. 2, one of the calyx seg- 
ments in anthesis; 3, limb of corolla displayed; 4, front view, and 5, back view of an 
anther; 6, one ofthe nuts, The latter figures enlarged. 
XLI. DISA ACONITOIDES, Sond. = tOrabiddnd) 
D. aconitoides : caule rigido folioso, folio radicali oblongo obtuso, 
caulinis lato-lanceolatis aeutis acuminatisve, spica elongata multiflora, 
bracteis venosis flores parvulos equantibus, sepalis oblique-ovatis obtusis 
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