82. 35. SANTALACEAE. 



1. LEUCOSPERMUM R.Br. 



gerrardi Stapf. Only one uncertain record. (Gerrard.) 



2. PROTEA L. "isiQalaba." 



1. roupelliae Meisn. Dominant over considerable areas of 



"Protea Veld," in the Drakensberg. Also on Midland 

 mountains. 



2. subvestita N.E. Br. Van Reenen. Mawakqa. 



3. abyssinica Willd. Drakensberg, 



4. hirta Klotsch. Coast to Drakensberg. "isiHlunga." 



5. multibracteata Phillips. Midlands and Drakensberg. 



6. natalensis Phillips. Between Umlaas River and Durban. 



7. flanasani Phillips. Polela and Karkloof. 



8. simplex Phillips. 



9. lanceolata E.M. Karkloof and Drakensberg. 



3. FAUREA. Harv. 



1. Baligna Harv. Dominant near Pinetown and elsewhere 



in Midlands on sandy soil. "umCalatole." 



2. macnaughtoni Phillips. Ngomi forest. "Tato." 



FAMILY 35— SANTALACEAE. 



Trees, shrubs or herbs, often parasitic. Leaves usually alter- 

 nate, entire exstipulate. Flowers small, regular, usually her- 

 maphrodite. Perianth simple. Stamens 3 — 6. Ovary inferior, 

 1 celled. Ovules 2 — 3 pendulous. Style simple or wanting. Stigma 

 capitate or 2 — 3 lobed. Fruit indehiscent, dry or fleshy. Seeds 

 without a testa, endospermic. 3 genera 2I species. 



1. Fruit dry. Hemiparasitic herbs or undershrubs. 1 THESIUM 

 Fruit succulent. Shrubs or trees. 2. 



2. Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth tube elongate. Two lateral 



veins of leaf prominent. 2 OSYRIDOCARPUS. 



Flowers dioecious or sub-dioecious. Perianth tube above ovary 

 scarcely present. Only midrib of leaf prominent. 



3 OSYRIS. 

 1. THESIUM L. (Mostly in grassveld, parasitic on grasses.) 



1. virens E. M. 



2. costatum A. W. Hill. Common all over. 



costatum var juniperinum A.Vv\H. Natal and Zululand. 



3. racemosum Bernh. Common in Midlands. 



4. angulosum A. DC. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



5. triflorum Thb. Midlands. 



6. floribundum A.W.H. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



7. pallidum A. DC. Drakensberg. 



8. cupressoides A.W.H. Niginya, 5,500 ft. 



9. imbricatum Thb. Niginya, 5,500 ft. 



10. natalensis Sond. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



11. scirpioides A.W.H. Coast and Midlands. Common. 



