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^ The exnct definitions of tlie sectipiis follow tlie geueiie desciip- 

 tion. Tlie sectiou Imhei-hia, withits sulisections Suhglahm and 

 Fimhriata, corresponds in the ninin with De Cundolle's Euthesium 

 ,jind includes also his sections Aetheoihesium and Discofhesimn. 

 The sections Barhata and AnnuJata correspond with the section 

 Frisen, with its' two subsections and the section Penicillata hns- 

 l)een formed to acconiniodnte a type of flower not previously 

 recognised. ' . " 



J)e Caudolle at the end of his enumeration gives certain ' species- 

 dahlae: These, as far as they relate to Cape jdants, have been 



satislactonlj placed, as the typos in the Stoekholjo Herbarium 

 Jiave l)oen examined. 



. Of the ' species nomine tantuin rof/nitne ' (P'-odr xiv ii GT'*) 

 the five Cape plants were collected by R. Bi.Avn and the s'i.oJime"'ni 

 have been examined at the British iluscum. It has been found 



that 



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T. ciliafum, II. IJr. = T. scahrum, liinn. 

 T.crassifolimn, It. Br. == T, Frisea /^ Thunherr 

 J.encoides, 11. Br. r^ J. erieaefolium, A DC "^ 

 2 sparteum, l{. Br. =: 1\ linc'ntum, Linn. 

 T. ten>t,fohum, R. Br. == T. spino.sum, Linn. 



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EXPLAXATIOX OF PLATES 1LLU8TRATIXC THE DIEFEKEXT Tri'FS OF 

 : FLORAL MOIU-HOLOUY IN TTTE SOUTH AERICAX TIIESIUMs! 



A natural size drawing of tbe flower is showii witli each fHnire- 

 f.o m wl cb 7y 'T^'''' ^'"'"^ "^ ^''^'^'^^ ''^''- t« the spechr^n 



iJom which the drawiiio' \\-;)s innrl^ \ll 4i ^ i ■ i""^^"^^^ 



executed by Miss M. Smith ^ ^ drawings were 



Ftg. 1.-7'. hirsiilum, A. AV. Hill (Gal^jin 1585)^ Lonnitudina 



Fig, 4.-r ^^'1^ F M //i '^T '' ''""^ noticeable.'' 



and overtops the stamenf ,^1 f • ^ ^'"^ '^-^'^^ ^^ ^'^^T l«n^ 



Hie two laic,-;,! fll^ ov ,;,■ , I,'' I'"'""ll'-«'K"><'nt.s an,t 



and tbe anthers are attached by a fnft of I'u.i^V '' '' ^''"^^^''^ 



