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margijiibus papillosis. Antherae e perianthii tube subexsertae, 

 0-5 mm. iongae. Stigma sessile. Fructus loh visus. 



Port Elizabeth Diy. ; Walmer, Mrs. Paterson 682! 792! . 



T. patulum, A. W. Hill; species ex affinitate T. funalis, L., 

 et T. macrostachyi,^ A. DC, sed ramis iiiimerosis rigidis patulis, 

 floribus stylo conspicuo instructis praecipue differt. 



Caules divaricnte ramosi, erecti, glabri; rami ffraciles, elongati, 

 recti, a caule subiingnlo 45^ abeuntes. Folia inferiora acicularia, 

 acuta, 0-7-1 cm. longa, gracillima, dorso vel margine interdiim 

 deutata, cetorum glabra; superiora ramis subtendentia et leviter 

 adnata, recurvata, linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, subacuta, usque 

 ad 4 mm. longa, glabra. Flares in spicas elongatas flexuosas laxe 

 dispositi, in bractarum axillis solitarii vel 3-nati. Bracteae 

 floribus multo breviores, lanceolatae, subacutae, carnosae, circiter 

 2 mm. Iongae, glabrae; bracteolae bracteis paullo breviores sed 

 eis ceteruni "similes. Perianthium 2-3-5 mm. longum, glandulis 

 conspicuis externis instructum; segmenta lanceolata, subacuta, 

 2-2-5 mm. longa, marginibus et apice pilis robustis longis barbata, 

 intra faucem pilorum annulo instructa. Antherae e periantliii 

 tubo exsertae, 0-75 mm, Iongae ; filamen+a antheris aequilonga. 

 Stylus robustus, 0*5 mm. longus. Fructus basi turbinatus, sub- 

 globosus, 6-5 mm. longus, satis prominenter 10-costatus, inter 

 costas delicate reticulutus. T. funale, L. var. caledonicum, Sond. 



in Flora 1857, 359; A. DC. in DC. Prodr. xiv. 668. 



Malmesbmy Div. ; near Mooreesberg, 140 m., Bolus 99811 

 Zwartland and region of Berg River streams, Ecldon and Zeyher 

 51 in herb. BeroL et Stockli. ! Paarl Div.; near Paarl, 85 m., 

 Schlechter 9207! Cape Div.; Devil's Peak, Bcrgiusl South 

 Africa; without definite locality, Harvey 711 partly! 



The perianth in this species is large and with conspicuous 

 external glands. The ring of golden-brown throat hairs is well 

 developed and the base of the perianth is glandular and disc-like 

 (see frg. 14). 



T. peniciilatutn, A, W. Hill; species a sjDCciebus alteris 

 pilorum discretorum penicillo pone antheras sito et ab eis distincto 

 distinguenda. 



Caules erecti, longitudinaliter sulcati, robusti, lignosi, glabri, 

 superne ramosi; rami erecti, siibcorymbosi. Folia linearia, acute 

 mucronata, 2-5-3 cm, longa, circiter 2 mm. lata, infra carinata, 

 glabra, sicco rugosa. Flares in corymbos densos terminales usque 

 ad 2-5 cm. diametro dispositi. Bracteae purpurascentes, lineari- 

 oblongae, subacutae, carinatae, flores aequnntes, ad 2 mm. 

 latae, marginibus subtranslucentibiis; bracteolae bracteis paullo 

 l)reviores. PeriantJiium 2-25 mm. longum; segmenta lineari- 

 lanceolata, subacuta, circiter 2.25 mm. longa, plana, cucullata, 

 apice et marginibus pilis longis instructa. Antherae 0-25 mm. 

 Iongae, in perianthii tube inclusae, pilorura discretorum penicillo 

 pone antheras sito et ab eis distincto. Stylus 0-25 mm. longus vel 

 subnuUus. Fructus robuste et breviter stipitatus, ellipsoideus, 

 6 mm- longus, suhprominenter 5-costatus, nervis intermediis in- 

 conspicuis, inter nervos transverse retlculatus. 



