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barbata* Antherae e perianthii tubo exsertae, 0*3 mm. loiigae. 

 Stylus fere 05 mm. longus, ad antheiarum medium vel apicem 

 attingens. Fructus ovoideo-globosus, 3-5 mm. longus, promi- 

 nenter 10-costatus, inter costas delicate reticulatus. 



Ceres Div. ; Skurjdeberg Range near Gydouw, Jan,, 1600 m,, 

 Schlechter 10,008! 



T. pungens, A. W. Hill; species T. sptnoso, Linn., affinis, 

 sed foliis rigidis subnlatis praecipue differt. 



Frutex multi-ramosus circiter 6 dm. alius, rarais congestis 



glauccscentibus. Folia ramis ad perpendiculum affixa pungentia, 



rigide subulata, apice acutiFsime spinosa, 4-7 mm. loiiga, subterctia, 



glaucescentia. Flores solitarii, m bractearum axillos dispositi; 



bracteae foliis similes; bracteolae minutae, ad basin pedicelli 



affixae, Perianthium I'5-l-75 mm. longura, glandulis con- 



spicuis externis instructum ; segmenta triangulari-ovata, 0-5- 



0-75 mm. longa, subcucullata, plana, marginibus lacinulis mem- 



branaceis instructa. Antherae e perianthii tubo exsertae, 



0-25-0-5 mm. longae. Discus conspicuus. Stylus 0-5 mm. longus. 



Fructus ellipsoideo-globosus, circiter 2*5 mm. longus, costis 10 et 



reticulationibus inconspicuis instructus. — T, spinosumy Drege, in 



Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. 226 quoad T. spinosnm, Drege e, 

 non Linn. f. 



Little Namaqualand ; bet\\'een Pedroskloof and Lilyfontcin, 

 920-1225 m., Drege— T. spinosum e, in Herb, Kew. et Herb. 

 Berol. ; Kamiesberg Range at Karkamo, among bushes, Pearson 



6684. 



There has been some confusion in affixing the specimens Zeyher 

 1504 and Drege e both at Stockholm, Kc\v and the British Museum 

 to the sheets. It is not clear whether T. pnngens and T. spinosum 

 have both been collected at Hcerelogomcnt or whether T. spinosum 

 only is kno"wn from this locality. It would seem more probable 

 tliat T. pungens is confined to Namaqualand. 



T. repandum, :1. W. Hill; inter species floribus in capitula 

 exigua dispositis, T. glaucescente, A. W. Hill, affinis, foliis 

 basalibus aciculiiribus antheris in perianthii tubo inclusis differt, 

 Frutex parvus, patulus, ramosus, circiter 15 cm. altus; radix 

 erecta, gracilis, ramis longis horizonta liter patentibus pallide 

 stramineis; caules patuli et ascendentes 3 vel 4, prommenter 

 costiti, glabri. Folia sparsa, recurvata, acicularia, acuta, 0-6- 

 1 cm. longa, circiter 0-5 nnn. crassa, glabra, Flores 3-4 ad 

 raraulorum apices in glomerulos parvos dispositi, sessiles. Brac- 

 teae inconspicuae, floribus vix dimidio breviores, ovatae vel 

 lanceolatae, ncute acuminatae, marginibus plus minusve mem- 

 brnnaceis, glabrae ; bracteolae bracteis parte tertia breviores, 

 ceterum eis persiniiles. Perianthium l'5-2 mm. longum; seg- 

 menta ovata, subacuta, plana, ecucullata, 0-75 mm. longa, 

 marginibus et apice pilis longis dense barbata. Antherae in 

 perianthii tubo inclusae, paulum supra 0*5 mm. longae. Stigma 

 subsessile vel stylo brevissimo. Fructus oblongo-globosus, basi 

 constrictus et stipitatus, 3 mm. longus, subproniinenter costatus, 

 inter costas reticulatus, sicco rubro-brunneus. 



