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e basi vel superiie ramosi, coiispiciie sulcati, glabri, efoliati. 

 Flores in spicas laxas erectas lase corymbosi. Bracteae squami- 

 formes, floribus multo breviores, late ovatae, acutae vel acute 

 acuminatae, 1-5-2 mm. longae, carinatoe, glabrae, marg-iuibus 

 brunneia anguste membranaceis; bracteolae bracteis similes serl 

 eis paulum breviores. Perianthium 2'5 mm. longum; segmenta 

 triangularia, acuta, j^lana, 1,5 mm. longa, apice dense lanato- 

 barbata, marginibus pubescentibus. Aiitherae in periantliii tube 

 inclusae, 0-5 mm. longae. Stigma sessile vel subsessile, Fructvs 

 basi leviter contractus, ellipsoideo-globosns, 6 mm. longus, 

 2*75 mm. diametro, inconspicue 10-costatus, iuter costas Anx 

 reticulatus. 



Orange Eiver Colony; Harrismith, 1650 m,, Dec, Sankey 249 ! 

 Besters Vlei, near Witzies Iloelc, 1020 m,_, Dec, Bolus 8248! 

 without precise locality, Cooper 834! Griqualand East; near 

 Kokstad, 1290 m., Oct., Tyson 1535! Natal; Mooi river flat, 



1200 m., Nov., /. M. Wood 4006 ! 



T. sertulariastrum, A. W. Hill; species T. enphrasioidei, 



A. DC, affinis, canlibus minute pubermis floribus et fructibus 

 minoribus praecipue differt. 



Herba annua; caules multi-ramosi, subteretes, ramis congestis 

 ascendentibus minute puberulis. Folia sparsa, inferiora acicu- 

 laria, teretia, circiter 1-1-5 cm. longa, subobtusa, glabra; folia 

 superiora subulato-lanceolata, glabra, apicibus nigrescentibus 

 acutissimis 2 mm. longis. Flores 1-3 ad ramulorum apices dis- 

 positi, sessiles, bracteis bracteolisque linearibus vel ovato-laneeo- 

 latis acutissime acuminatis floribus brevioribus apicibus nigres- 

 centibus marginibus submembranaceis fimbria tis circumdati. 

 Perianthium ad basin globosum, 2 mm. longum, segmentis 

 lineari-lanceolatis acutis 1*25 mm. longis apice cucuUatis dense 

 barbatis. Antherae in periantbii tube inclusae, 0-4— 0-5 mm. 

 longae. Stigma subsessile. Fructus ellipsoideus, 1*5 mm. loiigus, 

 costis 10 et reticulationibus distinctis. 



Caledon Div, ; Pa pies Vlei, SchJechter 10,448! Breadasdorp 

 Di\. ; Eietfontf^in, Bolns 8597. 



T. spartioides, A. W. Hill; species gracillima junciformis ex 

 affinitate T. confijiis, Send., inflorescentiis^ abbreviatis, stylo 

 elongato distincto. 



Planta circiter 13 cm. alta ; rliizoma circiter 5 mm. crassum, 

 ramis furcatis; caules ascendentes, gracillimi, teretes, simplice« 

 vel parce ramosi, glabri. Folia ad caulem arete adpressa, subu- 



lato-lanceolnta, acute acuminata, 2-3 mm. longa, dorso convexa, 

 glabra. Flores ramorum axillarium apices versus subconferti, in 

 bractearum axiUis sessiles. Bracteae squainatae, ovato-lanceo- 



latae, acuminatae, marginibus minute fimbriatae, floribus circiter 

 dimidio breviores; bracteolae bracteis similes sed angustiores. 

 Perianihium 1-5 mm. longum; segmenta circiter 1 mm. longa, 

 triangularia, acuta vel acuminata, barbata. Antlieraa 0-5 mm. 

 longae, e periantliii tubo exsertae. Stylus 1 mm. longus, ad 

 nntberarum medium attingens. Fructus parvus, subglobosus, 



