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urceolatum, .4. W. Hill 



floribus in racemos dispositis, antlieris in perianthii tubo inclusis- 

 distincta. 



Caules lignosi, glabri; rami patuli, angulares, glauci. Folia 



semicii 



mm 



r f 



lineai'ia, subacute mncronata, 1-1-5 mm. longa, circiter 1 

 lata, carnosa, subglauca, glabra. Flores satis magni, primum in 

 spicas confei'tas dispositi, demum laxe racemosi, interdum 3-nati, 

 Bractcae floribus breviores, lineari-lanceolatae vel oblanceolatae, 

 acute mucronatae, crassae et carnosae, cymbiformes; bracteolae 

 bracteis circiter parte tertia breviores sed ceterum eis similes. 

 Periantliium 3 mm. longum ; segmenta l'25-l-5 mm, longa, 

 ovata, subacuta, apice dense barbata. Anthcrae in perianthii 

 tubo inclusae, circiter 0-5 longae, basi in tubo pilorum annulo 

 instructae. Stylus robustus, 0-25-0-5 mm. longus, ad aiitlierarum 

 bases attingens. Fructus ellipsoideus, geriantliio persistente 

 incluso 5 mm. longus, promlnenter 10-costatus, subglaucus, inter 

 costas transverse verrucosus. 



Calvinia Div. ; Nieuwoudtville, Leipoldt in Herb. Bolus. 9371 

 Little IN'amaqualand; in bills near Brakdam, 600 m., Sept-,. 

 Schlcchter 11,138! 



In this species the perianth is markedly urceolate and tbe- 

 antliers witli tlie ring of golden-brown liairs are inserted well 

 witliin tlie perianth tube [see fig. 16). 



+ 



L 



W 



T. utile, .4. W. Hill] species ramis erectis, inflorescentiis laxe- 

 paniculatis, perianthii segmontis barbatis a spcciebus alteris dis- 

 tingnenda. 



Caules pauci e rliizomnte lignoso gracile erecto orti, prominenter 

 costati et sulcati, glabri; rami ascendentes. Folia lineari-acicu- 

 laria, acuta vel subacuta, circiter 2 cm. longa, 0-6-1 mm. lata, 

 infra costa carinata satis conspicua instruct.!, glabra. Flores in 

 bractearum axillis solitarii vel 3-nati, ad pedunculi brevis apicem- 

 siti. Bracteae floribus breviores, lineares, subacutae, glabrae, 

 integrae; bracteae bracteis dimidio breviores, eis similes. Perian- 

 thitiTTi oiTciter 2-3 mm. longum; segmenta elliptico-lanceolnta vel 

 lanceolata, obtusa, 1-5-2 mm. longa, apice cucullata et barbata, 

 marginibus papillosis. Antherae e perianthii tubo exsertae, 0-5 

 mm. longae. Stylus 0-75-l'5 mm. longus, fere ad antherarum 

 apices attingens. Fructus ellipsoideo-ovoideus, 6 mm. longus, 

 prominenter 10-11 costatus, inter costas leviter reticulatus. 



Transvaal; near Pretoria, Relnnann 4012! 4543! 4718! hill^ 

 around Pretoria, Nov., Leenderiz 293! in fields near Heidelburg, 

 Oct., SchlecJiter 3532 ! Jeppe's Town Eidge, Johannesburg*, 

 1750 m., Feb., Mrs. de Jongh in Herh. Galpin 1471 1 Oct., Gil- 

 jillan in Herb. Galpin 6069! Rustenburg district, near Modder- 

 fontein, 1200 m., Jan., Nation 69! 70! Middleburg district, at 

 Bronkhorstrymust, Dec, Wilms 1309! Cape Div.; Table moun- 

 tain SchlecJiter 485 I possibly introduced. 



Miss Olive Nation states that this plant is used by the Kntfirs 

 to mnl^e brooms. 



