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T. exocarpneoides (Tiiesidium microcarpimi, A.DC. in DC. Piodr. 

 xiv. 674), r. Thunhcrgii (T. podocarpum, A.DC. in DC. Prodr. 

 Ic), and T. fragile form a nicely graduated series of closely allied 

 species. It is possible tliat T. Thunhergii may represent only a lax 

 form of T. fragile, as the cliaracters which, can be used to separate 

 them are not very j^recise. 



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specimen only, may prove to be conspecific with T. minrn^ 

 descnljed below. Dr. C. Lindman has very kindly sent a drawing 

 of the small specimen preserved at Stockholm and compared it 

 with a male plant of T. minii.<. T. leptostachynm has a distinct! v 

 verruculose stem and the edges of the bracts and perianth 

 segments are fringed with fine hairs, while in T. minvs the hairs 

 are absent. It seems best therefore to leave De Candolle's species 



^? i'f ^""^^"^ ^'^til a more comprehensive collection of the species 

 ot J hesidnnii can be made. 



But little interest would seem to have been taken in the genus 

 by bouth African botanists, though it is one which would repay 

 further study if only from the sowing of seed in order to ensui^ 

 the proper correlation of the male and female plants. 



J . longifohwin has onlv been collected by "^-^ ^ ^ ' -"' - 



other species are poorly represented in herb 



Thesidium minus, A. W 



ana. 



olnbr.Tl 7- •"'""^'.^- »^-.^^^/; species annua, parva, siib- 



maso,^K?fl f "^T"''^-' n '"'^'"^^^ ^^is^imilibus, bracteis in plantis 

 maseuls floribus brevionbus vel subequalibus distinguenda! 



Planti m,;;^'' '^ ^'-''''T ^"^^^^*"' ^^^^^^« praesertim in 

 Sxe ramo i^ 7 ir^^'^r'' • '^'^'^'^ '^-^^'^ vel pJtuli, superne 

 Slabri T^/V -^i •™' ^^''^^' '°'^^*^' ^^'^ o"i"i^o floriferi,\.ub- 

 ?osta disHn .^. "'fcTo "^T^' Hneari-lanceolata vel acicularia, 

 seTsim in br.l 1 ''^- ^^T^^' ^onspicua, in plantis feminis 



subuktas mutt.t?n T'r ''' ^^^'^^^^ ^^^^"^^i^ ^^^^'Pt^ i^ Tt^^-^teas 

 em3 b a ctrob on . ^t>J'^'^\^iac simplices vel ramosae; brac- 

 curvat.e aeu .2 1 "'T^^'^'^^'^'^f^^- ^el subulatae, navic^lares, 

 iTm lon4e n^^ ^°"^'^^^ aequales vel brcviores 



lo s mlt'^^F ""' translucentibus vix scabridis verrucu- 



bracteae foliosae erectJ S ?i simplices vel ramosae; 



abrupte acu/^o 3 5 mt^ i '^ ^'^^"^^^'' ^'''^'^'^' ^^1 acicularcs, 

 ^rniLs carinLt r 1 ^^^'.' eannatae, subscabridulae mar- 



plerumque SarH ^?i f '"'7' ?^^"^^^^' ^«"*« carinatae. Flares 

 irevite?pedTcella '. .?prT n ■ ^^^'^^us lateral ibus demum evoluti, 

 menta 0^5 mm lor/« ^""^ ■?'''^^' ^'^ ^^- longum; seg- 

 stylus 0-2rmm Inl'uf ' F;'^;"^^^^^! P^^^^ ^^^^^^^ undulatiS; 



-menter reticulitu?;^ipiS7 mm tn:r'^' ' ""^- '''''''''' ^'''^ 

 <1ori, Div.; RietFontr^ip ."'•'•^"t^^ ?• Bredas- 



^^le Div. ;' ne'r* Kdafe' t L ^ 280^^^ ' "^ """'''' '.''' ' 



Galpin 4554 ! 



, . Rivers- 

 Garcias Pass, 1200^ ft., 



