185 
0°35-0'4 mm. longae. Stylus 2°5 mm. longus; stigmate capitato 
Fructus sata a) ca circiter 1°5 mm. longus, costis 10 vel 
pluribus conspicui 
ASALAND. eS Kondowe and Karonga, 610-1830 m., 
Whyte, 321 partim. 
1100, Thesium fulvum, A. W. Hill [Santalaceae] ; cinero, 
A.W. Hill, simile sed habitu ramis paucioribus ao tars foliisque 
ovatis distinguen um. 
Suffrutez perennis (?), omnino pilosis fuscis obtectus, ag erecti, 
suleati, 25-38 cm. alti, ramulis lateralibus 2~10 cm lo Folia 
us minusve distantia, versus basin ovato-lanceolata, eta vel 
subacuta, superne subulata, acuta vel acuminata, 2-1 mm. longa, 
dorso pilosa, Flores terminales pedunculo elongato nudo suffulti vel 
aliquanto in ramulis foliosis laterales, bracteolis circiter 1 mm, 
longis ovatis acuminatis pilosis involucrum formantibus. Peri- 
anthium 1°25 mm. longum, segmentis 0°75 mm. longis linearibus sub- 
acutis marginibus inflexis dorso pilosis. Axtherae 0°35 mm. longae. 
Stylus circiter 1 mm. longus. Fructus ‘ragga pilosus, 1°5 mm, 
iametro, costis et reticulationibus conspicu 
So ay Centraut Arrica. Eastern Chari : Ndelli, Chevalier, 
THT Thesium fuscum, 4. WV, Hill[Santalaceae]; species distincta 
caulibus cylindricis fuscis minute pilosis fructibus multi-costatis 
immaturis aurantiaco-brunneis. 
Suffrutex, caulis erectus, superne multiramosus, circiter 30 cm. 
altus, cylindricus, minute pilosus, fuscus, rami paulo sulcati. | 
Folia subulata, acuta, 1°75-2 mm. longa, dorso minute pilosa. 
Flores in inflorescentias axillares breves, bracteis et bracteolis 
imbricatis obtectis dispositi ; bracteolae late ovatae, acuminatae, 
2 mm. longae, pilosae. Perianthium 3 mm. longum, extra hirsutum, 
segmentis 1°5 mm. longis elliptico-ovatis cucullatis glabris mar- 
ginibus inflexis, Antherae filamenta aequantes, 0°65 mm. longae. 
Stylus 2-2°5 mm. longus. Fructus globoso-ovoideus, minute pilosus, 
immaturus, in sicco aurantiaco-brunneus, 2°5 mm. 
latus, costis seater; 12 vel ob venas intercostales parallele 
dispositas pluribu 
Gloditsiaton: 4209, B (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
1102. Thesium gracile, 4. W. Hill Testers specie 
T. Schweinfurthii, Engl., et T, Goetzeano, Engl., affinis sed foliis ot 
bracteolis minoribus, floribus in cymas sie vottiles dispositis 
praecipue differt 
Suffruter, caules numerosi, erecti, superne ramosi, 12-30 cm. wel 
rami elongati, foliosi, angulati et sulcati. Folia linearia vel lineari 
lanceolata, acuta, 1-1°4 cm. longa, ogee colore dentist: 
Inflorescentia sympodi iali-cymosa, axillaris, ramosa, compacta ; 
bracteae ellipticae, vel lanceolato-subulatae, acitae, carinatae, plus 
minusve unculis adnatae; bracteolae 2, floribus breviores. 
Perianthium albidum vel pallide luteum, circiter — 75 min. longum, 
segmentis 1 mm. longis ovato-deltoideis cucullatis marginibus 
inflexis apice barbatis. Antherae filamentis aequilongae, vix 
0-25 mm. longae. Stylus 0°25 mm. longus ; ate dilatato. 
ructus globoso-ovoideus, circiter 2mm. diametro, costis conspicuis. 
