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1174. Peddiea cyathulata, H. H. W. Pearson in Dyer, Fl. Trop. 
Afr, vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 251, anglice [Thymelaeaceae] ; affinis 
P. Zenkeri, Gilg, a qua stylo quam ovario longiore differt. 
Folia brevissime petiolata, versus apices ramorum plus minusve 
congesta, elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata, acuminata, obtusa, 7°5- 
10 em. longa, 1:8-2°5 cm. lata, subcoriacea, glabra ; nervi laterales 
patuli vel ascendentes, multiramosi, sat distincti. Umbella terminalis, 
2-5-flora, glabra ; pedunculus 0°2-1:2 em. ongus ; bracteae caducae, 
oblongae, 4-6 mm. longae, in marginibus minute pubescentes. 
Flores tetrameri ; pedicelli 0°6-1'2 cm. longi. Calycis tubus 6-8 mm. 
_ longus, longitudinaliter costatus, glaber, costis prominentibus ; lobi 
anthesi erecti, oblongi vel triangulares, apice rotundati vel truncati, 
in marginibus dense pubescentes. Antherae breves, lineari-ovatae. 
Discus hypogynus 4 ovarii aequans, cupularis, non lobatus, margine 
crenulato villoso. Fructus non visus. 
Tropicat Arrica. Nyasaland: Mount Malosa, 1200-1800 m., 
Whyte. 
175. Thesium Dinteri, A. W. Hill atte peome species 
pedicellis elongatis distincta 7. mukensi, A. W. Hill, similis. 
Suffrutex 30-60 cm, alti; caules numerosi, erecti, ramosi, robusti; 
rami patento-erecti, laxi, 24-30 cm. longi, sulcati, quadrangulares. 
Folia distantia 0°4—1-2 cm. longa, linearia, apice acuto decolorato 
paullo reflexo. Injlorescentiae laxae, pauciflorae. Flores singuli, 
longe pedicellati, in axillis bractearum dispositi, pedicellis 0°6— 
15 cm, longis ; bracteae foliosae, pedicellis ex parte adnatae, lineari- 
lanceolatae, acutae, carinatae, 6-8 mm. longae ; bracteolae 2, 3 mm. 
longae, floribus breviores. Perianthium 3 mm. longum, siccitate 
aurantiacum, segmentis 0°75 mm. longis lanceolatis obtusis coriaceis 
dorso conspicue carinatis cucullatis apice longe barbatis. Filamenta 
0°5 mm. longa; antherae 0°7 mm. longae. Stylus 1 mm. longus ; 
stigmate capitato. Fructus immaturus. 
Tropicat Arrica, German South West Africa: Hereroland ; 
Okaruse Kalk, Dinter, 641; K1. Huis, near Neitsas, Dinter, sie 
1176. Thesium megalocarpum, A. W. Hill [Santalaceae] ; species 
fructibus grandibus distincta, 7’. Goetzeano, Engl., pau lo similis, 
T. longirostri, Schlechter, foliis marginibus serrulatis affinis. 
Sugirutex perennis ; caules lignosi, erecti, 30 cm. vel plures songl 
versus basin suberosi, superne sulcati, plus minusve quadrangulares, 
glabri, multiramosi ; rami erecti, tenues, sulcati, foliosi, 10-25 em. 
alti. Folia circiter 1 em. longa, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, carinata, 
plus minusyve erecta, marginibus minute serrulatis. Inflorescentia 
racemosa, laxa, floribus singulis stipitatis axillaribus vel breviter 
pedicellatis ;  bracteae -1 em. longae, floribus pags osu 
pedicellis brevissimis adnatae, lineari-lanceolatae, acu % stn 
carinatae, marginibus minute serrulatis; bracteolae 2, = ge 
aullo breviores. Perianthium 3 mm. longum, segmentis | Prem 
fonts lanceolatis subacutis cucullatis apice et ad margines barbatis. 
Filamenta 0°3 mm. longa ; antherae 0°5 mm. longae. Reyes Crassus, 
15 mm. longus. Fructus globoso-ovoideus, 4-45 mm. pa ti 
3-3°5 mm. latus, costis 10 et reticulationibus distinctis, stipite 
crasso 3 mm. longo instructus. 
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