PiATE 2314. 



THAMNEA DIOSMOIDES, Oliv. 



Bruniace.e. 



T, Qiosmoides Oliv. {^ap, nov,) ] fruticulus ericoideus erectus v. 

 adscendens glaberrlmus, foliis parvis crassiusculis imbricatis ovato- 

 lancGolatis acutiusculis basi obtusis dorso obtuse carinatis, involucrali- 

 bus loiigioribus lanceolatis basi dilatatis concaviSj floribus solitarils 

 terminalibus S-meris, segmentis calycinis oblongo-Ianceolatis acutis 

 scariosis rubro-brunescentibus ovario 6-plo longioribus, petalis albidis 

 basi rubescentibus cum lamina elliptica acutiuscula longe et anguste 

 UTiguiculatis, ovario breviter turbinatoglabrolongitudinaliter 10 sulcato 

 biloculari ovulis in utroque loc. 5 v. 4 pendulls, fructibus bracteis invo- 

 lucrantibus 2-3-plo brevioribus breviter cylindraceis 10-sulcatis basi 

 stjli persisteiite brevi eorouatis, pericarpio osseo. 



Hab. South Africa ; eastern slopes of the Skurfdebergen near 

 Gydouw, Bolus (No. 7479) ; Rocks above the Tulbagh cataract, 

 ISchlechter (No. 1662). 



^ Folia circa lineam longa, sublente papilloso-scabriuscula; superiora 

 mvoluerantia c. 3 lin. longa. Flores 6-8 lin. longi. Feiala, Janiina 

 cum ungue, 5-6 lin. longa. Filamenta gracilia, glabra ; antherje anguste 



Imeares basi sagittat^e. Stylus simplex, gracilis, staminibus fere sequi- 

 longig. 



^ The leaves have the minute dark brown or blackish, at length de- 

 ciduous, tips characteristic of several allied species. T, diosmoides is 

 near allied to T, unijlora, Sol. The habit and cricoid more or less 

 adpressed foliage are as in that species, but the flowers are many times 

 Ij^i'ger ; as in T, uni^ora they terminate the main branches and 

 short leafy axillary shoots, and are produced so freely that, with the 

 elegant habit of the plant, it specially commends itself as suitable for 

 ornamental culture. Althoui/h Mr. Bolus's specimen is in fruit, I cannot. 



"f^^'Hy or corky parenchyma fused externally with tne Don} %nciu. x..- 

 oyary, as I have already explained ('Journ. Linn. Soc' ix. 331), is 

 dicarpellary in Thavinea, and I think Tittmannia, Brongn., may well 



be united with it.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Attached leaves. 2. Leaf, fnner face. 3. Flower laid open. 4. Petal. 

 "• ■'-'^ngUudmul section of ovarv. 6. Fruit. All enlarged. 



