Theshim.] cxx. santalace^. (baker and hill). 415 



1. T. Schlechteri, A. W. Hill. Subshrub with thick rhizome. 

 Stems numerous, suberect or prostrate, branching above, H-1'2 in. long, 

 deeply grooved, ribs numerous, acute, papillose-pilose on the edges. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate, 4-5 lin. long, acute, keeled, membranous, 

 margins and keel densely papillose-pilose. Flowers sessile, solitary in 

 axils of leafy bracts; bracteoles 2, 2 lin. long. Perianth cylindric, 

 2 J lin. long ; lobes 1 j lin. long, lanceolate, acute, hooded with decurrent 

 apical beard, margins membranous, papillose. Filaments f lin. long ; 

 anthers -i lin. long. Style 1 lin. long. Fruit ovoid, IJ lin. long, 

 glabrous, with 10 prominent ribs. — T. lomjirostre, Schlechter ex A. W. 

 Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, ISfi, not in Journ. i^ot. 1897, o45. 



Ziower Guinea. German Sontli-west Africa : Anns Moniitains, near Wiiul- 

 liock, Biater, 1504! 



2. T. xnegalocarpum, A. W. Ilill in Keio Bulletin, 1910, .^>41. 

 Subshrub, 1 fc. or more high ; stems numerous, branched, woody and 

 covered with bark below, grooved and more or less quadrangular above, 

 glabrous ; branches erect, slender, grooved, leafy, 4-10 in. long. Leaves 

 about J in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, keeled, erect or slightly curved, 

 margins minutely serrulate. Inflorescences lax, terminating the leafy 

 branches. Flowers stipitate in the axils of bracts or on short pedicels 

 to which the bracts are adnate ; bracts longer than the flower, 4-5 lin. 

 long, linear-lanceolate, acute, sharply keeled, margins minutely serru- 

 late ; bracteoles 2, slightly shorter than the flowers, similar to the bracts. 

 Perianth IJ lin. long; lobes f lin. long, lanceolate, subacute, hooded, 

 apex and margins bearded. Filaments 1 lin. long; anthers J lin. long. 

 Style stout, J lin. long. Fruit globose-ovoid, 2-2|; lin. long, H-1 J lin. 

 broad, 10-ribbed, ribs and reticulations conspicuous; fruit-stalk swollen, 

 \h lin. long. 



Iiower Guinea. (icrman South-west Africa : Ilereroliuul ; Watorborprplaat, 

 Dinter, 585! Otavi, Binter, 726 I Grootfontcin, Binter, 912! 



3. T. radicans, Ilochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 235. 

 Herb, annual ? with elongated tap root and short prostrate stems. Stems 

 1-2 in. long, slightly hispid, much branched ; branches crowded with 

 leaves. Leaves narrowly elliptic, acute, 2J-3J lin. long, hispid, 

 minutely papillose along the margins. Flowers in axils of bracts on 

 short free peduncles ; bracts about equal in length to flowers ; bracteoles 

 J-1 lin. long. Perianth J lin. long; lobes about J lin. long, hooded 

 with a few apical hairs, elliptic-ovate, subacute. Anthers \ lin. long, 

 equal in length to filaments. Style \ lin. long. Fruit ovoid, J J lin. 

 long, 1-1 J lin. broad, smooth, ribs slight, reticulations not seen. — fingl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 200. 



wile Z.and. Eritrea: near Saganeiti, 7200 ft., Schireinftirfh 4* Rira, 795 J 

 Abyssinia : in meadows near the Maitra strenm, west of Dap^aber Cluirch, 10500 ft., 

 Sckimper, 168! Urahut Province, Schimper, 609! Intjatkab, Schimper, 1130. 



4. T. whyteanum, Rendle in Trans, Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. iv. 42. 

 Shrub, glabrous; branches slender, subfrect, 12 in. long, leafless below, 



