416 cxx. SANTALACE.*: (baker AND hill). [7'hesmm. 



leafy above, blanching near the top. Leaves of primary branches 

 channelled, 1 in. or more long, subterete, of secondary shorter, linear- 

 subulate, plano-convex. Flowers solitary, axillary or single or paired 

 on short branches ; bracts and bracteoles similar to leaves, bracts much 

 longer than the flowers, bracteoles about equal in length to the flowers. 

 Perianth 1 lin. long; lobes involute, hooded at apex with a tuft of 

 npical hairs continued about half-way down the margins. Anthers 

 glabrous, about J lin. long, inverted, hanging in the cavity of perianth. 

 Style I lin. long, with papillose swollen stigma. Fruit subglobose, 10- 

 ribbed, the alternate ribs less pronounced, connected by irregular reticu- 

 lations.— Engl, in Engl. Pfl. Oat-Afr. C. 168. 



Mozamb. Bistr. British Central Africa : Nyasalnnd ; Mount Mlanji, 6000- 

 8000 ft., Wliyie, 45 ! Adamson, 373 ! between Mpata »nd the commence lueut of the 

 Tanganyika plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte ! 



5. T. Welwitschii, Uiern in Welw. Cat. Afr. PL i. 938. Under- 

 shrub, perennifcil, glabrous or nearly so. Rhizome horizontal with 

 numerous erect stems; stems simple below, branched above, ribbed, 

 lingular. Leaves more or less pressed to stem, linear, acute or sub- 

 acute, lower 8 lin. long, decurrent. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal, 

 composed of small axillary cymes ; bracts leafy ; peduncles as long as 

 or longer than the bracts ; bracteoles shorter than the flowers. Perianth 

 urceolate, 1 J lin. long ; lobes 1 lin. long, angular-ovate^ subacute, 

 hooded, margins and apex with downwardly-directed hairs. Anthers 

 I lin. long, equal in length to the filaments, pendent with dense tuft 

 of attaching hairs. Style ^ lin. long. 



laO'wer Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in sandy wooded tliickets in the Humpata 

 Country, between Munipulla and Nene, Jfelivitsch, 6435! 



G. T. brevibarbatum, Pihjer in Engl. Jahrh. xl. 57. Rhizome 

 thick ; stems many, short, woody below, 4-4| in. high, much branched ; 

 branches short, erect or erect-spreading. Leaves linear-subulate, 3-5 

 lin. long, somewhat thick, apex acute, colourless, margin minutely 

 papillate Flowers collected towards the apices of the branches, simple 

 or in pairs in the axils of leafy bracts ; bracts 2 lin. long, not adnate to the 

 peduncles ; bracteoles leafy, longer than the flowers. Perianth cyathi- 

 form, 1 J lin. long ; lobes broad, oval, obtuse, J lin. long, apex thickened 

 and slightly incurved, with short densely-packed hairs on the margia 

 below the apex. Filaments short ; anthers J in. long. Style thick, 

 short, scarcely exceeding base of lobes in length, f-J lin. long. 



IVXozaxnb. Blstr. Rhodesia : grassy steppe near Unitali, 3900 ft., Enjler, 

 3176! 



7. T. Schweinfurthii, Engl Pfl. Ost-A/r. C. 1G8. Perennial 

 herb about 9 in. high, with numerous erect spreading stems, much 

 branched ; branches elongate, 4-angled and deeply grooved. Leaves 

 linear, acute or acuminate, with colourless apex, 5-10 lin. long, keeled. 

 Inflorescences short, with terminal flower; lateral flowers in the axil 

 of leafy bract; bracts 3J-7 lin. long, adnate to the short peduncles; 



