Thesium.] cxx. santalacE/E (baker and hill). 417 



bracteoles 2, 2J-4 lin. long. Perianth J lin. long ; lobes deltoid, more 

 or less J lin. long, hooded with a few decurrent apical hairs. Anthers 

 about J-i lin. long. Style J lin. long. Fruit globose or globose- 

 ovoid, about 1 lin. in diam., with 5 main ribs and 5 intermediate 

 usually bifurcating shortly above the base, reticulation well marked. — 

 T. Schweinfurthii, Engl., var. djurense, Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 168, 

 partly. 



Nile Iiand. Jur : by the Molmul River, Schweinfurth, 1909 ! 



nXozamb. Blstr. British Centriil Africa : Nyasaland ; Zomba and vicinity, 

 2500-3500 ft., Whyte ! Mount Zomba, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! and without 

 precise locality, Buchanan, 1357 partly ! 



8. T. dissitum, N, E. Br. in Kew Bulletin, \'d{)'d, 137. Herb with 

 erect leafy stems, 6 in. high, glabrous, branched above; branches 

 short, erect. Leaves j-| in. long, narrowly linear, acute, keeled, 

 incurved, erect. Inflorescence terminal, short, few-flowered, composed 

 of 1-3-flowered cymes ; cymes pedunculate, with adnate bracts ; free 

 portion of bracts 4-5 lin. long ; bracteoles 2, 2 lin. long ; flowers ses.-^ile, 

 brownish-yellow. Perianth 1 lin. long ; lobes | lin. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute, slightly hooded with a small tuft of apical hairs. 

 Filaments i lin. long; anthers J lin. long. Style J lin. long. Fruit 

 not seen. 



Mozamb. Bistr. Bechuanaland : in the Kalahari desert near Mamunwe, 

 Lugard, 239 ! 



9. T. mukense, A, IF. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 180. Subshrub 

 1 6-20 in. high ; stems numerous, erect, stout, much-branched ; branches 

 ascending, 5-7 in. long, deeply grooved. Leaves numerous, caducous on 

 the older portions, f-lj in. long, linear, acute, more or less erect. In- 

 florescences few-flowered, forming short terminal racemes ; flowers borne 

 in axils of bracts with the peduncle partly adnate to the surface of the 

 bract ; bract leafy, 2-3 lin. long, longer than the flower ; biacteoles 2, 

 equal in length to or shorter than the flower. Perianth 1-1 J lin. long, 

 urceolate ; lobes j-| lin. long, ovate-deltoid, subacute, hooded and 

 with a dense tuft of hairs at the apex and upper part of margins. 

 Filaments about J lin. long ; anthers J lin. long, with a tuft of hairs 

 behind, slightly pendulous. Style J lin. long. Fruits not seen. 



Wile Z.and. British East Africa: Muka, Kdssner, 943! Ukamba, 5000-6000 

 ft., Scott- Elliot^ 6407 ! 



XVIozamb. DlBtr. British Central Africa: Nyasaland, ^wc^ana;?, 45 ! 



10. T. palliolatum, A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 187. 

 Herb 8 in. high, sparingly branched above ; stems deeply grooved, lax. 

 Leaves linear, strap-shaped or concave with distinct midrib, 4-6 lin. 

 long, acute. Flowers shortly pedicellate, arranged singly or in 3-flowered 

 cymes in the axils of leafy bracts, forming lax terminal inflorescences ; 

 bracts linear, concave, acute, 4 lin. long, adnate to the peduncle for 

 about J its length; bracteoles 2, Ij lin. long. Perianth Ij lin. long, 

 campanulate; lobes | lin. long, with elongated hooded apex about J lin. 



