418 CXX. SANTALACEiE (bAKEH AND HILL). [ThesiuTU, 



long, with a tuft of thick hairs at the base of the hood. Filaments 

 •J- lin. long; anthers J lin. long. Style J lin. long. Fruit globose, | lin. 

 in diam., with main ribs and delicate reticulations. 



Mozamb. Dlstr. Portuguese East Africa : Lower Zambesi ; Kirk ! 



This differs from other species in the elongated apical hood to the perianth-lobes 

 with the thick hairs of the beard dependent from its base and in the minute anthers. 



11. T. goetzeanum, Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. xxx. 306. Subshrub. 

 Caudex small, thick; stems erect, 10-12 in. long, numerous, branched, 

 glaucous, longitudinally grooved. Leaves linear-lanceolate, apex carti- 

 laginous, 7 lin. long, margins minutely serrulate, upper leaves and 

 bracts 4-5 lin. long, strongly keeled. Bracts and bracteoles adnate to 

 the pedicels; bracteoles 2-2J lin. long. Perianth white, 1-2 lin. long; 

 lobes triangular, elongate, obtuse, |-1 lin. long, margin inflexed, with 

 a dense beard of long hairs at the apex and upper part of margins. 

 Anthers J lin. long, equal in length to the filaments. Style | lin. long. 

 Fruit ovoid, with thick prominent ribs, l|-2 lin. long, 1 J lin. broad. — 

 2\ Schiveinfurthii, var. laxum^ Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 168. 



Mozaxnb. Dlstr. German East Africa : on grey laterite near Fingano villages, 

 5500 ft., Goetze, 1379! Kilimanjaro; below Marangu, 3600 ft., VolJcens, 2160! 

 Steppe near Himo River, Volkens, 1745 ! near Njoro Lkatende, between Kiliman- 

 jaro and Meru, 4200 ft., Uhlig, 402\ Rliodc-sia: Mashonaland ; between Hartley 

 and Gazama, 5000 ft., Enffler, 3013! Matoppo Hills, 5000 ft., Ei/le,<f, 1146! 

 Salisbury, Marshall ! 



The specimens collected by Uhlig differ somewhat from the others in being more 

 dwarf with shorter bracts, which sometimes are slightly serrulate. The stems also 

 are sometimes covered with minute incrustations. 



12. T. Dinteri, A. W. Hill in Kpao Bulletin, 1910, 341. Subshrub, 

 1-2 ft. high ; stems numerous, erect, stout, branched ; branches ascend- 

 ing, sinuous, lax, 9 in.-l ft. long, angled and grooved. Leaves scattered, 

 2-6 lin. long, linear, with colourless acute tip, somewhat reflexed. 

 Inflorescences lax, few- flowered ; flowers borne in axils of bracts on 

 elongated pedicels 3-7 lin. long, partly adnate to the surface of the 

 bract; bract leafy, linear-lanceolate, acute, keeled, 3-4 lin. long; 

 bracteoles 2, IJ lin. long, shorter than the flowers. Perianth 1 J lin. 

 long, orange when dry; lobes f lin. long, lanceolate, obtuse, leathery, 

 with strong dorsal rib, hooded with an apical beard of long hairs. 

 Filaments J lin. long; anthers \ lin. long. Style J lin. long; stigma 

 capitate. Fruits not seen mature. 



JtO-wer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Hereroland, Okaruse Kalk, 

 DinUr, 641 ! Klein Huis, near Neitsar, Dinter, 784. 



13. T. angolense, Pilgerin Engl. Jahrh. xl. 58. Small subshrub; 

 stems numerous, erect, everywhere much branched, 6 in. high, striate ; 

 branches short, erect-spreading. Leaves spreading or very much so, 

 subulate, very acute, apex white, 5 lin. or less long. Flowers numerous, 

 Mngle in axils of bracts, 2 lin. long ; bracteolas 2, |-1 lin. long. 

 Perianth cyathiform, 1^ lin. long; lobes f lin. long, narrowly ovate, 



