Thesium.] cxx. sANTALACEiE (baker and hill). 425 



32. T. lineatum, Linn. f. Suppl. 1G2. Shrub about 4 ft. high; 

 steins stiff", erect, branching above ; branches somewhat spreading, stiff, 

 hard, deeply grooved with numerous ridges. Leaves linear, acute or 

 apiculate, keeled, \ 1 in. long, leathery, narrowing into a very short 

 hard persistent petiole. Flowers solitary, shortly pedicellate in the 

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

 urceolate, 1 J lin. long ; lobes J lin. long, triangular-ovate, hooded, 

 slightly fleshy. Filaments about J lin. long ; anthers \ lin. long. Style 

 J lin. long. Fruit ovoid, J in. long, 2 Tin. broad, with longitudinal 

 grooves and slight ribs. — E. Meyer in Dr6ge, Zwei Pfl. Documente, 

 226 ; Thunb. Diss. Thesium, 5, and Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 210 ; DC. Prodr. 

 xiv. 654, partly. T. ephedroides, A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 183. 



JtOvreT Guinea. German South-west Africa : Kubub Mountains, 5350 ft.. 

 Range, 65 ! HereroLind, Spitzkopje, Dinter, 64 ! 

 Also in Great Namaqualand and Soutli Africa. 



33. T. ussanguense, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. xxx. 305. Caudex 

 thick ; stems numerous, erect, 4|-6 in. long, acute-angled. Scale- 

 leaves numerous, covering the base of the branches, \-\ in. long; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, apex white, recurved^ edges pallid 

 and minutely ciliolate, \-\ in. long, numerous ; bracteoles similar to the 

 leaves, shorter than the flowers, \ in. long. Perianth white, J in. long ; 

 lobes \ in. long, equal in length to the tube, linear, obtuse, concave, 

 pilose on margins and inner side, covering the stamens. Filaments 

 1 lin. long ; anthers oblong, ^\ in. long. Style slender, nearly equal in 

 length to the perianth ; stigma capitate. 



XMCozazul). Slstr. German East Africa: Northern slopes of Lipanye, Kinga 

 (Livingstone) Range, 7200 ft., Goetze, 1264 ! Karagwe ; Weranyange, 5000 ft., Scott- 

 Elliot, 8149 ! Portuguese East Africa : Namuli, in Maliua Country, Last ! 



34. T. fenarium, A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 184. Herb 

 or subshrub, perennial (?) ; rhizome slender, horizontal, bearing numerous 

 erect stems; stems 8 in. to 1 ft. or more high, slender, wiry, much- 

 branched, deeply grooved. Leaves near the base ovate-lanceolate, sub- 

 acute, keeled, li-2J lin. long ; upper leaves linear, acute, midrib well 

 marked, keeled, 2| lin. long, spreading. Flowers sparsely produced 

 either singly or in cymes on axillary peduncles ; bracts like leaves, partly 

 adnate to the peduncles ; peduncles elongate, 2 J lin. or more long; 

 bracteoles about equal in length to the flower. Perianth Ij lin. long; 

 lobes J lin. long, ovate, subacute, with hairs at the margin near the base. 

 Anthers and filaments each J lin. long. Style | lin. long. Fruit ovoid, 

 1^ lin. long, with 5 prominent and 5 smaller intermediate ribs, reticu- 

 lations not conspicuous. 



Mozamb. Blstr. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Buchanan, 104 ! 1357, 

 partly ! Mount Sotchi, Scott-Mliot, 8541 ! 



35. T. cymosum, A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 183. Herb, 

 perennial, about 6 in. high, with horizontal underground rhizome ; stems 

 erect, few, simple below, branching above to form a compact more or less 



