2^hesium,] cxx. santalace^ (baker and hill). 427 



j-4 in. long. Leaves distant, ovate-lanceolate, acute or subacute, subu- 

 late, acute or acuminate, 1 lin. to J lin. long, hairy on back. Flowers 

 terminal on naked axillary peduncles, flowering branches often borne in 

 the axils of bracteoles ; bracteoles forming an involucre, ovate, acuminate, 

 hairy, about J lin. long. Perianth | lin. long ; lobes | lin. long, linear, 

 subacute, edges infolded, hairy on the outside. Anthers about ^ lin. 

 long. Style about J lin. long. Fruit globose, hairy, J lin. in diam., 

 with well-marked ribs and intermediate reticulations. 

 irortb Central. Eastern Chari : Ndelli, Chevalier, 7672 ! 



39. T. fastigiatum, A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1910, 183. 

 Perennial ; rootstock thick, woody, bearing numerous erect stems about 

 1 ft. high, grooved, densely clothed with more or less erect branches; 

 stems and branches minutely puberulous ; branches IJ- 2 in. long, one 

 or two in the leaf -axils. Stem-leaves ovate or elliptic-lanceolate, apicu- 

 late, 2 J lin. long or less, leaves of branches subulate, acute, or acuminate, 

 about I lin. long, minutely puberulous on the back and margins or sub- 

 glabrous. Flowers terminal or subterminal on the axillary branches, 

 with an involucre of subulate bracteoles. Perianth 1 J lin. long ; lobes 

 f lin. long, linear-lanceolate, hooded, with infolded margins, glabrous. 

 Anthers f lin. long. Style | lin. long. Fruit ovoid, about 1 lin. long, 

 with 5 prominent main ribs, intermediate less detinite, reticulation well 

 marked. 



Mozamb. Blstr. Portuguese East Africa : on a ridge at the back of Mendwe 

 Chujala-Yrtla, Johnson, 316 ! 



The roots are said by Archdeacon W. P. Johnson to be used for fish traps. 



40. T. strigulosum, Welw. ex Hiem in Cat. Afr. PL Welw. i. 936. 

 A perennial herb, covered with short rigid hairs ; stems prostrate or 

 ascending, setulose-hirsute, 6-12 in. long, wiry, branching mainly below ; 

 branches slender, elongate. Leaves subulate, acute, |-1 lin. long. 

 Flowers arranged in long terminal spikes, nearly sessile in the axils of 

 bracts ; bracts shorter than the flowers ; bracteoles subulate, acuminate, 

 forming an involucre. Perianth about 1 lin. long, yellowish ; lobes J lin. 

 long, deltoid, ovate, puberulous outside, glabrous within. Stamens with 

 very short filaments; anthers J lin. long. Style J lin. long. Fruit 

 globose, immature, setulose, with well-marked ribs. 



IiO-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo ; in rocky thickets near Condo, 

 Welwitsch, 6432 ! Loanda ; Kiiimbelln, on the left bank of the Quanza River near 

 Kitush, Gossweiler, 1113 ! 



41. T. fuscum, A. W. Hill in Kew Bulletin, 1 910, 185. Subshrub ; 

 rootstock unknown ; stem erect, much branched above, about 1 ft. high, 

 minutely pilose, reddish brown, round in section ; branches slightly 

 grooved. Leaves subulate, acute, £-1 lin. long, minutely pilose on the 

 back. Flowers borne on short branched compact axillary branches, 

 covered with pilose imbricating broadly ovate acuminate bracts and 

 bracteoles, 1 lin. long, Perianth IJ lin. long, hairy outside; lobes J 

 lin. long, elliptic-ovate, hcoded, glabrous, margins inflexed. Anthers 



