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PENTAND. MONOG. 482. Thefium. 4 ” 
tea-va altf mate, fubfeffile, ovate, hoary underneath : JUpuhs on- 
pofitf , lanceolate : /pikes terminal : ftnuen white ; fruit whit 
dotted with red, fizeof an olive, eatable. 
482. THESTIJM. Calyx i-!eafed, bearing the fta- 
minsit coTol Oi i> inferior, covered with % 
bark. 
Spike branched: braaesin threes; leaves linear-lanceolate: 
tube of the calyx very Ihort. 
Chalk foil. Eng. Bet. t. 247. Merit. fS. J5. /. i./. 3 - 
Racetne leafy : loaves linear: tube of the calyx long. 
A'lps. Ger.prov. 422. tab. X"]./. I. 
Leaves linear, fomewhat flelhy: flowersaxillary, felfilc, 
5-cleft. 
Tunis. Vahl. fnA 3 ' P' kVilU. 1.^.1212. 
Tube of the calyx very Ihort : /etds wrinkled. 
Leaves linear: ftem round, angular, without leaves on the 
lower part: branches crea, divaricate: flowers axilla- 
ry, peduncled. 
The Cape. Leanits remoLe : branches flriatc. 
Leaves Hnear-fubulate, recurved ; flem round : flowers ax» 
illary, feflile. 
The Cape. Leaves reflefted. 
Flowers fomewhat fpiked, _ pointing onC way, ciliate- 
woolly: leaves fubulate. 
The Cape. Spike terminal : Jlonxers rcflile, alternate. 
Flowers fpiked : calyxes ciliaie ; ftem fufFruticofe: leaves 
fubulate, very Ihort. 
The Cape. Leaves alternate, remote : /pikes terminal. 
Flowers fpiked, fmooth : leaves fubulate, very ftiort and 
remote. 
The Cape. Stem proliferous, ftiff : leaves very minute. 
Flowers in feflile terminal heads: leaves 3-fided, fmooth: 
braftes ovate. 
Africa, leaves fubulate, mucronate, alternate, fmall. 
Flowers in umbels : leaves linear, decurrent. 
The Cape. Stem angular: umbels compound, involucred, 
Flowers in umbels ; leaves oblong. 
Virginia. Pluk. mant. if^. t.e^tfZ. /.x. Centaurium- 
Leaves alcernite, very entire : umbellets raceraed. 
3 F 2 
fragile. 
