FIGURE 1. Thesium ovatifolium. A in Thesium ovatifolium (Santalaceae), a new species with ovate leaves from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

FIGURE 1. Thesium ovatifolium. A. Grassland habitat at the type locality near Ngome, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. B. Suffrutescent, virgate habit. C. Alate stem. D. Ovate leaf with a prominent midrib and reticulate secondary venation. E. Rosulate arrangement of leaves in a young stem. F. Determinate racemose inflorescence. G. 4-flowered cyme on an inflorescence apex. H. Apical beard on the corolla lobes of a fresh flower. I. Cross-section of a rehydrated flower. J. 10-ribbed fresh fruit with an elaiosome at the base. Scale bar in I = 1 mm. Photographs taken of the holotype, Visser & Lombard 348, by M.M. le Roux (B–D, F–H, J), R.J. Lombard (A, E) and N. Lombard (I).