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Hence the assignation of the preceding species of Sonder to Barosma, 
and the retransference of several units of Barosma (as alluded to else- 
where) to Agathosma. 
2. Agathosma hirta Bartl. and Wendl. 
Coast Region. Uitenhage Div.; Uitenhage, Zeyher, 687! Witte 
Klipp, 120 m. Jan. 1899, Bolus, 9113! Vanstaadensberg, 300 m, Dec. 
Macowan, 1035! 1067! Port Elizabeth Div.; between Krakakamma 
and upper part of Leadmine (Maitland) River, Jan. 1814, Burchell, 4587' 
Bolus and Wolley Dod state (Trans. Phil, Soc. S. Africa, XIV, III, 
246) that the species was found by Krauss on Table Mountain at 
2000 ft. elevation, but this is scarcely possible in view of the easterly 
distribution of this plant. 
3. Agathosma hirtoides Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Fruticulus e basi ramosus, (semper?) caulibus simplicibus ad 0,3 m 
altis conspicue pulvinatis foliis obtectis, superne ramulis brevibus flaves- 
centibus puberulis densifoliosis florentibus confertis. Folia adpressa vel 
ascendentia (raro patula), imbricata, lanceolata, obtuse acuminata, basi 
in petiolum perbrevem complanatum glabrum abrupte attenuata, 4,5— 
9 mm longa, 1—1,5 mm lata, tenuiter coriacea, utrinque glabra, griseo- 
viridia, supra late concava, nitentia, subcostata, subtus convexiuscula, 
costata, valde impresso-punctulata, primo ciliata, mox integra vel minute 
denticulata. Umbella hemisphaerica, densiflora, circiter 1,5 cm diametro, 
floribus sicco albidis, infimis in foliorum axillis positis; pedicelli inferne 
pareipilosi, mox glabri, bracteis flavescentibus foliis aequilongis; bracteolae 
vix oppositae, subulatae, ciliatae, circiter 1 mm longae. Calyx circiter 
2 mm longus, basi attenuatus, glaber, flavescens, lobis anguste oblongis 
obtusis dorso valde carinatis, margine hyalina ciliolata. Petala ungui- 
culata, spatulata, 3,5—4 mm longa, lamina oblongo-cuneata, ungui parci- 
piloso. Stamina 4 mm longa, glabra, filamentis albidis; staminodia lanceo- 
lata, 2 mm vix excedentia, glandula apicali notata, medio albo-pilosa. 
Stylus 3—4 mm longus, glaber. 
Coast Region.  Uitenhage Div.; Uitenhage, Zeyher, 689! 
(Herb. Kew). 
A. hirtoides bears a strong resemblance to A. hirta Bartl. and Wendl., 
from which however the mature glabrous leaves with their prominent 
dorsal puckerings, not bearded calyx-lobes, shorter petals and staminodes, 
and glabrous ovary afford characters of distinction. 
4. Agathosma leptosmermoides Sonder, 1. c., p. 405. (A. aristata Presl, 
Bot. Bemerk. 32 [1844]), nomen. 
Coast Region. Caledon Div.; mountains of Baviaans Kloof near 
Genadendal, Feb. 27th. 1815, Burchell, 7859! 
5. Agathosma Hookeri Sonder, Le, p. 406. 
Coast Region. Cape Div.; Simon's Bay, Alexander! Wright! 
Patrys Vley, 16th. Aug. 1896, Wolley Dod, 1503! 
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