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Judging from the figure, the plant here described is very much 
like A. Owanii Harv. and Sond, Thes Cap. II, 42 t. 165 (1863) in general 
appearance, but is differentiated by the glabrous twigs, relatively shorter 
and broader flattened leaves not keeled dorsally, the glabrous pedicels, 
whitish flowers (at least in a dried state), much shorter calyx-lobes and 
petals, the latter with obovate or oval limbs. The petaloid staminodes 
however suggest its inclusion in the 8 Diplopetalum, where it occupies 
a position between A, filipetala Eckl. and Zeyh. and A. linifolia Lichst. 
The specimens representative of the type were in cultivation in the 
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1859, 
22. Agathosma mixta, Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Fructiculus ad 0,3 m altus, ramis verticillatis ascendentibus brunneis; 
ramuli ultimi validi, ad 7 cın longi, teretiusculi, puberuli, deinde glabri, 
brunei, densifoliati. Folia curvato- patula, petiolo complanato glabro 
adpresso 1 mm vix exeedente; lamina linearis, obtusa vel truneata, haud 
gibbosa, basin versus in petiolum attenuata, circiter 1 cm longa, vix 
1 mm lata, carnosula, trigona, dorso obtuse carinata punctataque, supra 
subeoncava, subnitida, pallide viridis, glaberrima. Umbella densiflora, 
2—2,5 cm diametro, hemisphaerica foliis subaequilonga. Pedicelli graciles, 
5— mm longi, glabri, bracteolae pedicelli medio positae, deciduae, binae, 
lanceolato-oblongae, 1,5—1,7 mm longae, margine pilosae. Calycis seg- 
menta oblongo-lanceolata, subaeuta, 2,5 mm longa, seariosa, extra carinata, 
glabra, glanduloso-punetata, intra glabrescentia, margine pectinato-ciliata. 
Petala unguiculata, 5,5 mm longa, ungui sparse villoso, lamina ovali sub- 
obtusa, 2,5 mm longa 1,5 mm lata, extra glabra, intra longitudinaliter 
albo-barbata; staminodia filiformia, staminibus subaequilonga vel breviora, 
apicem versus tortuosa, glandula orbiculari terminata, valde villosa. Sta- 
mina 6—7 mm longa, filamentis patenter pubescentibus. Stylus filifor- 
mis, glaber. A. gonaquensis Sonder in Harv. et Sond., Fl. Cap. I, p. 411, 
partim. 
Coast Region. Bathurst Div.: on grassy heights, Glenfilling, 300 m. 
January, Drège, 7097, partly (Herb. Kew)! 
Var. albaniensis Dümmer, nov. var, 
Folia circiter 7 mm longa, apice incrassata teretiuscula, primo longe 
laxeque strigillosa, mox glabra. Pedicelli ad 5 mm longi. 
Coast Region. Albany Div.: Grahamstown, in grassy places on 
mountains, 660 m, Nov., Mac Owan, 176! (Herb. Kew and Brit. Mus.). 
This specimen of Drege’s was included under A. gonaquensis Eckl. 
and Zeyh. by Sonder (Fl. Cap. I, p. 411), but is obviously distinct; it 
differs principally from that species by the spreading more or less cur- 
vate and longer leaves, their distinctly trigonous character (in cross 
section the leaves of A. gonaquensis are crescentic), and their obtuse or 
truncate, and not gibbous apices. The flowers are also borne on rela- 
tively longer pedicels, in consequence of which, the umbels are larger. 
The petals, which are a flesh colour in the dried state are correspon- 
dingly longer, and moreover their limbs are traversed by a line of whitish 
