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Central Region. Clanwilliam Div.; Bidouw Berg, 1080 m, Aug. 1896, 
Schlechter, 8683! (Herb. Kew). 
This fine acquisition to the Agathosmas is a near ally of À. ade- 
nandriflora Schlechter (Englers Bot. Jahrb. XXVII, 160), but is immedia- 
tely distinguished by its xerophytic spinescent habit, the entirely glabrous 
leaves (not puberulous or pilose), the pubescent not pilose pedicels, and 
the relatively large flowers, which have moreover no indumentum on the 
calyx, except on the margins of the segments. The specimens were 
distributed under the name of A. craspedota E. Mey., erroneously spelt 
A. craspedota in the Flora, but are easily differentiated from that species 
by their habit, shorter ovate leaves, destitute of any glandular punctation 
on the dorsal surface, not recurved margins, and the larger flowers, 
which exhibit other taxonomic differences. 
43. Agathosma sessilipetala Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Frutex ad 0,7 m altus, saepe densiramosus foliosusque; rami inter- 
dum stricti, dense lateraliter ramosi, vel divaricato-ramosi; ramuli flo- 
rentes brevissimi vel ad 7 em longi, sordide brunei, molliter pubescentes, 
densifoliosi. ‘Folia ascendentia, subimbricata, demum patula, petiolata, 
oblonga, acuta vel calloso-obtusa, basi rotundata vel truncato-rotundata, 
4—7 mm longa, 2—3 mm lata, subcoriacea rigidaque, utrinque puberula, 
supra planiuseula, interdum convexiuscula, nitente atroviridia, subtus 
magis pallidiora, glanduloso-parcipunctata, costata, margine incrassata, 
paullulo recurva, integra. Umbella pauciflora (2—6-floraj, suvnemis- 
phaerica, 1—1,5 em diametro, floribus purpureis? pedicellis 2—4 mm 
longis ut calyce patenter puberulis bracteolatis, bracteolis basilaribus 
subulatis apice barbulatis 1,5 —2 mm longis ciliolatis. Calyx 2,5 —3 mm 
longus, segmentis fere complanatis oblongiusculis apice subrecurvis ob- 
tuse glanduloso-terminatis margine costaque ciliolatis, Petala sessilia, 
Jate obovato-subcuneata, 4 mm longa, 2 mm lata, mox glabra. Stamina 
petalis subaequilonga, glabra; staminodia parvula, crassiuseula, lanceo- 
lata, 1—1,3 mm longa, apice glandulosa, medio ciliolata. Pistillum 
glabrum, stylo crasse filiformi 4 mm longo. 
Locality unknown: Niven! Roxburgh 3! .(Herb. Brit. Mus.). 
Var. glabra, nov. var. 
Folia mox nisi petiolis undique glabra. 
Coast Region. George Div.; Barbiers Berg, Niven! (Herb. Brit. 
Mus.). 
The specimens comprising the species night be mistaken for À. ele- 
gans Cham., a species which should be transferred to the $ Barosmo- 
petalae by rights, but the broader ovate acute leaves with their prominent 
dorsal punctation, entire cartilaginous margins, very short thickish sta- 
minodes differentiate it. Sonder states that the petals of A. elegans are 
clawed, but this scarcely applies to the cotype at Kew. 
(Schluss folgt.) 
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Repertorium specierum novarum. XI. 
