Repertorium specierum novarum 
regni vegetabilis 
aurtore 
No. 296/300 XI. Band 31. Dezember 1912 
LXX. A Contribution to our knowledge of the Genus 
Agathosma. 
By R. A. Dümmer, Kew. 
(Sehluss.) 
44. Agathosma Bowiei Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Fruticulus dense ramosissimus foliatusque, ramulis ascendentibus 
teretiusculis ad 7 cm longis fuscis puberulis foliis vestitis. Folia ascen- 
dentia, saepius imbrieata, petiolo complanato puberulo 0,7—1 mm longo 
suffulta; lamina breviter lateque elliptica vel orbicularis, rigide et acute 
apiculata, toto 2—3 mm longa, 2—3 mm lata, (apieulo 0,3—0,5 mm longo), 
coriacea, utrinque glabra, supra atroviridis, subnitida, subtus pallidior, 
glanduloso-punctata, costa vix prominula, margine impresso-glanduloso- 
punetata paulo incrassata basin versus inconspicue ciliolata. Umbella 
8—10-flora, 1—1,5 cm diametro, floribus albidis?; pedicelli 4—5 mm 
longi, albo-pilosuli, bracteis basilaribus oblongo-lanceolatis deciduis 1,5— 
2 mm longis membranaceis ciliolatisque. Calyx 3 mm longus, inferne 
albo-puberulus, segmentis saepe reflexis rigide acuminatis dorso carinatis 
verrucoso-glandulosis, margine pectinato-ciliolatis. Petala haud ungui- 
cu'ata, oblongo-elliptica, 3,7—4 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata, obtusa, utrinque 
glabra, vel inferne puberula, dorso verruculoso-glandulosa, inferne cilio- 
lata. Stamina 4—5 mm longa, glaberrima. Staminodia inconspicua, 
libera, incrassata, lanceolata, obtuse glandulosa, 1,5 mm longa, albo- 
ciliolata. Stylus subulatus, glaber. Carpella toto 7 mm longa, glabra, 
atrocastanea, transverse sculptata, cornubus patulis aut deflexis obtusis. 
Allied to A. mucronulata Sonder, but distinguished by the obviously 
petiolate, more ascending, not recurved flattered leaves, tipped by a short 
sharp erect, not recurved apiculus, their punctate glandular margins and 
the much longer whitish pilose pedicels. The specimen which are in 
the Bentham Herbarium. Kew, are not accompanied by any information 
relative of their collector or place of collection. Another specimen how- 
ever in the British Natural History Museum, gathered by Bo wie on the 
mountains of Swellendam is conspecific. 
45. Agathosma pubicalyx Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Species habitu À. recurvifoliae Sonder similis; ramuli ascendentes, ad 
5 cm longi, rigidi, teretes, creberrime puberuli, densifoliati. Folia ascen- 
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