404 R. A. Dümmer. 
Burchell’s specimen is flowerless, but the vegetative parts agree 
well with Sonder's description of the species. 
56. Agathosma lycopodioides Bartl. et Wendl. var. trichostyla Dümmer, 
nov, var. 
Flores albidi, perbreviter pedicellati, bracteolis oppositis binis anguste 
oblongis ciliatis 2 mm longis. Calyx 2—2,5 mm longus, segmentis 
oblongis vel obovato-oblongis obtusis dorso carinatis, margine pectinato- 
ciliatis. Petala longe unguiculata, toto 5—5,5 mm longa, lamina elliptica 
subacuta glabra, ungui patenter piloso. Stamina glaberrima; staminodia 
filiformia, staminum unguibus adnata(?), 3 mm longa, fere undique pa- 
tenter pilosa. Ovarium patenter pubescens, stylo filiformi 3 mm longo 
patenter piloso. - 
In its habit, disposition, form and size of the leaves the variety 
conforms to the description of the type, but is easily differentiated on 
dissection of the flowers by tne hairy style. The specimen was collec- 
ted, or perhaps purchased from Zeyher by Wallich in 1850, but parti- 
culars respecting the precise locality of collection are lacking; it is not 
improbable however that it emanates from Klipfontein, the area, where 
Zeyher collected his specimens constituting the type. The leaves 
of A. lycopodioides are described as tomentose dorsally, but the variety 
has thickly pubescent leaves. A specimen of Roxburgh (no. 39) which 
I take to be this uncommon species is preserved in the British Museum. 
57. Agathosma rubricaulis Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Fruticulus gracilis, parciramosus vel divaricato-ramosus, 0,4—1 m 
altus; rami teretes, leves rubridique; ramuli breves, flavescentes, creber- 
rime pubescentes, subimbricato-foliati, Folia perbreviter petiolata, ovata, 
apice subacuta paululo ineurvaque, basi rotundata, 2—3 mm longa, circiter 
2 mm lata, subcoriacea, pallide viridia, utrinque pubescentia, dorso 
costata, paulo convexiuseula, margine incurva punctato-parciglandulosa, 
apicem versus fere crenulata. Umbella capituliformis, parvula, 0,5—1 em 
diametro, floribus pallide (sicco) violaceis; pedicelli 1—2 mm longi, glabri, 
bracteolis oppositis basilaribus minutis. Calyx circiter 2 mm longus, 
glaber, segmentis linearibus glandula fere apicali notatis dorso earinatis 
inferne ciliolatis, Petala unguiculata, 3—3,5 mm longa, limbis lanceo- 
latis 0,7 mm latis basi attenuatis, unguibus inferne parcissime ciliatis. 
Stamina 4 mm longa, glaberrima; staminodia filiformia, 2,5—2,7 mm 
longa, apice conspicue glandulosa, inferne parcissime patenter pubes- 
centia. Stylus saepe abortivus, crasse filiformis, stamina vix excedens, 
patenter pubescens. 
The specimens constituting this species were collected by Wallich 
in 1850; they exhibit an unmistakable affinity to forms of A. imbricata 
Willd., yet the more robust habit, reddish twigs, gland-subtipped calyx- 
segments, lanceolate petal-limbs and hairy styles, are salients points of 
distinction. 
58. Agathosma imbricata Willdenow. 
Coast Region. Bredasdorp Div.; on hills near Elim, 90 m, Oct. 1894, 
