A Contribution to our knowledge of the Genus Agathosma. 415 
ramosus; ramuli ascendentes, teretiusculi, atrobrunnei, puberuli. Folia 
.ascendentia, subimbricata, recta vel subfalcata, acicularia, ut videtur 
trigona, acute acuminata, 7—11 mm longa, supra profunde et acute sul- 
cata, subtus valde carinata, glandulis impressis inconspicius ornata, gla- 
berrima, margine integra, mox basi ciliata; petiolus 0,5—0,7 mm longus, 
pubescens. Umbella capituliformis, hemisphaerica, 1—1,3 cm diametro, 
pedicellis foliis supremis occultis; pedicelli 1—2 mm longi, glabri, inferne 
bracteolati, bracteolis geminis oppositis setiformibus circiter 1,5 mm longis 
ciliatis. Calyx 2,5—3 mm longus, extra glaber, lobis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis obtuse glandulosis, dorso apicem versus carinatis, margine pectinato- 
ciliatis. Petala longe unguiculata, graciliter angusta, 5—6 mm longa, 
glaberrima, limbis parvulis lanceolatis obtusis inferne sensim attenuatis 
ad 1 mm latis. Stamina petalis subaequilonga, glabra; staminodia fili- 
formia, 2,5—3;5 mm longa, inferne albo-villosa, superne paulo ampliata, 
glabra, glandula terminata. Pistilum glabrum, stylo crasse subulato 3 mm 
longo. 
Coast Region. Bathurst Div.; on grassy heights, Glenfilling, 300 m, 
January, Drége, 7097 partly! (Herb. Kew and Brit. Mus.). 
Judging from the description of A. lancifolia Eckl. and Zeyher, it is 
~closely allied to that species from which nevertheless the dwarf nature 
of the plant, its conspicuously puberulous twigs, not rough and hispidu- 
lous leaves, their basally pectinate-ciliate margins, differentiate it. Drège 
(no. 7097) includes two species, the one under consideration, and A. 
mixta, mihi. Whether the locality cited above refers to the former or 
the latter species, it is impossible to ascertain. 
87. Agathosma gnidiflora Diimmer, nov. spec. 
Fruticulus multiramosus, circiter 0,3 m altus; ramuli breves, 2—4 cm 
longi, patenter pubescentes, densifoliati. Folia ascendentia, subincurva, 
(interdum subfalcata), subimbricata, lineari-lanceolata, subobtusa, basi 
attenuata, 4—5 mm longa, subcoriacea, pallide viridia, supra profunde 
sulcata glabraque, dorso carinata, parce strigillosa, mox scaberula, margine 
integra vel apicem versus minute et irregulariter denticulata; petiolus 
pubescens, 0,3—0,5 mm longus. Umbella densiflora, hemisphaerica, circiter 
2 em diametro, pedicellis 4—5 mm longis puberulis superne bibracteo- 
latis, bracteolis oppositis minutis subulatis ciliolatis. Calyx circiter 2 mm 
longus, extra glaber, segmentis paulo incurvis anguste oblongis obtusis 
dorso convexiusculis vel carinato-convexis margine creberrime albo- 
ciliatis. Petala longe unguiculata, 4 mm longa, alba, lamina ovali glabra, 
ungui toto patenter parcipiloso. Stamina 6 mm longa, filamentis sparse 
pubescentibus; staminodia filiformia, 3 mm paulo excedentia, medio pa- 
tenter pilosa, ceterum glabra, apice recurva, glandula apicali notata, 
Pistillum glabrum, stylo staminibus saepe longiore piloso. 
Coast Region. Riversdale Div.; near Zoutemelks River (in a walk 
to the White Clay pit), Nov. 17, 1814, Burchell, 6670! (Herb. Kew). 
This species may perhaps be confounded with A. Joubertiana Sond., 
from which however the obtuse leaves with their rough scattered short 
