A. Contribution to our knowledge of the Genus Agathosma. 417 
mm lata, rigide coriacea, utrinque puberula, pallide viridia, supra pro- 
funde sulcata, subtus valde carinata, vix glanduloso-punctata, margine 
integra ciliolata. Umbella 8—12-flora, 1—1,8 cm diametro, floribus con- 
gestis albidis, pedicellis brevibus 1,5—2 mm longis puberulis suffultis; 
bracteolae basilares, binae, oppositae, lineari-lanceolatae, pedicellis sub- 
aequilongae vel iis breviores. Calyx 2.5 mm longus, extra puberulus, 
lobis anguste oblongis obtusis dorso valde carinatis apicem versus viri- 
' descentibus ciliolatis. Petala longe unguiculata, toto 4 mm longa, glabra, 
lamina elliptica obtusa 2 mm longa. Stamina 6 mm longa glabraque; 
staminodia cireiter 3 mm longa, lanceolata, apicem basinque versus gla- 
bra, medio ciliolata. Stylus 3,5 mm longus, inferne patenter parcipube- 
rulus, superne glaber, stigmate minutissimo. 
Coast Region. Clanwilliam Div.; Koude Berg, 1080 m, Aug. 1896, 
Sehlechter, 8760! (Herb. Kew). 
This species nearest ally is A. hispida Bartl. and Wendl., from which 
it is differentiated by the spreading relatively broader, thickely coriaceous 
(not succulent) oblong or oblanceolate shortly acuminate leaves, their 
deeply grooved upper surface and their distinctly carinate dorsal surface, 
destitute of any obvious glandular punctation, and the piligerous style. 
Drege’s specimens from the Paar} (no. 7099) gathered in April, 1811, 
were quoted by Sonder under A. hispida Bartl. and Wendl. but part of 
these have distinctly hairy-styled flowers, which necessitates the seve- 
rance from the typical species under the varietal name of hirtistyla 
Dümmer. Burchell’s specimens (no. 955) from the same locality may 
however be regarded as conspecific. 
91. Agathosma brevistrigillosa Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Fruticulus divaricato-ramosus, densifoliosus, ad 0,4 m altus; ramuli 
graciles, breves, ad 7 cm longi, teretiusculi, pubescentes, brunei, mox 
rubidi. Folia patulo vel patulo-incurvata, lineari-lanceolata, obtusiuscula, 
4—6 mm longa, 0,3—0,6 mm lata, subcoriacea, subscaberula, utrinque 
breviter strigillosa, supra complanata, subtus crasse costata, superne 
paulo gibbosa, bisulcata, margine incrassata, undululata recurvaque, 
strigilloso- ciliata; petioli 0,5 mm longi, ciliati. Umbella densiflora, 
hemisphaerica, 1—1,8 cm diametro, pedicellis 4—5 mm longis, parci- 
pilosulis mox glabris medio bibracteolatis cum calycibus rubidis, bracteolis 
minutissimis. Calyx circiter 2 mm longus, extra glaber, segmentis obtuse 
acuminatis apice piliferis dorso vix carinatis margine sparse ciliatis. 
Petala breviter unguiculata, toto 2,5 mm longa, 0,5 mm lata, glaberrima, 
alba, limbis longe obovatis vel oblongiusculis basi attenuatis. Stamina 
petalis vix longiora, glabra; staminodia lanceolata, apicem versus attenuata, 
glandula terminata, calycem subaequantia, medio parciciliolata. Stylus 
staminibus aequilongus, glaber. Carpella immatura parcibarbata, 
Coast Region. Caledon Div.; near Houw Hoek, 300—360 m, Jul. 
1885, Bolus, 9922! (Herb. Kew). 
In its dorsally bisulcate leaves, this species approximates to A, hispida 
Bartl. and Wendl., yet is distinguished by the flattened more speading 
Repertorium specierum novarum. XI. oT 
