A Contribution to our knowledge of the Genus Agathosma, 419 
ciliatis mox glabris. Petala longe unguiculata, spatulata, toto 6,5 mm 
longa, glaberrima, limbis obovatis attenuatis. Stamina 5—6 mm longa, 
glabra; staminodia 3 mm longa, basin versus ampliata, pubescentia, su- 
perne sensim attenuata, petaloidea, glabra, margine involuta, glandula api- 
cali notata. Stylus filiformis, staminibus subaequilongus cum ovario glaber. 
Coast Region. Caledon Div.; on hills near Babylon's Tower, 240 m, 
Nov. 1893, Bolus, 9892! (Herb. Kew). 
Nearest to A. rubra Willd. from which it differs in the wholly gla- 
brous shoots, the flattened ventral leaf-surfaces, their recurved or hook- 
like apices, recurved margins, the glabrous and bracteolate pedicels and 
almost non-ciliate calyx-lobes. It does not look unlike a glabrous A. 
ambigua var. major. 
94. Agathosma Bunburyana Dümmer, nov. spec. 
Fruticulus circiter 0,4 m altus, gracilis, parciramosus, ramis ascen- 
dentibus subfastigiatis; ramuli 3—6 cm longi, primo parcipilosi, mox 
glabri atrocastaneique densifoliati. Folia acicularia, ascendentia falca- 
taque, incurva, obtusiuscula, in petiolum adpressum planiusculum 1 mm 
longum citrineum glabrum attenuata, 10—12 mm longa, 0,5—0,7 mm 
lata, coriacea, pallide ochraceo-viridia, mox glaberrima, supra anguste 
sulcata, subtus carinato-convexiuscula, conspicue impresso-glanduloso- 
punetata, margine integra.  Umbella capituliformis, 2—4-flora, foliis su- 
premis occulta; flores (sicco) rosei; pedicelli circiter 2 mm longi, cras- 
siusculi glabrique, bracteolati? Calyx pedicello subaequilongus, rigidus, 
utrinque glaber, segmentis acuminatis dorso valde carinatis margine 
crebre pectinato-ciliatis. Petala unguiculata, spatulata, toto circiter 4 mm 
longa, 1 mm lata, limbis glabris, apice triangulari paulo cucullata in- 
crassataque brunneo-colorata, ceterum pallide carnea, a medio cuneata, 
unguibus parcipilosis. Stamina 5 mm longa, filamentis medio parcipu- 
bescentibus; staminodia longe filiformia, 4 mm longa, . apice glandulosa, 
dimidio inferiore pilosa. Pistillum glabrum, stylo 5—6 mm longo atro- 
eastaneo, apice subcurvato. 
Coast Region. Albany Div.; hills near Grahamstown, May, 1838, 
Bunbury 92! (Herb. Brit. Mus.). 
The petals of this species are characteristic in their triangular 
apices being peculiarly thickened and brownish-colored, while the re- 
maining portions are much thinner and of a pale fleshy colour; the filiform 
staminodes are double the length of the calyx and in this respect sug- 
gest the plants alliance to A. adenocaulis Eckl. and Zeyh. from which 
however the ascending acicular falcate, wholly glabrous leaves, not sub- 
tended by a large gland, the fewer flowers hidden by the topmost leaves, 
shorter and glabrous pedicels, sparingly pubescent staminal filaments 
distinguish it. 
95. Agathosma melaleucoides Sonder, l. c., p. 431. 
Coast Region. Swellendam Div.; between Zuurbraak and Buffels- 
jagts River Drift, January, 4th 1815, Burchell, 7270! Caledon Div.; on 
hills near Caledon's Institution, Bowie, 14! 
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