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longus, extra glaber, segmentis lanceolatis acute acuminatis apice pili- 
feris dorso apicem versus carinatis margine inferne parciciliatis. Petala 
longe unguieulata, 3,5 —4 mm longa, alba, glaberrima, limbis oblongius- 
culis. Stamina petala paulo excedentia, glabra; staminodia filiforme 
lanceolata, cireiter 3 mm longa, apice subrecurva vix glandulosa, medio 
parcipubescentia. Pistillum glabrum, stylo crasso 2—5 mm longo. 
Undoubtedly a close ally of A. cuspidata Bartl. and Wendl., but 
differentiated by its dark ruby-red pedicels and calyces, the acutely acu- 
minate calyx-lobes ciliate towards their bases, the shorter petals 
and staminodes. The specimens upon which the description is based, 
have all been derived from Gardens, five from the Liverpool Botanic 
Gardens, and two from the Jardin du Luxembourg, June, 1823 (Herb. Gay). 
Var. spontanea. 
Habitus humilior, dense divaricato-ramosus, ramulis brevibus con- 
fertis; ramuli florentes saepe corymbosim dispositi. Folia glabriora, 
Calyx 2,5—2,7 mm longus, basi albo-puberulus, segmentis obtusis haud 
apice piliferis, staminodia dimidio inferiore parcipuberula. 
Coast Region. Piquetberg Div.; on the slopes of the Piquetberg 
near Goedverwacht, 540 m, Oct. 1895, Bolus, 8423! (Herb. Kew) 
101. Agathosma capensis Dümmer, nov. comb. 
A, erecta Bartl. and Wendl. 
Hartogia capensis Linn. Syst., 939 (1759). 
Coast Region. Cape Div.; Cape Flats, Dec., Ecklon and Zeyher, 
913! Behind Camp’s Bay, 60 m, June, 1884, Macowan, 554! 
Var. brevifolia (Bartl. and Wendl.) Diimmer. 
A. erecta var, brevifolia Bartl. and Wendl. 
Coast Region. Stellenbosch Div.; near Gordon’s Bay, False Bay, 
Sept. 1902, Bolus, 9932! 
Var. thuyoides Dümmer, nov. comb. (A. erecta var. y. Sonder, 
l. c., p. 434). 
Linne's specimen of Hartogia capensis is identical with A. erecta Bartl. 
and Wendl. and not A. hispida. 
102, Agathosma chortophila Eckl. and Zeyher. : 
Coast Region. Paarl Div.; 900 m, 21. Nov. 1896, Schlechter, 
9328! Riversdale Div.; near Zoutemelks River (in a walk to the White 
Clay pit), Nov. 17, 1814, Burchell, 6666? Uniondale Div.; Long Kloof, 
on a rocky hill near Haarlem, March, 14, 1814, Burchell, 5023? (the 
two latter specimens are flowerless). 
Var. blaerioides Dümmer, nov. comb. (Var. b. Sonder, l. c., p. 435.) 
A. blaerioides Ecklon and Zeyher, Enum. Pl. 112 (1835), in part (not 
Schlechtendal). 
Coast Region. Uitenhage Div.; stony places, Zondagsvlakte, 
Ecklon and Zeyher, 876 partly! Paarl Div.; between Villiersdorp and 
French Hoek, 630 m, Nov. 1879, Bolus, 5140 partly! Tulbagh Div.; near 
the Waterfall, Tulbagh, 420 m, Oct. 1882, Bolus, 5315! Worcester 
Div.; Bains Kloof, 1050 m, 12. Nov. 1896, Schlechter, 9128! 
Agathosma blaerioides Ecklon and Zeyher is quoted as a synonym 
