A Contribution to our knowledge of the Genus Agathosma. 493 
cannot detect any salient differences in A. lactea Schlechter (Engler Bot. 
Jahrb., XX VII, 161) to warrant a separation from this species. Its claw- 
less petals however suggests its inclusion in the § Barosmopetalae. 
107. Agathosma glabrata Bartl. and Wendl. 
Coast Region. Cape Div.;j Blueberg, Niven‘) 19! on the sand- 
dunes near Rondebosch, 30 m, Sept. 1885, Bolus, 7003! Locality un- 
certain. — Oct. 1879, Bolus, 4719! Roadside near Doornhoogde, Oct. 3, 
1896, Wolley Dod, 1865! Vygeskraal Farm, Cape Flats, Nov. 3, 1897, 
Wolley Dod, 3408! 
Var, paradoxa Diimmer, nov. var. 
Pedicelli ut calyce patenter albo-pubescentes. Petala lilacina (fide 
Bolus), 
Coast Region. Malmesbury Div.; Hopefield, sandy places, 60 m, 
Sept. 1905, Bolus, 12638! (Herb. Kew and Brit. Mus.) 
108. Agathosma elata var. Niveni Sonder, l. c., p. 438. 
Coast Region. Clanwilliam Range; in Long Kloof, Cederbergen, 
480 m, Sept. 1878, Shaw, Herb. Bolus and Kew, 5607! 
Shaw’s specimen agrees with the brief description of Sonder. 
109. Agathosma multicaulis Diimmer, nov. spec. 
Fruticulus pusillus, 9 cm altus, e basi ramosus, caulibus numerosis 
confertis minute parcipuberulis imbricato-foliatis. Folia oblongiuscula, 
obtuse subgibbosa, basin versus in petiolum planiusculum perbrevem 
subattenuata, 5—6 mm longa, circiter 1—1,3 mm lata, coriacea, utrinque 
glabra, supra concava, levia nitentiaque, subtus inferne convexiuscula, 
superne carinata, rugulosa, obscure glanduloso-punctata, margine paullulo 
incrassata incurvaque, fere integra. Umbella 4—8-flora, hemisphaerica, 
circiter 1,5 cm diametro, floribus (sicco) albis; pedicelli 4—5 mm longi, 
patenter parcipuberuli, sparse verruculoso-glandulosi, inferne bibracteo- 
lati. Calyx 2—2,5 mm longus, glaber, segmentis lanceolatis obtuse in- 
curvatis dorso carinatis margine minutissime ciliolatis, Petala breviter 
unguiculata, spatulata, 4 mm longa, 1,5 mm lata, limbis lanceolato-ob- 
longiusculis glabris, unguibus pectinato-ciliatis. Stamina 4—5 mm longa, 
glaberrima; staminodia lineari-oblonga, obtusiuscula superne recurva, 
albida, 2,5—3 mm longa, inferne ciliata, ceterum glabra. Pistillum gla- 
brum, stylo crasse filiformi saepius staminibus aequilongo. 
Coast Region. Cape Peninsula; sandy hills near Cape Town, 
Niven! (Herb. Brit. Mus.) 
Superficially peculiarly like A. sedifolia Schlechtendal, but characte- 
rised by the relatively shorter wholly glabrous leaves invested with a 
dorsal subapical gibbosity, much smaller flowers, shorter sparingly pu- 
berulous and wartish-glandular pedicels, and different staminodes. Niven 
in the appended note to the specimen states, that the flowers are red, 
but in the dried state they are whitish. 
1) Niven states that the plant attains a height of 4 ft. 
