RUTACEÆ. XIII. AGATHOSMA. 
pressed to the ovaries. Petals 5, longer than the calyx, ungui- 
culate; claws long, narrow, usually hispid, with a broad, entire, 
spreading limb. Filaments 10, the 5 opposite the petals shorter 
than them, petal-like, hispid at the base, but dilated at the 
apex into a spatula, which is obscurely glandular-dotted, the 5 
alternate ones somewhat terete, usually unequal, bearing sub- 
globose anthers, each furnished with a minute globular gland 
at the apex. Style about the length of the stamens, tapering to 
the apex into a 2-3-lobed stigma. Fruit of 2 or 3 joined car- 
pels, each furnished with a horn at the apex on the outside.— 
Small, heath-like shrubs, with scattered, short, narrow leaves, 
usually with revolute edges, somewhat trigonal, sometimes flat, 
entire, or with glandular teeth, for the most part dotted. Flowers 
reddish or lilac, but usually white, aggregate at the tops of the 
branches in heads or umbels. Peduncles 1-flowered, furnished 
with scale-like bracteas at their base, and for the most part 
furnished with 2 alternate, bristle-like bracteas in the middle. 
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Floners terminal, subumbellate. 
* Leaves linear-trigonal. 
1 A. Bisu’tca; leaves scattered, trigonal, linear, erect, with an 
acute, recurved apex, hairy, keeled beneath from 4 rows of 
dots ; petals pilose. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Didsma bistilea, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 84. D. bifiirea, Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 1136. Leaves with a glandular point, and with 2 
furrows beneath. Flowers white. 
Two-furrowed-leaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
2 A. uisprpa (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. p. 16.) leaves crowded, 
linear, trigonal, blunt, spreading, hispid, keeled, and 2-furrowed 
beneath ; pedicels and calyxes pubescent; petals quite smooth. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma hispida, 
Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 129. Hartdgia Capénsis, Lin. spec. 288. 
Bacco hispida, Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 446. Flowers white. 
Hispid Agathosma. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub | ft. 
3 A. pa‘tuta; leaves somewhat linear-trigonal, blunt, quite 
smooth above, but rongh from furrows beneath; peduncles and 
calyxes pubescent. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Diosma patula, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 786. Flowers white. 
Spreading Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. o, 
4 A. rere cra (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Juss.) leaves imbri- 
cate, trigonal, blunt, dotted beneath, a little fringed; peduncles 
villous, short. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Diósma brevifòlia, Lam. dict. 2. p. 285. Búcco brevifòlia, 
Reem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 446. Flowers pale-violet. 
Erect Agathosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
5 A. REFLE'XA (Link. enum. 238.) leaves linear, acute, a little 
teflexed at the apex, with rows of glands on the margin and 
beneath; branches smooth. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Didsma refléxa, Lodd. cat. D.C. prod. 1. p. 
716. Flowers pale-violet ? 
Reflexed-leaved Agathosma. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. . 
6 A. renvissrma ; leaves scattered, erect, triquetrous, bluntish, 
smooth; peduncles elongated, and are as well as the petals 
quite smooth. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Didsma tenuissima, Lodd. in Link. enum. 1. p. 257. Flowers 
white. 
Slenderest Agathosma. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
l to 2 feet. . 
7 A. tnyoipes; leaves imbricate, linear-trigonal, smooth, 
blunt; branches in whorls; peduncles pubescent, aggregate, ter- 
minal. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma 
thyoides, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 462. Flowers 
lilac ? 
Cupressus-like Agathosma. Fl. Apr. Jul. Clt.? Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
A. virea‘’ra; shrub quite smooth, and much branched ; 
Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. 
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leaves trigonal, blunt, erect, very narrow; keeled beneath. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. DÐ. virgata, Lam. 
dict. 2. p. 286. Búcco Lamarkiana, Roem. et Schultz. svst. 5. 
p. 447. Flowers white. 
Twiggy Agathosma. Fl. Mar. Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
9 A. pARvirLOra; leaves scattered, linear-trigonal, mucro- 
nate, smooth, obsoletely dotted ; pedicels aggregate, pubescent. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diósma parvi- 
flora, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 462. Flowers 
small, white. 
Small-flowered Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
10 A. prunta‘pes; leaves scattered, linear-trigonal, awl- 
shaped, dotted, and a little fringed ; branches hairy ; peduncles 
fastigiate, elongated. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Didsma bruniades, Link. enum. 237. A. cuspidata, 
Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Juss. Flowers lilac or white. 
Brunia-like Agathosma. FI. April, June. Cit. 1820. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
11 A.? reretiFoLia; leaves linear, convex above, chan- 
nelled beneath, blunt, and are as well as the margins pubescent. 
hk. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma teretifolia, 
Link. enum. 1. p. 237. Flowers unknown. 
Terete-leaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
* * Leaves broader, flattish. 
12 A. Tuunsereoia na ; leaves imbricate, lanceolate, keeled, 
fringed, incurved at the apex ; peduncles hairy, aggregate, ter- 
minal. kh.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Didsma 
ciliata, Thunb. D. Thunbergiana, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 786. 
Flowers white? 
Thunberg’s Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
13 A. sirpa (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng.) leaves 
somewhat imbricate, linear-oblong, obtuse, fringed, keeled be- 
neath, dotted, smooth ; peduncles quite smooth, crowded ; petals 
deeply divided into 2 linear lobes. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Diósma bifida, Jacq. coll. 3. p. 278. t. 20. f. 1. 
Dichósma bífida, G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 85. Flowers 
white. l 
Bifid-petalled Agathosma. FI. April, Jul. Clt. ? Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 
14 A. xintroria (Licht. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 
448. sub. Búcco,) leaves rather linear, acute, roughish, fringed, 
full of pellucid dots ; peduncles quite smooth. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Didsma linifolia, Spreng. syst. 1. 
p. 786. Flowers white ? 
Flax-leaved Agathosma. 
1 to 2 feet. o 
15 A. sixrioipes (Nees, in Schlecht. Linnza. 5. p. 55.) erect ; 
branches densely leafy, pilose at the apex ; flowers rather um- 
bellate, terminal ; leaves elliptical, obtuse, coriaceous, with glan- 
dular, revolute margins; bracteas minute ; peduncles hairy, 
bractless ; calyx hairy at the base; petals obovate ; fertile sta- 
mens smooth, sterile ones petaloid and ciliated. h. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Blæria-like Agathosma. Shrub 1 foot. 
16 A. Mvu'xpti (Nees, in Schlecht. Linnea. 5. p. 56.) much 
branched ; branches slender, densely leafy ; flowers rather um- 
bellate, terminal ; leaves spreading, on short footstalks ; brac- 
teas minute, form of an involucre to the flower ; peduncles 
smooth, filiform, naked ; sepals ovate, bluntish, smooth and 
finely ciliated ; petals oblong, obtuse, with the claws pubescent ; 
fertile stamens smooth, sterile ones narrow, petaloid, and ciliated. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Mundt’s Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
17 A. prorirera (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Juss. 1. c.) 
leaves spreading, lanceolate, cuspidate, keeled ; keel and edges 
fringed, dotted ; branches whorled, proliferous ; pedicels some- 
5u 2 
Fl. April, June. Clt. 1823, Shrub 
