RUTACE. XIII. Acaruosma. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Reem. et Schult. 5. p. 448. 
Spike-flowered Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
34 A.? corymbosa; leaves ovate-lanceolate, fleshy, entire. 
k. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Didsma corymbosa, 
Mont. in Act. Lund. 1, 2. no. 11. 
Corymbose Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
85 A. puncta‘ta; leaves orbicular, quite entire, 5-nerved, 
dotted beneath. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Diosma punctata, Lich. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 461. 
Dotted-leaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
36 A.? perrora‘ta; leaves lanceolate, acuminate, a little 
fringed, the dots on the margin pellucid, and somewhat per- 
forated; umbels terminal. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Didsma perforata, Lam. ill. 2. p. 82. 
Perforated Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 
37 A. myrsinites; leaves lanceolate, flat, fringed ; umbels 
terminal; peduncles smooth. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Diósma myrsinites, Lam. ill. 2 .p. 82.—Seba, 2. 
t. 96. f. 6.? 
Whortle-berry-like Agathosma. 
Bucco spicata. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
* * * Flowers terminal, subcapitate. 
38 A. sauammosa ; leaves closely imbricated, roundish-ovate, 
blunt, concave, smooth, minutely fringed, with tubercles or 
scales beneath. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Didsma squammésa, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 462. 
Flowers white. 
Scaly-leaved Agathosma. 
1 to 2 feet. 
39 A. vestita ; leaves closely imbricated, ovate, acuminated, 
keeled, fringed ; pedicels quite smooth. h.G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Búcco vestita, Licht. in Roem. et Schult. 
pt 5. p.447. Diósma vestìta, Spreng. syst. 1. p.787. Flowers 
ilac. 
Clothed Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
40 A. mprica‘ra (Willd. enum. p. 260.) leaves imbricate, 
crowded, ovate, acuminated, dotted, fringed; pedicels pubes- 
cent; calyxes smoothish; petals and stamens bearded on the 
Inside at the base. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Didsma imbricata, Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 145. Búcco imbricata, 
Wendl. coll. 1. t. 9. Hartogia imbricata, Lin. mant. 124. Petals 
pale-purple, with a roundish limb. 
Imbricate-leaved Agathosma. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1774. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
41 A. acumina‘ra (Willd. enum. p. 260.) leaves ovate, some- 
what cordate, long-acurninated, fringed, at length spreading ; 
peduncles villous ; calyxes smooth, glandular. kh. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Búcco acuminata, Wendl. coll. 1. 
t. 28. Flowers white or pale-blue. 
Acuminated-leaved Agathosma. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. . 
42 A. Lycopoproipes; leaves closely imbricate, ovate, cuspi- 
date, downy beneath; stem dichotomous; pedicels pubescent ; 
petals roundish. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Diósma lycopodioides, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. 5. p. 461. 
Flowers white ? 
Lycopodium-like Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
43 A. aricura`ra (Meyer in Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex 
Spreng.) leaves crowded, much spreading, and somewhat re- 
flexed, ovate, somewhat cordate, awned, revolute, quite smooth, 
without dots; segments of the calyx ovate, cuspidate. R- G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diósma apiculàta, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 787. Flowers white or lilac ? 
Pointed-leaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1818. Shrub 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1812. 
XIV. Macrosty is. 789 
44 A. RurE’scens ; leaves crowded, somewhat trigonal, awl- 
shaped, smooth, with thickened revolute margins ; pedicels and 
calyxes rufescent; segments of calyx linear-lanceolate. h.G. 
Native of the Cape of Good Hope. A. rùbrum, Willd. herb. 
Diosma ruféscens, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 787. Flowers lilac. 
Rufescent Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
45 A. HIRTA ; leaves somewhat imbricate, linear, awl-shaped, 
channelled, hairy on the back, decurrent; flowers densely capi- 
tate. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Didsma 
hirta, Lam. dict. 2. p- 286. Petals white, bearded at the claws. 
Hairy Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
46 A. optusa'Ta; leaves aggregate, rather trigonal, obtuse, 
short, dotted, scabrous, rather imbricated; flowers umbellate ; 
calyx scabrous, as well as the peduncles ; ovaries scabrous. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Búcco obtusata, Wendl. 
coll. 3. p. 7. t. 76. Roem. et Schult. 5. p. 444. Flowers pale- 
flesh-coloured. 
Obtuse-leaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. These beautiful heath-like shrubs thrive best in a 
mixture of sand and peat, with the addition of a little turfy loam ; 
and young cuttings will strike root freely in a pot of sand, under 
a bell-glass, without heat. 
XIV. MACRO’STYLIS (from j:axpoc, macros, Jong, and 
arvoc, stylos, a style ; style very long). Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. 
ex Andr. Juss. in mem. mus. 12. p. 476. t. 20. no. 20.—Didsma 
species of authors. 
Lin. syst. Pentdndria, Monogýnia. Calyx 5-parted. Disk 
adnate to the base of the calyx, with a free thickened margin. 
Petals 5, gradually tapering into a broad claw, which is bearded 
on the inside. Stamens 5, alternating with the petals, exserted ; 
anthers globose, each furnished with a minute gland at the apex. 
Style oblong, exserted, tapering to the top into a minute 3-lobed 
stigma. Capsule of 3 conniving carpels, tapering at the top into 
a compressed horn each.—Small shrubs, with scattered, rarely 
opposite, dotted, somewhat keeled leaves. Flowers reddish, 
sub-umbellately aggregate at the tops of the branches. Pedun- 
cles short or very short, with bracteas at their base. 
1 M. raxceora'ra (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng.) leaves 
crowded, lanceolate, erect, acutish, smooth ; flowers capitate. 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma barbata, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 783. Agathosma barbata, Spreng. pug. 1. p. 
20. Flowers white. 
Lanceolate-leaved Macrostylis. 
Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
2 M. parsi’cera (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng.) leaves 
opposite, cordate, stem clasping, acute, smooth ;_corymbs ter- 
minal, almost sessile. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good 
Hope. Diósma barbigera, Thunb. prod. 43. Lin. fil. suppl. 155. 
Flowers reddish, with a white beard. 
Beard-bearing Macrostylis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
3 M.? corpa'ta; leaves somewhat cordate, oblong, acute, 
fringed, recurved, imbricated. h. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Didsma cordata, Mart. hort. erl. enum. 67. Flowers 
white or reddish. . 
' “Corda leaved Macrostylis. Fl. April, July. Cit. 1823. Sh. 
1 to 2 feet. i 
4 M. oste'sa (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng. l. c.) leaves 
crowded, ovate, obtuse, much spreading, smooth ; flowers capi- 
tate. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma obtusa, 
Meyer ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 783. Flowers reddish. 
Obtuse-leaved Macrostylis. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
5 M. savarrosa (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng.) leaves 
scattered, ovate, obtuse, smoothish, squarrosely recurved. k. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma squarrosa, 
Wendl. Flowers reddish. 
Fl. April, July. Clt. 1810. 
