Anthospermum.| | RUBIACEH (Sond.) 29 
spathulatum? E. M.in Herb. Drege. Herb. Un. Ttin, 12, 14,27, 191. Zey. 
2718,2719. Drege, 9548. Stieber, Fl. Cap. 88. A. ciliare, a. et B. fem. (non 
mascul, ) et y. mas, Herb. Thunb. 
Var, B. papillatum ; fruit densely papillate, at length glabrous or nearly so. 
Van. y. glabrifolium ; leaves subglabrous, without cilia, or scabrous on margins. 
Has. Stony places, plains and mountains, common; var. 8. Simon’s Bay and 
Rietvalley. May-Sept. (Herb. Thunb., D., Sd.) 
Stem 4-10 inches, much branched, procumbent, rarely erect. Leaves 3-4 lines 
long, aggregated, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate (var. latifolium, E. Z.), in other 
specimens linear-lanceolate (var. angustifolium et scabrum, E. Z.), glabrous and 
shining above, pale or rusty beneath. Corolla a little hairy outside ; the 4 lobes 
longer than the tube. Stigmas very long, hairy. Fruit } line long and broad, brown. 
5. A. hispidulum (E. Mey.) ; stem procumbent, as well as the short 
branches and leaves clothed with spreading white hairs; leaves opposite, 
longer than the internodes, spreading, lanceolate, acute, with revolute 
margins ; flowers solitary, tetrandrous ; fruit eblong-cylindrical; meri- 
carps convex outside, hairy, crowned by the subulate calyx-teeth. 
Has. Rocky places, Omsamwabo to Omsamcaba. May. Drege, Natal; Gerr. 
§ M‘K. 1361, (Herb. D., Sd.) 
A low shrub, with greyish stem and branches, glabrous at the base. Leaves 4-6 
lines long, 1 line broad, hispidulous. Stipule subulate. Fl. very small. Stigmas very 
long, hairy. Fruit: 1 line long, nearly cylindrical, as long as the ciliate bracts. 
6. A. Burkei (Sond.); stem erect; branches Iong, hirsute ; leaves 
opposite, shorter than the internodes, erect-incurved, lanceolate, acute, 
with revolute margins, densely clothed with short hairs; flowers aggre- 
gate, tetrandrous; fruit oblong; mericarps convex outside, pubescent, 
crowned by the minute, acute, calyx-teeth. 
Has. Magalisberg, June, Burke ¢ Zeyh. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
Primary branches 1—2 feet long ; ultimate branchlets very short. Internodes about 
34 inch. Leaves with many smaller axillary leaves or short branchlets, 2-3 lines long, 
pointed. Flowers very small. Fruit scarcely 1 line long; the calycine lobes much 
shorter than in A. hispidudum, to which it is closely allied by the leaves and flowers, 
but not in habit. 
7. A. Bergianum (Cruse! Diss. p. 8); stem erect; branches clothed 
with whitish pubescence; leaves 3 in a whorl, connately perfoliate, 
imbricated, linear-lanceolate, ciliated; flowers pentandrous ; subverticil- 
late, spiked ; fruit obovate; mericarps convex outside, glabrous, minutely 
punctate. Linn. 6, p. 7, H. Z.! 2306. Drege, 7668. 
Has. Cape flats, common. July-Aug. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
A very leafy, more or less branched shrub, about 1 foot high. Leaves longer than 
the internodes, densely imbricated, pale green, the margins and keel ciliated with 
white hairs, 3-5 lines long, acute. Flowers in 3-flowered whorls. Male and female 
flowers 5-parted, with short tube. Stigmas long. Fruit 1 line long. 
8. A. Dregei (Sond.); stem erect; branches spreading, minutely 
downy; leaves opposite, elliptic, ovate or oblong, mucronulate, glabrous, 
when young minutely downy, rusty beneath, with slightly recurved 
margins ; flowers tetrandrous, solitary ;, fruit (when young) obovate; 
mericarps glabrous, punctulate. sii : 
Has, Betw. Koussie and Zilverfontein, 2000 ft, Aug. Drege, 3016. (Hb, Sd., D.) 
