Ambraria. | RUBIACEH (Sond.) 33 
tubular, 5-toothed. Stamens 5. Style none.—Anthospermi spec. auct. 
Small shrubs. Stems branched. Leaves opposite, linear or lanceolate. Stipules 
adhering to the petioles at the base. Flowers axillary, solitary, bracteated.—Name 
from xapmos, fruit, and akwxy, a point, in allusion to the fruit being terminated by 
the calycine point. 
Calyx-lobes equal, subulate. Fr. 2-seeded. Lvs. linear ...... (1) scabra. 
Cal.-lobes uneq., 1 much longer. Fr. 1-seeded. Lys. lanceolate (2) spermacocea. 
1. C. scabra (Sond.); stems much branched, branches minutely 
downy at top; leaves opposite, linear, subtrigonal, acuminated, scabrous 
on the margins and keel; flowers axillary, sessile; fruit crowned by 
the subulate, calycine limb. Anthospermum scabrum. Thunb.! Fl. Cap. 
158. Cruse! diss.p.14. H. Z./ n. 2313. 
Has, Mountains near Capetown, Thunbd., Bergius ; Middelenfontain, Mundt and 
Maire; Hott.-holld. and Van Stadensbg., EZ. ¢ Z. July—-Sept. (Hb. Th., Sd., D.) 
Stem very short; branches slender, erect, 1 foot high. Leaves 3-1 inch long, 
narrow-linear, with a cartilaginous point, ciliolato-scabrous on the margins, aggre- 
gate at the top of the branches. Calyx-lobes acuminate, nearly 2 lines long. Lobes 
of corolla 3-4 times longer than the short tube. Fruit quite glabrous, cuneate, 
about 1 line long and broad, sub-compressed ; the calyx-lobes spreading, longer than 
the fruit. Seeds obovate, rugose. 
2. C. spermacocea (Sond.); stem herbaceous, flexuous, branched, 
glabrous, but minutely downy at the apex; leaves opposite, lanceolate, 
with scabrous margins; stipules entire; flowers axillary, solitary, pedi- 
cellate, glabrous; fruit crowned by the calycine limb. Anthospermum 
spermacoceum, Reichb. in Spreng. syst. 4, p. 338. Cruse! Linn. 6, p. 17. 
EH. Z. . 2312. A. foetidum, Eckl. in Herb. Un. itin. n. 30. Lagotis 
spermacocea, E. Meyer. 
Has. Cape flats ; Table and Devil’s Mts. ; near Zwellendam, and in Caledon, £. Z. ; 
Dutoitskloof, Drege. Simon’s Bay, C. Wright, 487. Sept.-Oct. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Habit of Anthosp. lanceolatum. Stem 1 or more feet high, erect or decumbent, 
rather angular. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, with incurved point, paler 
beneath. Stipules pilose, cleft into bristles. Peduncles 3-6 lines long. Calyx 1 
line long, nearly cylindrical; one of the lobes nearly 3-4 times longer than the 
others, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Tube of corolla short; lobes lanceolate. 
Fruit conical or subcylindrical, 2-celled, but 1 cell always abortive, minute. 
XXIL AMBRARIA, Cruse. 
Flowers dicecious, exactly as in Anthospermum. Capsule indehiscent, 
pseudo-3-locular, the intermediate cell vacant, the lateral ones 1-seeded, 
or 4-locular ; 2 of the cells fertile, 1-seeded. Cruse dissert. Rub. Cap. 
p.16,t.1,£3&4. Nenax,Gertn. de fruct. et sem. pl. 1, p. 165, t. Xxxii. f.7, 
Small shrubs, with linear leaves and axillary flowers.—Name derived from Cape 
Ambra? in Madagascar. 
Fruit glabrous. 
Leaves linear, ciliate, ternately verticillate .. : (1) glabra. 
Leaves linear, glabrous, opposite ... 0... +. ++. +++ =» (2) acerosa, 
Leaves (minute) ovate, acute, glabrous, verticillate ... ... (3) microphylla. 
Fruit tomentose 23.0 ase eee eee se Ct. «=(4) Hirt 
1. A. glabra (Cruse! 1 c. p. 17, t. 1, f. 3) ; stem ascending or sub- 
erect ; branches quadrangular, glabrous; leaves 6-12 in a whorl, con- 
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