34 RUBIACEZ (Sond.) | Rubia 
nate at base, linear, acute, subtriquetrous, margins and keel ciliated ; 
fruit obovately subglobose, glabrous. Linnea 6, p. 18. #. Z.! . 2317. 
Var. B. Tulbaghica ; branches virgate; fruit elliptic-oblong. 
Var. y. papillata; fruit small, subglobose, papillate. 
Has. Cape flats; var. 8. near Waterfall, Tulbagh. Nov.—Dec. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
Stem branched, 1-2 feet high ; young branches reddish, shining. Leaves flat 
above, keeled beneath, 3-6 lines long, 4-1 line broad. Stipules obtuse, not toothed. 
Fl. very small, axillary, subverticillate. Calyx 4-, rarely 5-toothed. Fruit 3- or 4- 
locular, variable in size, usually 2 lines long, subangular, in some specimens only 1 
line long, nearly globose ; in var. 8. 24 lines long, obsoletely angular, crowned by 
the short, acute or obtuse calycine limb. 
2. A. acerosa (Sond.) ; stem erect, much branched; branches terete, 
glabrous ; leaves opposite, linear, subtriquetrous, quite glabrous; fruit 
elliptical, glabrous. Nenax acerosa, EL. Z. 2319+ 
Has. Stony places near Tulbaghskloof, Worcester. Sept. #. Z. (Herb. Sd.) 
An erect greyish shrub, very different in habit from A. glabra. Ultimate branches 
very short. Leaves spreading, 2-3 lines long, 4 line broad, acute. Male flowers 
tetrandrous, exactly as in Anthospermum. Female flowers with long, hairy stigmas. 
Fruit 2 lines long, obsoletely angular, 4-locular, terminated by the nearly obsolete 
calyx-teeth. 
3. A. microphylla (Sond.); stem woody, with short, glabrous, at 
length subspinous branches ; leaves sessile, whorled, ovate-acute, sub- 
concave above, nerve-keeled beneath, glabrous; fruit globose, glabrous ; 
4-locular. 
Has. Rocky places; Sandriver, Zeyh. 769. Burke, 506. Jan. (Herb. Sd., D.) 
_ A dwarf, grey shrub, with numerous short branches. Leaves spreading, recurved, 
4-1 line long, fleshy, carinate or concave above, a little scabrous on the margins. 
Flowers very small, axillary, sessile. Stigmas very long, hairy. Fruit red, about 
1 line in diameter, 4-celled, 2 cells sterile. 
4. A. hirta (Cruse! Diss. p. 17, t.1,f2); stem woody, much-branched, 
densely hairy at top; leaves 3 ina whorl, linear, acute, subtriquetrous, 
margins and keel ciliated; fruit obovate or subglobose, tomentose, 3—4- 
locular. Linn. 6, p. 19. #. §& Z. 2318. 
Var. 8. macrocarpa (E. & Z. 1. c.); leaves longer and fruit larger. 
Has. Devil’s Mt. near Drieankerbay, Bergius; mts. near Capetown and near the 
cataract of Worcester, L. § Z.; var. B. on Breederiver, Mundt; Bosjesveld on the 
Doornriver, Drege. Sept.-Oct. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
Shrub about 1 foot high. Branches numerous from the base, with short branchlets 
at top. Leaves much aggregated in the axils of the verticils, 2-3 lines, in var. 8. 
3-5 lines long, equalling the internodes. Flowers 3-6, verticillate-spiked. Calyx 
4-5-toothed. Corolla funnel-shaped ; lobes ovate-lanceolate, Stamens exserted. 
Stigmas very long, hairy. Fruit 1-14 lines, in var. 6. 2-2} lines long, obsoletely 
angular, crowned by the acute, nearly glabrous calycine limb, 
Drege’s No. 7660, 7661, 7664, 7665 cannot be satisfactorily determined. No. 
1144, of which the ripe fruit is wanting, seems to be a very distinct species. 
XXIII. RUBIA, Linn. 
Calyx-tube ovyate-globose ; limb 4-toothed. Corolla 4-5-parted, ro- 
tate. Stamens 4-5, short. Styles 2, short. Fruit didymous, nearly 
globose, baceate, juicy. Zam. ill. t. 60. DU. prod. 4, p. 588. 
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