﻿A][)tosimum.~\ sceophulaeiace^ (Hiern). 129 



sessile or subsesaile ; bracteoles linear; calyx 5-tootlied, glandular- 

 hairy both inside and out; lobes lanceolate, acuminate, distinctly 

 ciliate, -J— i in. long, ^V-tV in. broad ; corolla about f in. long ; tube 

 narrowed to the base from a height of \-\ in., dilated above 

 for about \ in.; anthers ciliate-hispid ; capsule pilose; seeds 

 tuberculate. 



Western Region ; Great Namaqualarid ; between Ausis and Khuuis, Sclienck, 

 59! 



Also in south-west tropical Africa. 



6. A. tragacanthoides (E. Meyer ex Benth. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 

 1882) ; a decumbent undershrub, under 1 ft. high, glabrous or 

 minutely puberulous, densely branched ; branches woody, spiny ; 

 branchlets rigid, leafy but less so than in A. dbietinum, spiny; 

 spines strong, tenacious, rather slender, acute, elastic, mostly |-1 in. 

 long, straight or nearly so ; leaves linear-spathulate, rigidly and 

 shortly cuspidate-apiculate or mucronate at the apex, attenuate to the 

 sessile base, ^-1^ in. long, -^^-^ in. broad ; midrib strong, prominent 

 beneath, often spinescent at the apex, sometimes excurreut below the 

 apex of the leaf; lower leaves often whitish beneath and passing 

 into the spines ; flowers not exceeding the leaves ; calyx about f in. 

 long ; lobes acuminate from an ovate or lanceolate base, puberulous 

 inside ; tube \ in. long ; corolla f-f in. long ; capsules depressedly 

 ovoid, i-i in. long, puberulous. Benth. in DC. Troclr. x. 346. 



Western Region : Great Namaqualand ; without precise locality, Schinz, 

 30! 47! Little Namaqualand; at Kunkunnuroub between Kook Fontein and 

 Holles^at River, 1000-2000 ft., Drege, 2442a! and without precise locality, 

 Wyley ! 



7. A. viseosum (Benth. in Bot. Reg. sub t. 1882) ; a closely or 

 densely branched undershrub ; stem thick, 2-6 in. high ; branches 

 short, glabrescent, woody, spiny ; branchlets subherbaceous, firm, 

 viscid -puberulous, densely leafy ; spines strong, tenacious, slender, 

 acute, elastic, f-li in. long, straiglit or nearly so ; leaves oblanceo- 

 late-spathulate, rigidly and shortly cuspidate-apiculate or mucronate 

 at the apex, attennate to the subsessile base, shortly glandular- 

 pubescent, viscid, 1-2 in. long, |~i in. broad, the younger ones 

 fasciculate with the flowers in the axils of older leaves ; midrib 

 strong, prominent beneath, often spinescent at the apex ; lower 

 leaves passing into the spines : calyx I in. long or rather more, 

 glandular-puberulous ; lobes deltoid, acute, \ in. long ; corolla 

 |-f in. long ; capsules depressedly ovoid, obcordate, I in. long, 

 densely puberulous above. Benth. in DO. Prodr. x. 345. 



Western Region : Great Namaqualand ; without precise locality, Schinz, 

 29 ! 37 ! Little Namaqualand ; on stony and rocky hiJls near Verleptpraui, by the 

 Orange River, below 1000 ft., Drege, 24426 ! 



8. A. lineare (Marloth & Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. x. 250) ; a low usually 

 stunted undershrub, a few inches or scarcely 9 in. higli, very densely 



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