296. ROSACEE (Harv.) [ Cliffortia. 
Has. Dutoitskloof, and between Bergvalei and Langevalei, Drege! (Herb, Sd., 
Hook., D.) 
) Very like C. Meyeriana, and perhaps merely an entire-leaved variety. Leaves 
} 1-14 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, mostly convolute, the upper ones, stipules and male 
ih flowers, often ferruginous, 
Has. Common in the Western districts, in moist places, among Restios ; also near 
Grahamstown, EF. § Z.! (Herb. Sd., D., Hk., Bth., &c.) 
A suffrutex with closely set and singularly grass-like leaves, which are 2-4 inches 
long or more, and 2-3 lines wide, on petioles varying from } inch to 2 inches long. 
The marginal cilia are very erect or appressed. The subulate points of the stipules 
are either squarrose or erect. 
: 9. C. odorata (Linn. f suppl. 431); variably villous, tomentose, or 
| glabrate ; leaves subsessile, cordate-ovate, obtuse, plaited, crenato-ser- 
rate, the serratures mucronate or aristate ; nerves prominent beneath. 
iq DC. 1. cp. 595. Thunb. ! Cap. 436. 
VAR. a. vera; leaves coriaceous, the younger villous or lanose, the old glabrate 
E. § Z.! 1724. Drege, 6827. 
VaR. B. hypoleuca ; leaves coriaceous, densely albo-tomentose beneath. C. hirsuta. 
E. & Z./ 1726, Drege! 6828. 
VaR. y. reticulata ; leaves membranaceous, cordate-ovate or subrotund, glabrate, 
mucronato-crenate. (. reticulata, E. § Zt t7zR, ‘ 
Has. a. Mountains round Capetown ; Hott. Hollandsberg, and near Cape Recief, 
Uit., EB. ¢ Z.! &e, Klapmuts, Stell. 8. Riv. Zonderende, Swell., E.§ Z.! Sir Lowry’s 
pass, Zey./ 2454. Gnadendal. Dre e/ y. Winterhoeksberg, Tulbagh £. § Z.! (Herb. 
1%. HE, Bik, Oo gay. ee ee 
eaves. In the common form (vera) the pubescence is sometimes very copious and 
sometimes scanty, but never persistent ; in B. the undersides of the leaves are white 
with short tomentum ; in other characters this is the same asa. Var. y. is more 
_ Slender and weak in with thinner leaves and larger crenatures; but its 
mostly glabrous ; leaves ae 
base, obtuse or acute, spi- eS 
DC. 1. ¢, 595. C. berberifolia, Lam. 
RS = (Herb. Hk., Bth., De; 8d.) 
Sera glossy brown (except in Y-), more or less flexuous. 
"y u.8ize and shape, but mostly narrowed to the base ; 
ex) the smaller half inch Jong, and 1-2 lines wide 
but scrap, may belong to this; but the lesves 
Kew. 3; P- 413) ; glabrous; leaves nar- 
