Becks.  ‘weomicee(@eds §- - OF 
3. B, intermedia (Schlecht ! Linn. 6, p. 188) ; smooth or somewhat 
hairy, leaves very short-petioled, spreading or recurved, linear-trigonal, 
rather tetragonal toward the apex, callous at the tip ; heads of flowers 
size of a nut, forming a corymb on the lateral branches. L. § Z./ No. 
1053. B. Wendlandiana, LE. & Z.! No, 1052. B. ericoides, E. & Z.! No. 
1054. Brunia paleacea Wendl. ! coll. t. 21. 
Mrs 8. Leaves erect, imbricate. Brunia alopecuroidea, E. § Z.1 No. 1067. non 
Has. Mountains, Duyvelsbosch, and in Langekloof near Puspasvalley, Swellen- 
dam, Van Staadensrivierberge, 2. § Z.! Zey. 2645. Georgetown, Dr. Pappe ; Howi- 
son’s Poort, H. Hutton. Var. 8, near Palmietrivier and Hanglipp, #.¢2Z./ Lowrypass, 
Drege, 6866, Dec., fruct. mat Aug. (Herb. Sond. D. Wendl.) 
Near B. lanuginosa, but more robust, the young branches a little hairy, not 
villous, the leaves thicker, (not longer) and spreading, often reflexed, the heads 3-4 
times larger and corymbose, the peduncles 1 inch long or longer, leafy, and the 
flowers somewhat larger. Bractew obovate, unguiculate, ustulate at top, at length 
incurved. Petals white, oblong, spathulate. Stamens 4 or 5, twice longer than 
the petals. Fruit 1 line long. 
4. B. lanuginosa (Brogn. |. c. p. 16, t. 1, f 1); branches fastigiate, . 
young ones villous ; leaves sessile, imbricate, erect or spreading, linear- 1» 4° = 
filiform, triquetrous, obtuse, apiculate, rather pilose ; heads of flowers et a 
the size of a pea, at the tops of the lateral branches, disposed in a fastigiate 
panicle. Brunia lanuginosa, Linn. spec. p. 288. Berg. Cap. p. 60. Pluk. 
phyt. t. 318, f. 4. Wendl. coll. t. 11. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 572. Sieb. fl. cap. 
exs. No, 56. Drege, No. 6860. Zeyher, 2642. 
Van. 8. longifolia; branches loose, leaves longer, spreading, incurved, ciliate- 
pilose. Brumia superba, Don. hort. cant. Willd.! spec. 1, p. 1143. 
Van. y. glabra; branches and leaves smooth. Brunia lanuginosa et comosa, Thunb.! 
dissert. p. 4 and §, fl. cap. p. 205. B. tenuifolia, Willd.! Denksch. Acad. Munchen, 
1808, p. 129, t. 5, f. 2. Berg. lanuginosa, E. § 2.1 No. 1050. Herb. Un. Itin. No. 140, 
Drege, Nos. 6857, 6858, 6861, 6895. ' Q eee 4 ‘ 
Has. Moist places in mountains near Capetown, in Hottentottsholland, Caledon, Ss wwsw ( “ | 
and Swellendam, Oct. (Herb. Thunb., Holm., Wendl., Willd., Hk., D., Sd.) i a 
A greyish shrub, 3 feet or more in height, branches virgate, very leafy. Leaves JI 
straight, sulcate above, 2-3 lines, in var. 8. 4-5 lines long. Heads about 3 lines in ¥ Z 
diameter ; peduncles 2-4 lines long, villous, scaly. Bractex spathulate, smooth, 
at top callous. Petals suberect, oblong-lanceolate. Anthers oblong. 
Van. y. reflexa; leaves oblong or ovate-lanceolate, reflexed, imbricate._ eee 
upper ovate. Burmann. Afr. t. 100, f. 1. Brun. abrotanoides, | 
Berg. formosa, E. § Z.! No. 1060. ; K : 
Var, e. parvifolia; leaves spreading, trigonal, small, 1 line lor 
Brunia deusta. Thunb.! diss. p. 4. Fl. cap. p. 205. Drege, 6863, b. 
