Brunia.]| BRUNIACE& (Sond.) 313 
drical, wrinkled, incurved, erect, imbricate, callous at the apex. Flowers axillary, 
approximate towards the tops of the branches, bent to one side, and calyculated at 
the base by short, scarious scales. Name in honor of J. A. Tittman, a botanist. 
1. T. laxa (Sond.); Brunia laxa Thunb.! fl. cap. p.206. T. lateriflora, 
Brogn. l. ¢. p. 30, Moesslera lateriflora, E. & Z./ 1086. 
Har. Rocky places near the Waterfall, Tulbagh, and near Kochmannskloof, Swel- 
lendam, E. ¢ Z.! Nieuwekloof, 2-3000! and Drakensteensberge, 4-5000! Drege 
Oct.—Dec. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) Fis. 
1-2 feet high, with the aspect of a Juniper. Branches virgate, filiform, glabrous. 
Leaves imbricate or erectly-spreading, 1 line long. Flowers about 1} line long, white. 
III. BRUNIA, Linn. 
Calyx adhering to the ovary. Petals ovate or spathulate. Ovary half- 
inferior, 2-celled, cells 1-2-seeded. Styles 2, diverging at the apex. Mrwit 
indehiscent, rarely septicidal-dehiscent ; 1-seeded from abortion. Brogn. 
lL. c. p. 16. Endl. Gen. No. 4597. 
Shrubs more or less branched, with the branches in whorls, erect or spreading. 
Leaves small, closely imbricate, and flowers capitate in Sect. L.; but in Sect. IT. the 
leaves are larger, often myrtle-like, spreading, and the flowers in panicles. Flowers 
furnished with 3 bractez each, or sometimes deficient of the two lateral ones. 
* Named in honour of Cornelius Brun, a botanical traveller. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES, 
_ Stamens exserted : 
<i _ lvs. subulate, trigonal, glabrous... ive ... (1) nodiflora. 
lvs. linear, convex beneath, subglabrous . ... (2) laevis. 
lvs. linear-lanceolate, convex beneath, hairy, villous- 
ciliate. ... eo ese a ies ... (3) macrocephala. 
Stamens enclosed : ‘ 
Calyx and ovary glabrous : 
Ivs. subcordate, pubescent on both sides ... ... (5) cordata. 
lvs. oblong-sublanceolate, glabrous (6) racemosa. 
lvs. lahesolats ehbolNe, Ean heads globose .- 3 virgata. — 
lvs. subulate-trigonal, glabrous, heads ovate-glo 11) alopecuroides, 
lvs. linear, obtuse, racemes linear ... we ... (4) pinifolia. 
Calyx and ovary villous : 
lvs. petiolate, lanceolate, flat, villous wy .. (7) Villosa. 
lvs. sessile, lanceolate, concave, glabrous above ... (8) squalida. 
lvs. petiolate, linear, trigonal, glabrous... ... (10) staavioides. 
Sect. I. Eu-brunia; calyx hairy, with spathulate segments. Petals somewhat 
spathulate, Stamens exserted, unequal. Ovary 2-celled, cells 2-seeded. Fruit crowned 
by the permanent calyx, stamens, and petals. (sp. 1-3). 
1. B. nodiflora (Linn. spec. p. 288) ; leaves lanceolate-subulate, trigo- 
nal, acute, smooth, incurved, closely imbricate ; heads of flowers globose, 
size of a cherry, on the top of the branches. Berg./ cap. p. 54+ Thunb. ! Be. 
fl. cap. p. 205. Brogn. l. ¢ p- 17, E. & Z.! No. 1062. Wendl. coll. t. 35. , ee 
Has. Dry, elevated places near Capetown, and in the districts of Caledon, Stellen- Quel old, - 
bosch, Swellendam, Worcester, and Uitenhage, April-Dec. (Herb. Hm. Th. Sd. &e.) ee a 
Shrub 2-3 feet high, much-branched, branches greyish-brown, smooth ; branchlets,, | 
often verticillate, leafy. Leaves on the branches 1 line long. Heads villous-tomen- i, 
tose. Bracteolx spathulate, villous. Calyx very villous, segments longer than 
tube. Petals bicristate at base, limb patent. Stamens unequal, 2 much 
tS 2. B, laevis (Thunb.! l. c. p. 204) ; leaves linear, 0) t 
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