vt ee BRUNIACEAE (Sond.) [Berardia. 
1. L. alopecuroides (L. Mant. p. 216) ; leaves short, petiolate, imbri- 
cate or spreading a little, linear, obtuse, ustulate at top, flat or subcana- 
liculate above, nerve-keeled beneath, rowghish at the margins ; flowers a 
little longer than the leaves ; bractew ovate, acute; petals linear-oblong. 
Thunb.! Prod. p. 48. Swartz.! in Berl. Mag. 1810, p. 86,t. 4. DC. Prod. 
2, p. 45. Brogn. l. c. p. 27, t. 3, f: 3. L. cuspidata, E. § Z.! No. 1083, 
non Swartz. Ericece. No. 318, Herb. E. & Z. 
Has. Mountains on Krumrivier, Uitenhage ; Gouritzrivier in Kannaland, George, 
Stellenbosch, and Caledon, Thunb.! E. § Z./ Aug.—Dec. (Herb. Th. Hm. Vd. D.Sd.) 
About 2 feet high, Ultimate branches glabrous or hairy. Leaves 6-8 lines long, 
1 line wide ; petiole } line long. Flowers about 6 lines long. Bractex 4-6, cari- 
nate, 3 lines long, ciliate, longer than the calyx. Petals white. Stamens as long as 
the petals ; filaments linear, compressed. Ovary glabrous. Fruit about 2 lines long, 
2-seeded. Seeds shining, punctulate, 1 line long. 
2. L. cuspidata (Swartz.! 1. c. p. 284, t. 7, f. 1) ; leaves short, petio- 
late, spreading a little, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the 
apex, flat or subcanaliculate above, nerve-keeled beneath, smooth at the 
margins ; flowers as long as the leaves; bractez elliptical, equalling 
the calyx ; petals oblong. Diosma cuspidata, Thunb.! fl. Cap. p. 227. 
Has. South Africa, Masson in Herb. Thunberg, Niven in Herb. Sond. 
A foot or more in height. Petioles persistent. Leaves often recurved, 3—4 lines 
long. Flowers 3 lines long. Bractez 4-ciliolate. Calyx-teeth very short. Petals 
white, rather longer than the stamens. Distinguished from the preceding by the 
smaller svt and flowers, from the following by the more robust habit, twice longer, 
thinner leaves. 
3. L. thymifolia (Swartz.! 1. c. p. 86, t. 4) ; leaves very short, petiolate, 
imbricate-spreading, ovate-oblong, obtuse, ustulate at the top, flattish 
above, nerve-keeled and carinate beneath, rowghish at the margins ; 
flowers a little longer than the leaves; bractez elliptic, equalling the 
calyx ; petals oblong. Diosma deusta, Thunb.! Ll. ¢. p. 224. 
Has. Cape, Masson in Herb. Thunb.! § Swartz. ; mountains, Appelskraal near 
River Zonderende, EF. ¢ Z., Zey.! 2651. Sept. (Herb. Holm., Sond.) 
A dwarf shrub, much-branched, branchlets crowded. Leaves 14-2 lines long, 
# line wide, the upper ovate, about 1 line long. Spike about half an inch long. 
Bractee, calyx, and petals as in L. cuspidata. 
VI. BERARDIA, Brogn. (expte.) 
Calyx adhering to the ovary at the base, but free at the apex, 5-cleft. 
Petals 5, free or cohering into a tube at the base. Stamens 5 ; anther 
connective without an appendage at the top. Ovary 2-celled ; cells 
1-ovuled. Styles 2. Fruit bicoccous. Berardia and Raspalia, Brogn. 
lc. Brunve spec. Thunberg. 
Small shrubs, with erect, fastigiate branches, alternate, opposite or whorled, 
short branchlets. Leaves small, subulate or rhomboid, keeled, close-pressed, cover- 
ing the stem on every side, mostly spirally inserted. Heads of flowers solitary, at 
the tops of the branches. Ni; in honour of M, Berard, Professor of Chemistry 
at Montpelier. 
ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES. 
A. Petals cohering into a tube at base, at length free. 
lower bractea twice as long as the flower, segments 
of calyx villous ; anthers ovate ... (1) paleacea, 
