wo - BRUNIACEA (Sond.) [Berardia. 
: ; 
than the spathulate, smooth petals. Brunia macrocephata, H. Meyer. 
non Willd. 
Has. Dutoitskloof, 3-4000f., Drege. Oct.—Jan. (Herb. D. Sd.) 
_ Arrobust shrub, resembling Brunia levis, Thunb. ; distinguished from the pre- 
ceding by the silky pubescence, larger heads, &c. Leaves multifarious-imbricate, 
somewhat larger than in B. levis, :4-2 lines long. Flowering heads about an inch 
in diameter. Flowers 3 lines long. Bracteole not villous. Stamensexserted. Fruit 
dicoccous, valves at length bifid. 
5. B. globosa (Sond.) ; heads of flowers solitary, scales of the involu- 
ere leafy, cuneate, cuspidate, ciliolate, equalling the flowers; leaves 
subulate, trigonal, incurved, acute, ciliate, or glabrous ; bracteole and 
segments of calyx ciliolate or subglabrous, a little longer than the 
linear-clavate petals. Brunia globosa, Thund.! fl. Cap. p. 205. B. fraga- 
rioides, Willd. ! 1. c. p. 128, Spreng. syst. 1, p. 782. Berardia fragariides, 
Schlecht. Innn. 6, p. 190. Brun. nodiflora ? Drege, 1908. 
Has. Mountains, Hottentottshollandberge near Palmietrivier, £. § Z. Zey. 2650. 
(Herb. Th., Hm., D., Sd.) 7 
Shrub with the habit of Br. nodiflora, much-branched, upper branches filiform. 
Leaves 4~5§-farious, imbricate, 2 lines, in the branches, 1 linelong. Heads the size 
of a large nut or a small walnut. Involucres about 3 lines long. Receptacle hairy. 
Bractew as long as the calyx, sphacelate at the top. Stamens exserted. Styles 2, 
as long as the petals. Fruit dicoccous. Seeds 2, oblong, black. 
6. B. microphylla (Sond.) ; branchlets a Little spreading, short, lanate ; 
leaves sessile, 4-farious, imbricate, rhomboid-ovate, obtuse, apiculate, 
obtuse-keeled, glabrous, the younger ciliolate ; heads of flowers globose, 
at base involucrated, petals obovate, smooth ; ovary hairy. Brunia micro- 
phylla, Thunb.! fl. Cap. p. 207. Raspalia microphylla, Brogn. 1. ¢. p. 22, 
t. 3, f. 1. H. § Z.! No. 1073. R. teres, E. Meyer. 
Has. Interior regions, Thunb. Hottentottsholland near Palmietrivier, £. ¢ Z./ 
Gnadenthal, 3-4000f., Drege, Krauss. Oct. (Herb. Th., Hm., D., Sd., Vd.) 
A foot or more in height ; branches virgate ; ultimate an inch long or shorter. 
Leaves 4~1 line long and wide, spirally inserted. Heads woolly, the size of a pea, 
solitary or aggregate. Flowers minute. Calyx adherent to the ovary, villous as 
well as the bracteole. Petals white, with patent limb. Fruit dicoccous. 
7. B. angulata (Sond.) ; branchlets short, secwndate, lanate, leaves 
sessile, 4-farious, imbricate, trigonous-ovate, subacute, ustulate, acutely- 
keeled, downy, at length glabrate ; heads of flowers globose, at base 
involucrated ; petals obovate-oblong, smooth ; ovary very villous. Ras- 
pala angulata, L. Meyer. R. struthioloides, Presl. 
Has. Rocky places, Gnadenthal and Dutoitskloof, 3-4900f., Drege, 6868. Oct. 
(Herb. D., Hik., Sd.) z 
Very like the preceding, but distinguished by the more greyish colour, puberous, 
acutely-keeled leaves, yellowish flowers, and sins hairy ovary. The leafy branches 
are exceedingly acutely 4-angled ; in B. microphylla, blunt, 4-angled. 
8. B. affinis { Sond.) ; branchlets somewhat spreading, short, puber. 
ous ; leaves sessile, 4-5-farious, imbricate, ovate-obtuse, impressed-canali- 
culate beneath, downy, at length glabrate; heads of flowers at base 
involucrated ; bractee with long cilia, fringed ; petals glabrous, 
Has. Wupperthal, 1500-2000f., Drege, : . (Herb. Sond. 
Like B. microphylia, distinguished by ae ta ioe siaataoclite leaves, and 
imbriate-villous heads. Ovary pubescent, Stamens not seen. 
