322 BRUNIACEH (Sond.) [ Staavia. 
involucre shorter or equalling the flowers, leafy or a little 
coloured. 
capitulum woolly, segments of cal. longer than the petals (4) globosa, 
- eapitulum glabrous or a little hairy, segments of calyx 
shorter than the petals. 
branches glabrous, Ivs. obl.-linear, trigonal, imbricate (3) nuda. 
branches puberous, leaves oblong-lanceolate, flat ee ae 
ee = ... (8) capitella, } 
above, spreading or reflexed 
1. S. glutinosa (Thunb.! fl. Cap. p. 207) ; branches and leaves quite 
smooth ; leaves approximate, erect or spreading, linear, trigonal, obtuse, 
callous, mucronulate ; heads of flowers usually solitary, bracteze of in- 
volucre erect or stiffly spreading, white, much longer than the flowers ; 
flowers agglutinated with resinous juice. Brogn.l.c. p. 22, E. & Z.! 1074. 
Herb. Un. itin. No. 766. Brunia glutinosa, Linn. Mant. 210. Berg. Cap. 
p. 57- Wendl. coll. 1, t. 22. St. glutinosa ? et glaucescens, E. Meyer. ! om 
Herb. Drege. 
Has. On Table Mountain. Oct. (Herb. Th., Sd., &c.) i 
Shrub 3 feet or more in height. Branches subverticillate, fastigiate, brown-pur- 
plish. Leaves small-linear, 6-8 lines long, the uppermost smaller. Petiole adpressed, 
1 line long. Heads the size of acherry. Leaflets of the involucre carinate-trigonous, 
whitish, at the base greenish, 6 lines long, with a black mucro. 
2. 8. radiata (Thunb. 1. c.); young branches and leaves pilose ; leaves 
spreading or deflexed, linear-acute, slightly keeled, mucronate ; heads 
of flowers corymbose ; bracteas of involucre membranaceous, mucronate, 
arched, deflexed, white, a little longer than the flowers. Brogn. 1. c. tab. 
2, f. 2. Wendl. t.82. E. § Z.! No. 1075. Herb. Un. itin. No. 767. Zey.! 
2 726. Phylica radiata Linn, spec. p. 283. Brunia radiata, L. Mant. p. 209. 
bo. Pluk. Mant. t. 452, f. 7. St. pinifolia, Willd. ! 1. ¢. p. 133, t. 3, f. 2 
Soe ye I . War. £. ericetorum (E. & Z.!); leaves and headssmaller. Herd. Un. itin. No. 768. 
be 28 ae Wak, y. glabrata; branches glabrous, leaves at the base ciliolate or glabrous. S. 
Kor Jos Dregeana Presl. St. nuda, E. & Z.!1 1078, ex pte. Drege, 6873. 
S _ Branches verticillate, the ultimate short, filiform. Leaves petiolate, 1-14 line 
long, } line wide. Heads the size of i : petio! Pi 
subglabrous. Style glabrous. TIVGL toon ag Flowers about 1 linelong. Ovary 
4. 8, globosa (Sond), Weasschon fastigi i- 
— 401 id.) ;_ branck giate, 2-3-chotomous or verti 
__ eillate, villous ; leaves lanceolate, nerve-keeled, ciliate at the mar- 
ae ee, Sppes witha short, black mucro; heads of flowers solitary, globose, 
woolly; involucre imbricate, shorter than the leaves and of the same 
