Australina.] urticace^ (Brown).- 553 



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Stem and branches prostrate; plant drying blackish or 

 blackish -green : 



Leaves 1^-3^ lin. in diam,, obtuse, scarcely toothed... (1) paarlensis. 

 Leaves 3-8 lin. in diam., pointed, distinctly toothed (2) procumbens. 



Stem and branches erect or ascending : 



Leaves entire, crenate or toothed, and the tormina! 

 tooth not or but slightly longer than broad : 

 Plant 4-10 in. high, branching at the base into weak 

 flaccid stems ^-g lin. thick; leaf-blades 2^-9 

 lin. long and broad, drying green (3) capensis. 



Plant S-18 in. high, with the main stem |-1J lin. 

 thick, usually drying blackish ; 

 Upper part of stem and branches minutely ad- 

 pressed-puberulous ; blade of the larger leaves 



J-| in. long (4) Thunbergii. 



Upper part of stem and branches pubescent with 

 rather coarse spreading or ascending hairs ; 

 blade of the larger leaves 1-Jj^ in. long ,.. (5) lanceolata. 



Leaves very distinctly toothed and the terminal tooth 



usually 2^3 times as long as broad, drying green (6) acuminata. 



1. A. paarlensis (N. E. Br.)- a small annual prostrate herb, 

 drying blackish; stems and branches procumbent, ^^-L lin. thick, 

 puberulous ; leaves alternate, small; petioles |-1 lin. long; blades 



^i^^J ^^^- ^<^^g? l~2i- lin. broad, elliptic or orbicular, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire or with 1-3 obscure 

 crenations on each side, thinly pubescent; stipules f lin. long, very 

 broadly ovate, acurainPtte or mucronate, pubescent and ciliate, mem- 

 branous ; periantli of male flowers |- lin. long, obtuse or with an 

 exceedingly short point ; female flowers ^-|- lin, long, puberulous. 

 Didymotoxa {Bidymotoca) dehiUs, E. 3Teyer in Drer/e, Zwei PJl. 

 Documentej 87 and 178, letter c only. 



Coast Region ; Paarl Div. ; Paarl Mountain, 1000-2000 ft., I>re(/€ ! 



2. A. procumbens (N. E. Br.) ; an annual with prostrate rauiating 



branches, drying blackish-green; main branches about ^ lin. thick, 



the others more slender, thinly pubescent with spreading hairs; 



leaves alternate; petioles 2-5 lin. long; blades 3-10 lin. long, 



3-8 lin. broad, roujidish-ovate, acute or subobtuse, very broadly or 



subtruncately cuneate at the base, and with 4-7 obtuse teeth or 



crenations on each side, thinly pubescent on both sides ; stipules 



1-1 1 lin. long, very broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, membranous, 



glabrous, ciliate ; perianth of the male flowers 1 lin. long, obtuse or 



acute, mucronate, ciliate on the margins and with a few hairs on 



the point, otherwise glabrous, often very dark purple; female 



flowers 1 lin. long, much compressed, with one edge very acute, 



solitary or two united together into one body by their more obtuse 



edges, pubescent (especially along the margins) with long hairs; 



fruit about 1;^ lin. long. 



Coast Regiox : Piquetberg Div, ; Het Kruis, MiSses Stephens S: Glour, S776 ! 



