98 POLYGALE& (Harv.) [(Muraltia. 
Capsule almost always horned (except in M. squarrosa, anthospermifolia 
and ciliaris). Leaves very generally fascicled. (Sp. 1-41.) 
* Group 1. Ovatirotiz. Leaves ovate or ovate-acuminate, not taper- 
ing at base. (Sp. 1-3.) 
1. M. serpylloides (DC. Prod. 1. p. 335); diffuse, much branched, 
the branches hairy ; leaves fascicled, ovate or~ovato-lanceolate, taper- 
pointed and mucronate, flat, midribbed, the recurved margin and mid- 
rib hispido-ciliate; flowers sessile ; sepals lanceolate, acute or acuminate ; 
lat. petals linear, obtuse, rather shorter than the keel ; ovary densely 
hairy ; capsule ciliate and hispid, longer than the erect, subulate horns. 
M. marifolia, E. & Z. No. 217. 
Has. Sandy hills among bushes, in the Cape District. Clasenbosch & Constan- 
oF &. Z, / Cape flats, W.H.H. &c. Rondebosch, Drege / (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., 
na. 
A 2 tie small, and rather slender shrub, with thin leaves, somewhat concave 
on the lower surface, elegantly ciliate on the ribs and margin. The subtending leaf 
of the fascicle is always broadest, and generally typically ovate, but in some spect- 
mens becomes somewhat lanceolate. The calyx is long in proportion to the small, 
pale-coloured corolla. . 
2. M. Cliffortisefolia (Eck.and Zey.188); robust, rigid, much branched, 
the branches pubescent ; leaves sub-fasciculate, densely crowded, ovate, 
acuminate, rigid and pungently attenuato-mucronate, patent, glabrous, 
concave above, ribbed and keeled ; flowers sessile ; sepals elliptic-oblong, © 
obtuse, ciliolate ; lat, petals linear, subacute, straight ; capsule (fide Me eisn.) 
“ obliquely ovate, with 4 subulate horns of its own length.” feisn, m 
Hook, Lond. Journ. 1. p. 475. 
Has. Among shrubs, and in sandy places, near Gaurits River, George, Z. & Z/ 
Krauss, (Herb. Sond. T.C.D.) . 
A very distinct species, among thelargest and most robust, with leaves, as Meisner 
well observes, resembling those of an Epacris. They are think and hard, but not 
fleshy, nearly } inch long, and 2~3 lines broad, and of a pale colour when dry. Each 
has generally 2 or 3 much smaller leaves in its axil. The flowers are small, pale, and 
hidden among the leaves. 
3. M. squarrosa (DC. Prod. 1. p. 335) ; robust, woody, branches 
curved, pubescent or tomentose ; leaves fascicled, dense, ovate-acuml- 
nate, rigid, villous or tomentose, ciliated, recurved, concave, heeled, taper- 
pointed and pungent-mucronate ; fi. sessile ; sepals } of corolla, elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse or subacute ; petals shorter than the keel, linear, tapering 
to an acute point ; capsule pubescent, obcordate, hornless, one loculus fre- 
quently abortive. Polygala squarrosa, Thunb. Fl. Cap. p. 558. Muraltra 
des, E & Z. No. 201. (non DC.) & M. ruscifolia EB. & Z. 189. 
Drege, No. 7220, 7221, : 
Var. 8. subulata; leaves broadly subulate, much acuminate. Zeyher, 
1951. Drege, 7222. 
Has. South Africa, Thunberg, Masson, In Karroo plains and near sea shore, in the 
meres i b. T.C.D., Hook. 
Sond.) ee . George and Uitenhage. Drege | (Her . 
A very rigid, coarse growing F shrub, = b, 2— debt bah thickly covered with pungent 
leaves, and mostly very hairy. awaek: conspicuous, bright purple. £. Pee ees 
No. 201. exactly agrees with berg’s specimen of M. sguarrosa, in Herb. Holm. ; 
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