Muraltia.} - POLYGALEZ (Harv.) 99 
their No. 189 has the tufts of leaves rather less dense. The essential character lies 
in the capsule, which is very unlike that of any other species. VaR. 8., founded on 
a specimen from Kakerlak valley, differs inhaving much narrower and more tapering 
leaves ; Drege’s 7322 is a much starved state, but both have the peculiar capsule. 
** Group 2. SuButirotts. Leaves subulate or linear-mucronate, from 
a broad base ; not at all narrowed or very slightly narrower towards the 
base. (Sp. 4-21.) . 
4. M. rubeacea (E. & Z. En. No. 200); erect, densely branched, hairy; 
branches hispid; leaves fascicled, crowded, rigid, linear-wncinate, strongly 
hooked, concave above, keeled below, mucronate, scabrous, pubescent, ci- 
hated ; fl. sessile, sepals 2 of corolla, elliptic-oblong, acute, mucronate, 
ciliolate ; petals oblong, obtuse, capsule... . . t M. metalasiefolia, 
EL. & Z. 199. Drege, No. 7215. : ; 
Has. Mountains of Hott. Holland, near Palmiet River ; and near Klyn River, 
Caledon, £ & Z. Pappe! (Herb. T.C.D., Benth., Sond.) 
A very dense little bush, 8-12 inches high, rough and hairy. Flowers of average 
size, purple. I cannot distinguish 2. & Z's. M. metalasiefolia by any tangible cha- 
racter. Known from the following by its hairiness. 
5. M. macrocarpa (Lehm. MSS.); rigid, divaricately much branched ; 
branches rough, the younger twigs downy; leaves fascicled, rigid, linear- 
uncinate, strongly hooked, pungent mucronate, channelled above, keeled 
below, scabrous or serrulate at the edge, glabrous, flowers sessile, sepals 
% of corolla, broadly elliptical, mucronulate, ciliolate ; lat.-petals erect, 
broadly oblong, obtuse ; capsule glabrous, oval, with 4 divergent broadly 
subulate horns of its own length. #. & Z. No. 198. M. hamata, £. Mey. 
Has. In the Nieuweveldt, Beaufort, Z. 4 Z. Drege, also (fide Drege) on the 
Schneuwberg. (Herb., T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
_A very rigid, depressed, squarrose, robust, and nearly glabrous shrub, 6-12 inches 
high. Leaves many in a fascicle, very rigid. Flowers of average size. Capsule | 
2 lines broad, flat. I have compared the original specimen marked by Lehmann with 
E£. Meyer's M. hopaia aid Cat tex ee agree, Thete 6 ee ea : 
probably from Thom or Mundt, in Herb. Hooker. ‘This plant is closely allied to M. 
" rubeacea, from which its nearly glabrous stems and foliage chiefly distinguish it. 
6. M. laricifolia (Z. & Z. No. 209); shrubby, much branched ; 
branches downy; leaves fascicled, sub-equal, linear-subulate, pungent, 
squarrose or recurved, slightly narrowed to the base, flattish above, keeled, 
rough edged ; flowers sub-sessile ; bracts ovate ; sepals lanceolate, acute, 
or acuminate ; petals as long as the keel, broadly linear, tapering to an 
obtuse point ; capsule .... ? be 
Has. Grassy Fields, near Boschesman’s River, and Oliphant’s Hoek, Uitenhage, 
EB, & Z. (Herb. T.C.D. Sond., Benth.) 
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A rigid scraggy shrub, with patos | slender branches. Leaves 4 inch long, very 
Hiiibwh, tnd not very dense, 4~6 in each tuft. Sepals § of corolla. Flowers often 
crowded near the ends of the branches. 
7. M. ericefolia (DC.? Prod. 1. p. 336); robust, shrubby, much 
branched ; branches pubescent ; leaves fascicled, crowded, sub-equal, 
patent, subulate, pungent, straight (or somewhat curved), concave above, © 
keeled, glabrous, rough-edged; fl. sessile ; sepals broadly elliptical, concave, 
mucronulate, ciliolate, ribbed ; petals broadly linear, obtuse or oe : 
