eae Q.., 
Jie * del ‘ 
100 POLYGALEZ (Harv.) [Muraltia. 
capsule ovate, longer than the divergent, subulate horns. M, juniperi- 
folia, E. & Z. No. 196 (non DC.) Zeyher, 1950. Drege, 7218, 7223. 
Var. 6. eurvifolia; leaves recurved, but not hooked. M. Sprengel- 
wides, E. § Z. No. 197. 
Has. Mountains of Uitenhage, (Krakakamma and Van Staaden’s Berg), and the 
Langekloof, £. & Z. Zwarteberg, Drege. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
A rigid furze-like bush, closely allied to the following, from which it differs more 
in aspect than by precise character. M. juniperifolia DC. is a very different plant, 
and belongs to the section ‘ Psilocladus.” Whether this be the true ‘ M. ericefolia, 
I cannot say; but it agrees fairly with De Candolle’s and Thunberg’s descriptions, 
and is of common occurrence, and therefore likely to have been described by early 
writers. 
8. M. ononidifolia (E. & Z.! No. 195); robust, divaricately much 
branched, branches pubescent ; leaves fascicled, crowded, very unequal, 
horizontally patent, the primary leaf of each tuft 2-4 times as long as the 
rest, subulate, triquetrous, flattish above, keeled, rough and ciliolate at 
the edge, pungent ; fl. sessile ; sepals ovate or ovato-lanceolate, mucro- 
nate ; petals broadly linear, obtuse ; capsule ovate, longer than the 
sharply subulate horns. M. heterophylla, E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege. 
Has. District of Caledon, E. & Z./ George, Drege! Grahamstown, 7. W. (Herb. — 
T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 2 Se nr eae 
very rigid, furzelike bush, with spine-ti eaves bristling in directions ; 
the lowest leaf of each tuft 1 inch long. he sons leaves are ciliate with rigid 
bristles ; the older rough-edged. Meisner (Lond. Journ. 1. p. 474)refers “MM. hetero- 
phylla,” E. Mey.! to M. linophylla. E. & Z.; but the specimens we have seen belong — 
to the present species. Probably Drege distributed two plants under one name. 
9. M. Heisteria (DC. Prod. 1. p. 335) ; robust ; branches pubescent ; 
leaves fascicled, linear-subulate, keeled, patent or reflexed, pungent, rough- 
edged and sub-ciliate ; fl. subsessile ; sepals lanceolate, acute ; pevats 
spoon-shaped, nearly as long as the keel ; capsule shorter than its subu 
late horns. Pol. Heisteria, Linn. Thunb. Cap. p. 557. Bot. Mag. t. 349- 
M. conferta, E. M.! in Pl. Drege. Drege, No. 7216, 7219. 
Has. Common throughout the Colony, in dry rocky places; by road sides, &c- 
(Herb. T.C.D., &c.). ae : = of : 
A very rigid shrub, 1-3 feet high or more, densely branched ; the branches spread- 
ing, virgate, with reddish bark. Leaves 3-4 lines long, thick, nearly triquetrous ; 
sometimes downy. Flowers vivid purple, conspicuous, thickly studded along the twigs. 
