102 POLYGALEZ (Harv.) . [Muraltia. 
with virgate, hairy branches ; leaves fascicled, closely set, subulate 
(from a broad base), attenwate-mucronate, channelled above, round-backed, 
glabrous or downy, ciliolate ; fi. sessile ; sepals oblong or oblongo-lan- 
ceolate, acute ; petals nearly as long as the keel, oblong, tapering to a 
sub-acute point ; capsules with four s/ender horns of its own length, 
M. mixta, E. M.! (pro parte) in Pl. Drege ! also, Drege, No. 7238! WM. 
afinis, Harv. in Herb, T.C.D. 
Has. Table Mt. near the summit, Pappe/ Dutoitskloof, 2—3000 ft. Drege/ (Herb. 
T.C.D., Hook., Benth.). ; 
A small shrubby or suffruticose plant, with many virgate, simple or branching 
stems, widely spreading or sub-erect, 1-14 feet long. Leaves } inch long, exactly. 
subulate, with a very long sharp mucro. Flowers small. 
15. M. satureoides (Burch. Cat. 5617) ; shrubby, divaricately much 
branched ; twigs downy ; leaves fascicled, densely set, short, thick and 
rigid, linear-subulate, mucronate, very patent, flattish above, keeled be- 
low, rough at the margin, glabrous ; fi, (small) sessile ; sepals oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate and mucronate, wnequal, the ale nearly as long as 
the petals, which are much shorter than the keel, broadly linear and 
blunt ; capsule with four subulate horns of its own length. DC. Prod. 
1. p. 3360. HE. &Z.! No.218. M. ericefolia, E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege. 
9 Mountains round Capetown, Ed Z./ Dr. Pappe, Drege, &c. (Herb. T.C.D., 
This has the habit of M. conferta, but is much smaller and more slender, with much 
narrower and more awl-shaped leaves, smaller and paler flowers, and a very different 
calyx and capsule. ; 
16. M. asparagifolia (E. & Z.! No. 220) ; divaricately much branched, 
rigid, with downy branches ; leaves in dense, starry fascicles, needle-shaped, 
straight, taper-pointed, glabrous or roughish, widely-spreading ; fi 
(minute) sessile ; sepals linear-lanceolate, acuminate ; petals broadly linear 
obtuse, shorter than the amply-lobed keel ; capsule... . . % Drege, 
No. 7251! 
Has. Near Mr. Brink’s farm, “Laatstegift,” Hott. Holl., Z. & Z./ Drakensteen- 
berg, Drege/ (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.). 
A minute, depressed, but very rigid shrub, 3-8 inches high, with divergent bran- 
ches ; readily known by its very slender, star-tufted, needle-leaves, like those of Aspa- 
ragus capensis, bristling in all directions. Drege’s specimens are rather stouter and 
more scabrous than Ecklon’s, but otherwise similar. The capsule is said to have ‘‘se- 
taceous horns, shorter than itself.” 
1%. M. acicularis (Hary.); root woody ; stems densely tufted, fil 
form, suffruticose, villous ; leaves fascicled, crowded, needle-shaped, pun- 
gent, villoso-tomentose, erecto-patent ; fl. sessile ; sepals lanceolate, acu- 
minate and pungent, equalling the short, broadly linear- obtuse petals ; 
ovary-glabrous, horned ; capsule... ..% Drege, No. 7252. 
Root thick and woody, throwin g ultitud of very slender, sub-simple stems, 
3-6 inches high, Stems and leavee clothed with curled hairs ; the leaves extremely 
18. M. tenuifolia (DC. Prod. 1. p. 336) ; suffruticose, or shrubby, 
diffuse or procumbent, with slender, downy branches ; leaves in sub-— 
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