Muraltia. POLYGALEZ (Harv.) 111 
with sharply angular, rough branches ; leaves scattered, sessile, cordate- 
acuminate, acute, flat, threé-nerved and netted on the under side, glabrous, 
rigid, scabrido-denticulate ; pedicels rather shorter than the leaves ; se- 
pals oblong, obtuse, alze longest ; petals equalling the amply lobed keel, 
broadly linear, obtuse ; capsule pendulous, sharply bifid, Pol. trinervia, 
Thunb. ! Fl. Cap. p. 559. Drege, No. 7213 ! 
Has. South Africa, Th / Masson! Gro $ , 
Parmesan a unberg Groenekloof, Drege! (Herb. Holm., 
A remarkable plant, apparently rare ; not found by Eck. & Zey. The leaves are 
half inch long, 3-4 lines wide, in shape somewhat resembling those of Hallia cor- 
data, but shorter in proportion to their breadth. The larger ones are sometimes 5- 
nerved, Drege’s specimens are smaller and less luxuriant than Thunberg’s, but 
otherwise the same. 
45. M. Beiliana (Harv.) ; suffruticose, slender, diffuse, with angular, 
glabrous branches ; leaves scattered, sessile, linear-acuminate and mu- 
cronate, flat, obtuse at base, three-nerved, glabrous, rigid, scabrido-denticu- 
late ; pedicels shorter than the leaves ; sepals oblong, obtuse, the alee 
longest and broadest ; petals longer than the amply lobed keel, broadly 
linear, obtuse ; capsule pendulous, oblong, sharply bifid. Pol. Beiliana, 
LE. & Z.!179 & P. Muraltioides, E. & Z. ! 183. Drege, 7214. Zeyher, 
1749. M. Sprengelioides, Turcz. Anim. No. 2839 (non Burch.) 
Has. Near the Zwartkops’ River, Uitenhage ; and the Winterhoek, Tulbagh, 
= a. ds Dros / Between R. Zonderende & Assagaiskloof, Zeyher / (Herb. T.C.D., 
OOK., na, 
Spreading Gs the soil, ascending or suberect, 1-2 feet long, much branched, the 
ya twigs two-edged, the older 3-4 angled, all the angles sharp. Lowest leaves 
inch, upper 1-1 inch long, 1-14 lines wide. Nearly related to M. trinervia, but 
more slender, with much narrower and differently shaped leaves. 
46. M. angulosa (Spreng. fide Turez. Anim. No. 2836) ; suffruticose, 
slender, diffuse, with angular and furrowed, rather rough branches ; 
leaves scattered, sessile, linear, acute, narrowed at base, flat, one-nerved, 
glabrous, rigid ; pedicels shorter than the leaves ; sepals ovate-oblong, 
acute, mucronate, the ale longest ; petals equalling the amply lobed 
keel, spathulate ; capsule... .. ? M. striata, E. & Z. ! No. 227 (non 
DC.) M. linifolia, Harv. ! in Herb. Sond.) ee 
Has. Mts. near Piquinierskloof, Clanw., Z.& Z./ (Herb. Sond.) 
Very near M. Beiliana, from which it differs oe narrower, strictly linear 
leaves and ee I had formerly — — but it seems to 
agree sufficiently with Turczanino w’s diagnosi: ve quoted. — came 
Peg, Fag go pm ging gg SO ag RR 
sane Group 6. Osrusiroti#. Leaves blunt, not pungent. (Sp. 
47-51). 
47. M. carnosa (E. Mey. ! in Herb. Drege) ; shrubby, glabrous, and 
somewhat viscid, with round branches ; leaves petiolate, scattered, thick 
and fleshy, oval or subrotund, convex on both surfaces, smooth, muti- 
cous ; pedicels very short, cernuous ; sepals very obtuse, elliptic-ovate, 
alse broadly oval, twice as long as the rest; petals shorter than the keel, — 
linear, obtuse ; capsule. ....% . 2S ee 
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