380 RUTACE (Sond.) [Aemadenta. 
Swell. ; Zoutendaals Valley, Caledon, and hills between Sondag and Coega Riv 
Uit. ; and in Caffraria, Z. § Z./ Drege, 7146. June-Oct, (Herb. Thunb., Wendl, 
Hook., Lehm., T.C.D., Sond.) : ie 
A shrub, 1-2 feet high. Stem glabrous, as thick as a fowl’s quill, with many erect — 
or ascending, opposite or alternate branches, 6-12 inches long ; twigs very short. 
Leaves sometimes alternate on young shoots, densely imbricated, or sub-remote, the 
sides convex or flat, with a hard cartilaginous point, acutely channelled on the upper 
side, 3-6 lines long. Flowers sessile, among the uppermost leaves. Bracts I lines 
long, membranous, with a green dorsal nerve. Cal.-lobes 2} lines long. Petals 
purple, white when dry. Capsule rather longer than the calyx ; carpels smooth, 
gland-dotted, transversely striate, with short blunt horns. I¢ varies with the upper” 
leaves downy. 
2. A. densifolia (Sond.) ; branches and twigs downy; leaves mostly 
opposite, densely imbricated, appressed, sub-incurved, linear, trigonous, 
acute, somewhat hairy, the sub-pellucid margin and keel ciliated, with 2-4 
rows of dots underneath; leaves of the lower branches glabrous; 
flowers solitary, the two lanceolate-acuminate bracts and the calya havry 
at the apex ; calyx-lobes oblong, keeled, obtusely mucronate, membranous- 
ciliate ; petals elliptical, mucronate-acute, ciliate, tapering into along — 
bearded claw ; sterile filaments very short. 
Has. Woods at Kromriver, ef 7145. May. . Sond. ‘ 
A shrub, allied to A. Fannie tuk in pas. le ne add placed, hairy 
leaves, longer bracts, and larger, evidently ciliate petals, with a longer and thicker 
beard on the claw. Leaves 4-7 lines long. Bracts 3 lines. Cal.-lobes about 3 lines, 
petals 5 lines long. Capsule twice as long as in A. jumiperina. 
8. A. Niveni (Sond.) ; branches and twigs opposite, glabrous, leafy; _ 
leaves opposite, erect, appressed, linear, 3-angled, acute, glabrous, clave 
at the sub-pellucid margin, bifariously dotted beneath ; flowers solitary 5 
bracts 4-6, rather large, ovate, obtusely acuminate, membrane-edged, ¢l- 
liate ; petals elliptical, acute, glabrous, narrowed into a shortish bearded 
claw ; sterile filaments subulate, twice as long as the fertile. 
Has. Interior regions, Niven! (Herb. Mart., Sond.) are bes 
Near A. juniperina, from which its numerous bracts and sterile filaments distin- 
guish it. More than a foot high, with rod-like branches, Leaves 3-5 lines long; 
the uppermost strongly ciliate, otherwise as in A. juniperina., Bracts 3 lines long. 
Calyx 4 lines long, its lobes with an excurrent green nerve. Petals twice as long 
as the calyx, purple. 
4. A. psilopetala (Sond.); straight, branched from the base, the 
branches alternate or opposite ; leaves sub-imbricate, linear-trigonous, — 
acute, sub-pungent, glabrous, glandularly multipunctate beneath, c- — 
__ Tiate, afterwards naked ; flowers solitary ; bracts 4-6, ovate, acuminate, 
the lower 4, the upper 4as long as the calyx; calyx-lobes oblong-lan- 
olate, keeled, sub-trigonous at the point, ciliate; petals elliptical oF 
lish, apiculate, tapering into a beardless claw of the length of the 
sterile filaments very short. Adenandra trigona, E. § Z.! 792-_ 
| Paewcea sides near Gauritz R., Swell, B.&Z./ Oct.-May. (Herb. 
__ Slender, 2 feet high ; the lateral branches ascending-erect, yellow-purplish. Leaves 
6-8 lines acutely channelled above. = ewe Rea a axillary. Pe- 
ay bn » with 2 lanceolate bracts below the apex. Calyx 3 lines long- 
52) j much-branched, 
