Barosma. | RUTACEZ (Sond.) 395 
crowded, straightish, leafy. Leaves alternate, in the younger twigs often opposite, 
erecto-patent, shining; the lower ovate-oblong, sub-obtuse, 5-6 lines long, 2-24 
wide, upper ovate, sub-acute, 2-3 lines long, 14-2 wide. Flowers numerous toward 
the ends of the branches, purplish-white. Calyx glandular, its segments oblong, 
obtuse, ciliolate, 4 line long. Petals thrice as long as the calyx, oblong, a little. 
narrowed at the very base, sparingly pellucid dotted. Filaments glabrous, in p. 
Sometimes piloso-ciliolate at base. Capsule 2 lines long; the horns 4 line long, 
erect.—This differs from the preceding by its very slender branches, small, shining, 
glabrous, thick-edged leaves, and er flowers. 
6. B. venusta (E. & Z.! 807); twigs downy; leaves scattered, obovate- 
rounded, cuneate at base, crenato-serrate, punctate and glabrous beneath ; 
flowers axillary, tufted, racemose-crowded towards the end of the 
branches; pedicels downy, bracteolate above the base; sterile filaments 
and style glabrous; capsule very shortly horned. 
Has. Among shrubs on the Vanstaadensberg, Uit. £.&@2./ Zey./ 2156. Al- 
bany, Williamson! May-Jul. (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.) 
A shrub, more than a foot high, with crowded rod-like branches, and slender, 
leafy twigs. Leaves erecto-patent, mostly alternate, rarely in threes, or opposite on 
the young shoots ; in the lower part of the stem obovate or roundish, 4—5 lines long, 
3 wide, the rest 2-3 lines long and wide, paler beneath, with impressed m 
glands; petioles 4 line long. owers white or reddish, in the axils of the upper 
leaves, 2-5 or more together ; peduncles 2 lines long. Calyx obtuse, } line long, 
the lobes erect, glabrous. Petals 3-4 times longer than the calyx, oblong, much 
attenuate at base, glandular near the summit, outside, Filaments twice as long as 
the petals, glabrous. Capsule 2 lines long, with very short, obtuse, spreading horns.— 
Very like A. pulchella, but at once known by its rounded, gland-dotted leaves. 
Oe ake ee 
7. B. acutata (Sond); twigs very minutely downy ; leaves sub-sessile, 
Scattered, or approaching by threes, ovate, acute, with a hard, acute, 
mostly recurved mucro, the margin slightly recurved, pale underneath, 
and dotted with black glands, glabrous ; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, 
2-3 together, equalling the leaf, or shorter; calyx lobes broadly ovate, 
obtuse ; sterile filaments ciliolate; style glabrous. ae ae 
eae genes Sty aye rege (Herb. Mart., Sond.) See Seca ae 
, SeVE: i i : glabrous branches. Larger ro 3 6 
long, 2-3 wide, elles Mee ae: Take broad based, often sub-cordate. Flowers 
produced along the whole branch ; like those of B. ovata.—Near the following, differ- 
ing in the shortly petioled mostly alternate, leaves, with wide bases, and tapering 
into a sharp, rarely a blunt point, much paler und 
8. B. ovata (B. & W.! 1. c. p. 109); branches glabrous, twigs mi-— 
nutely downy ; leaves petioled, ovate, obovate or rou with a recurved 
obsoletely-crenulate margin, glandular beneath, rather large, punctate, 
glabrous or the upper downy; peduncles axillary, one-flowered, soli- 
tary or in pairs, equalling the leaf or shorter; parm age ovate, obtuse ; 
sterile filaments ciliolate; style glabrous; capsule rough with glands, 
the sub-acute horns half as long as the capsule. Diosma ovata, Thunb. ! 
es p.227. Willd.! Sp. p.1139. Bueco ovata, R. § Sch. Drege, 7081, 
Boma bee | : cee a 
Vak. a; leaves ovate, sub-acute, with sub-recurved margins ; pedunc. — 
glabrous. Diosma pulchella, Houtt. L. Pl. Syst. 3. p. 288, t. 21, fs 2 
Var. 8.; leaves obovate-oblong, obtuse, flat ; pedunc. glabrous. 
