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896 RUTACEE (Sond.) [Barosma. 
Var. ¥.; leaves obovate, obtuse; peduncles minutely pubescent. D. 
ovata, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 464. Bot. Mag. t. 1616. DO.1. ¢. p. 714. 
Bucco ovata, Wendl. Coll, t. 20. 
Var. 6.; leaves cuneate, roundish or elliptical, 5-nerved; peduncles 
glabrous. D. punctata, Lichtenst.!—R. & Sch. l. c. p. 461. B. graveo- 
lens, EH. & Z.! 804. 
Has. var a, among stones on the Zwarteberg, near Caledon Baths; and on the 
Vanstaadenberg, Uit.; 8, in Duyvelsbosch ; y, near Gnadendahl ; 5, Duyvelsbosch 
and ogee Thunberg! E.&Z.! Dreye.! (Herb. Thunb., Wendl.,r. Ber. Lehm., 
Sond. 
One or two feet high, erect, much branched, and ramulose. Leaves erecto-patent, 
opposite, very rarely alternate, coriaceous, 3-6 lines long, flat on both sides, dull 
green above, shining, pale green beneath, and multi-punctate, the broader 5 nerved ; 
petiole 1-2 lines long. Cal. lobes 3 line long. Petals white, 2 lines long. Fert. 
filaments glabrous. Capsule 4 lines long.—Thunberg’s specimens nearly all belong 
to our var 3. 
9. B. oblonga (E. & Z.! 810); branches glabrous, twigs minutely 
downy; leaves opposite, oblong or elliptical-oblong, sub-acute, obtusely 
mucronulate, with sub-recurved, obsoletely glandular-crenulate margins, 
glabrous or the uppermost downy, minutely punctate underneath; pe- 
duncles axillary, one-flowered, solitary or in pairs, mostly shorter than 
the leaf; calyx-lobes lanceolate, obtuse; sterile fil. ciliate; style gla- 
brous; capsule rough-glanded, with sub-acute horns half its length. 
Diosma oblonga, Thunb.! Cap. p. 227. RB. and Sch. p. 460. B. Ecklon- 
tana, Barth. Lin. 17. p. 363. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Among stones and shrubs on the Vanstaadensberg mits., 
E.&Z.! Zey.! 2137. Aug-Sep. (Herb. Thunb., Lehm., Sond.) 
A shrub having the habit of the preceding, with angular twigs. Leaves spread- 
ing, shining above, pale green beneath, 4-6 lines long, 2-lines wide, one-nerved ; the 
nerve gland-bearing below the point. Petiole 1 line long. Petals reddish under- 
neath. Capsule as in B. ovata, but the horns longer.— near B, ovata, from 
which it differs in the narrower, more oblong leaves, dotted. below with smaller 
glands, calyx lobes twice as long, and petals scarcely twice as long as the calyx. 
ranches very slender; leaves oblong, narrowed 
few. B. pauciflora, E & Z.! 812. 
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