406 RUTACEE (Sond) —[ Agathosma. 
Has. In sandy places, Berg-valley, Clanw., Niven, E. § Z./ Between Bergevallei 
and ei, at Zwartbastkraal, Drege! Sep.-Nov. (Herb. Lehm., Sond.) 
A shrub, 2-3 f. high, erect, branching, with crowded, sub-fastigiate twigs. Leaves 
on very short petioles, sub-imbricate, thick-edged, gland-dotted beneath, 3-angled at 
the point, 23-3 lines long. Heads 4-6 lines in diameter. Outer invol. leaflets like 
the leaves, but villoso-ciliate, inner (about 10) in two rows, 2} lines long, broadly 
obovate, membranous and purplish, with a lanceolate, acute, green middle, minutely 
xara villoso-ciliate ; the inmost ones smaller, narrower and more evidently ciliate. 
alyx s-partite, the segments linear, 14 lines long, sub-obtuse, villous at point. Pe- 
tals twice as long as the calyx, the linear claw sub-ciliate, the linear-oblong limb ob- 
tuse. Fert. fil. equalling the petals, glabrous ; sterile narrowed at base and apex. 
Ovary and style glabrous. 
8. A. sabulosa (Sond.); twigs downy; leaves lanceolate or linear- 
lanceolate, incurved at point, concave-channelled above, convex-keeled 
beneath, minutely and thickly pubescent; flowers shortly pedunculate, 
capitate; inner involucral leaves somewhat coloured, ovate-oblong, or 
oblong-spathulate, ciliate; calyx-lobes oblong, shorter than the claw of 
the petals; sterile filaments narrow-linear, hairy from base to the 
middle. : 
Has. Interior regions, Niven! (Herb. Sond.) 
“ Very like the preceding. It differs in the longer leaves (4-5 lines long, 1 line wide), 
incurved at point and with an inconspicuous gibbus ; but chiefly in the twice as nar- 
row, not broadly margined, and less coloured inner involucral leaves, more evidently 
pedicellate flowers and long clawed petals. 
9. A. Hookeri (Sond.); twigs pubescent; leaves imbricate, linear, 
with straight, blunt points and involute margins, rownd-backed, havry ; 
flowers short-stalked, capitate; inner involucral leaves somewhat 
coloured, clawed, elliptical, acute, ciliate; calyx-lobes spathulate, acute, 
ciliate; claw of the petals equalling the calyx or longer; sterile fila- 
ments narrow-linear, glabrous at base and apex, hairy in the middle. 
Has, Cape. (Hb. Hooker!) 
Known from the preceding by its linear, nearly terete leaves, with strongly involute 
a About a foot high, 2-3-chotomous, with naked branches and very 
ide Leaves 4-5 lines long, } line wide, on petioles 1 line long, ciliate, bluntly 
, with two rows of glands, covered with short, spreading hairs, the uppermost 
dilated at base, membranous, and forming an outer involucre. Heads }-inch diameter. 
Outer leaves of the inner involucre broadly obovate, membranous, scarious, mucro- 
nulate under the apex, 3 lines long, inner as long, clawed, the glabrous claw longer 
than the limb. Peduncles glabrous, 1 line long, 2 bracted below the calyx. Cal. 2 
lines long, the lobes spathulate, narrowed at base. Petals on long claws, the limb 
short, oblong or obovate, Fert. filaments glabrous, longer than the petals; sterile 
10. A. cephalotes (E. Mey! b., in Hb. Drege); twigs pubescent ; 
leaves ovate-subcordate, pot elisa above, Cia beset, gib- 
bous at tip, pubescent and ciliate; flowers sub-sessile, capitate; inner 
leaves of the involucre coloured, obovato-cuneate, cuspidate, the inmost 
apiculate and ciliate; calyx-lobes linear, obtuse; claws of the petals 
long; sterile filaments glabrous at the point. 
: ce Seashoe Bergevalei and Langevalei, at Zwartbastkraal, Drege! Nov. (Herb. 
6-12 inches high, with crowded branches. Leaves sub-imbricate, 3-4 lines long, 
2-3 lines wide, with a very - dotted 
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