Agathosma. | RUTACEE (Sond.) 413 
Has. Cape, Mundt/ Swellendam, Ecklon! (Hb. r. Berol., Sond.) 
Erect, much branched ; branches 2-3-chotomous, densely leafy. Leaves 3 lines 
long, } line wide, shortly petioled, one-nerved beneath, impresso-punctate at the 
margin. Bracts minute, at base of peduncles. Pedunc. numerous, 3 lines long, 
longer than the floral leaves. Cal. 3 line long. Petals thrice as long as the calyx. 
Stamens at length longer than the petals, glabrous. Ster. filaments tipped with an 
acute gland. Style glabrous, as long as the stamens. Capsule blackish, of 2 carpels, 
2 lines long, with a short straight beak. 
29. A. Niveni (Sond.); twigs hairy; leaves spreading, swb-incurved, 
oblong, sub-acute, with revolute margins, impresso-glandular, convex 
above, glabrous; peduncles glabrous; calyx-lobes obtuse, sub-carinate, 
glabrous, ciliolate; petals obovate-oblong, with a glabrous claw ; sterile 
filaments scarcely longer than the calyx, semicylindrical, ciliate towards 
the apex. 
Has. On rocks, Devilskop, Niven! (Herb. Sond.) : ae 
Known from the preceding by the denser and thicker leaves, tipped with an ob- 
tuse mucro, by the shorter peduncles and broader petals ; from the following by the 
glabrous surface of all its parts. It is procumbent, much branched, with erect 
branches and twigs. Leaves 24-3 lines long, 3-1 line wide, thickish, with a minute 
blunt mucro ; the revolute margin not furnished with stalked glands, but crenulate 
with impressed points. Peduncles 13-2 lines long, equalling the floral leaves. Flowers 
minute, alinelong. Petals twice as long as the calyx, obovate-oblong, with a very 
ate claw. Fert. filaments as long as the petals; style at length longer, Ovary 
30. A. blaerioides (Cham. & Schl.! 1. ¢. p. 55); twigs hairy; leaves 
spreading, swb-incurved, elliptical, obtuse, the revolute margins set with 
stalked-glands, convex above and hairy; peduncles hairy; calyx-segments 
hairy, obtuse; petals downy at base; sterile filaments little longer than 
the the calyx, semicylindrical, ciliolate. 
Has. Langekluft Mountain, Mordkuilshoogdte, Mundt and Maire? Olifants, R., 
George, Dr. Gill. (Herb. r. Berol., Hook.) 2 
crn aha et 4 kde ee 
ves, 14 line long, s incurv above, > glan ng 
ni fed in oe ‘Vundtii, but the peduncles shorter, 1} line long. Petals 
thrice as long as the calyx. Fert. fil. glabrous, longer than the 3 sterile half- 
cylindrical, concave Gr the inside, tipped with a minute _ Capsule 1} line 
long. 
31. A. pubescens (Sond.); twigs. leaves, peduncles and ealyx hairy ; 
leaves spreading, hind Lbelaee sub-cordate at base, with revolute 
impresso-glanded margins; calyx-lobes keeled, obtuse; petals downy at 
base ; sterile filaments little longer than the calyx, eylindrical-filiform, 
glabrous, pilose towards the base. Gymnonychium pubescens, Bartl. 
Linn. 17. p. 354, eum icone. 
Has. Interior regions, Niven/ (Herb. Bartling). ge 
Very like A, blaerioides, and perhaps merely a variety. It differs in the longer, 
ita, dope t a. cub-ordat at ba, and jccsgy = cae ag 
ginal glands, or having them very rarely on the uppermost . Itagrees 
other yee: tae 23-4 lines long, rarely sub-opposite. 
_ $2. A. planifolia (Sond.); twigs pubescent ; leaves spreading, ovate- 
oblong, obtuse, flat, with very entire margins, sparingly punctate beneath, — 
glabrous ; flowers umbellate ; peduncles pubescent ; calyx downy at base, 
the segments oblong, obtuse; petals twice as long as the calyx, with a 
