414 RUTACE® (Sond.) [ Agathosma. 
very short, downy claw; ster. filaments shorter than the calyx, oblong- 
linear, downy; ovary and style glabrous. 
Has, Interior regions, Niven’ (Herb, Mart., Sond.) 
‘A much branched, erect shrub, with crowded, slender branches and twigs. Leaves 
very shortly petioled, coriaceous, 2-24 lines long, 1-14 line wide, quite flat, paler 
beneath, 1 nerved. Peduncles 6-10, 2 lines long. Calyx-segments keeled, green, 
ciliate. Petals obovate-oblong, 2 lines long, 1 line wide. Fert, filaments as long a8 
the petals ; sterile minute, gland-tipped. Style lengthening. 
33. A. pubigera (Sond.); branches, twigs, leaves, peduncles and calyx 
very minutely pubescent; leaves spreading, elliptic-oblong, sub-acute, 
concave and at length glabrate above, keeled beneath, and multi-punctate ; 
flowers umbellate ; calyx-segments keeled, obtuse; petals twice as long 
as the calyx, obovate-oblong, narrowed at base, almost sessile; sterile 
filaments . . . . 3 ovary pubescent; style pilose. Drege, 71209. 
scrdy" Rocky places on mountain tops, Ezelsbank, 4000-5000 f. Drege/ (Herb. 
1} foot high, yellow-green. Branches and twigs erecto-patent. Leaves 2 lines 
long, 1 line wide, keeled, especially towards the point. Peunolee 6-10, 2-3 lines 
long. Calyx 3line long. Petals 1 line long. Stamens wanting in our specimens. 
le ing to 2 lines long.—Allied to A. obtusa by habit and leaves ; but 
sufficiently distinct in character. 
84. A. apiculata (G. F. W. Meyer, ap. B. & W.!1. ¢. p. 176); twigs 
minutely pubescent ; leaves very patent or reflexed, ovate, ate, 
with reflexed, impresso-punctate margins, tipped with a setiform, 
Stewed mucro, impunctate beneath, glabrous ; flowers umbellate; peduncles 
equalling the calyx or shorter, pubescent; calyx-segments ovate, acuml- 
nate, mucronate ; petals rather longer than the calyx, oblong, with very 
short claws; sterile filaments equalling the calyx, very narrow, filiform 
at apex, glabrous; ovary glandular; style glabrous. Barosma apiculata, 
E. & Z.1 815. 
Has. Cape, Hesse! Among shrubs and sand dunes by Algoa Bay, not far from 
Cape Recief and Port Elizabeth, E. & Z./ Drege! Cauca River, Dr. Gill! Sep. 
Oct. Sesh. evil wr Hook., Sond.) 
Erect, much branched, the secondary branches and sub-umbellate twigs crowded, 
leafy. Leaves mostly reflexed, quite glabrous, rugulose above, 2 lines long ; petioles 
appressed. Flowers umbellate-sub-capitate, peduncles 1 line long. Calyx 14 line 
1086; Pubesoont ‘at base, the segments membrane-edged. Petals pubescen 
w, the obtuse-lamina } longer than the calyx. Fert. fil, longer than the petals, 
flabrous. Style equalling or exceeding the stamens. Capsule 2 line long os 
_Tardotted at back, set at margin and top with long glands ; horns short and 
35. A. pilifera (Schl. Linn. 6, : twi : is 
: . p . 6, p. 206) ; twigs pubescent ; leaves pa 
tent, elliptical or oblong-elliptical, eg with a ax hair-like, in 
aero, - tiptoe glabrous ; flowers umbellate ; 
mis —4 tmes calyx ; calyx tube velvetty, 8°g- 
ments oblong, acute; petals obovate-oblong, are babe at base ; sterile 
filamen’ pe ts shorter than the calyx, downy, with an incurved, glabrous 
point ; ovary and style glabrous. Z. & Z./ 884. Diosma pilifera, Steud. ! 
TiO TER BabA D. apiculata, Spreng. 
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