Agathosma. ] RUTACEE (Sond.) 419 
Mant. p.124. Diosma reflexa, Soland. in Herb. Lamk.! D. imbricata, 
Thunb. ! prod. p. 43. Fl.Cap. p. 230. Bucco imbricata, Wendl. ! Coll. t. q 
Ag. imbricata and acuminata, E. & Z.! 870, 869. 
Var. 8, virgata; leaves ciliate, imbricate ; peduncles longer than 
the calyx ; calyx-segments oblong ; twigs virgate. A. virgata, Spreng. 
Var. y. obtusata ; leaves all over pubescent, imbricate ; peduncles 
ro than the calyx; cal. lobes linear-oblong, Bucco obtusata, Wendl, 
. € 76, 
Var. 6. acuminata ; larger leaves ovate, or sub-cordate, with long acu- 
mination, ciliate, the lower very patent; calyx lobes ovate; limbs of the 
petals obovate or obovate-oblong. Bueco acuminata, Wendl.! Coll. t. 28. 
Ag. acuminata, Willd. ! Enum. p. 260. B.§ W.1 1. c. p. 147. Diosma 
cordata, Mart. Hort. Erl. p. 07. 
_ Var. «. vestita; leaves imbricate, evidently keeled beneath, glabrous, 
ciliate ; peduncles glabrous or sparsely pilose, equalling the calyx 3 cal. 
lobes sub-acute ; limb of the petals broadly obovate. Ag. vestita, Willd. ! 
Bg Wille p.142, BGZ! 871. 
Has. Cape flats and mountains round Capetown. In Zwartland, at Saldanha 
Bay and Hott. Holland ; Tulbagh ; Winterhoeksberg, &e. Thunberg.! E. ¢ Z., 
Pappe, §c. Zey.! 298, 299... Drege. 1882, 7095, 7127. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D., &c.) 
_ Erect, much branched, 3 feet or more high ; twigs fastigiate, leafy. Leaves spa- 
ringly dotted beneath, flattish above, prominently nerved beneath, variable in pubes- 
cence, 1-3 lines; in 3., 4-5 lines long. Flowers numerous ; pedune. longer or shorter 
than the calyx, 2-bracted. Calyx 1 line long, glabrous or roughly pubescent. Petals 
with long claws pubescent at base, equalling the sterile filaments. Ovary pilose. 
Style glabrous. Capsule 2 lines long, the carpels hairy at the summit. : 
B. Stress is oii known to me Real Hb. Wendland, but Sieber’s plant is very 
near it, and only differs by the peduncles equalling the calyx. A. vestita, Willd., is 
certainly not specifically different, for the twigs, in the original specimen, are not 
glabrous, but glabrescent, and the peduncles are not always glabrous, but mostly 
downy or pilose at, base, Many specimens of A. imbricata, collected in the Cape 
flats, belong to this variety. x S 
Seor. 9, Eu-Agathosma. Flowers at the ends of the twigs umbel- 
late, the sab ema: many times longer than the calyx; rarely 
Shorter, and the flowers sub-capitate. Petals on long claws, with the 
limb oblong. Sterile filaments free, equalling or surpassing the calyx, 
not as long as the petals,—Zeaves, in the narrow-leaved sometimes im: 
. 
bricate, in the wide-leaved not imbricate. (Sp. 49-100.) 
A. Leaves roundish, ovate, oblong, or lanceolate. (Sp. 49-70.) 
49. A. orbicularis (B. & W.! 1. ¢. p. 175) ; branches and twigs mi- 
nutely pubescent; pally (minute) patent and reflexed, thickish, roundish, 
or broadly ovate, obtuse, flat, glabrous, impunctate beneath ; flowers um- 
bellate; peduncles pubescent ; calyx segments roundish, claws of the 
petals longer than the calyx, limb elliptic, obtuse, narrowed at base ; 
sterile filaments twice as long as the calyx, oblong-linear, pubescent in 
the middle ; ovary and style glabrous. #. § Z./ 885 § 886, ex pte. 
Diosma orbicularis, Thunb. Cap. p.230. Willd. Sp. PL L p. 1140. 
Hap. Among shrubs near the hot baths, Zwarteberg, Caledon, Thunberg / EB. Z.! 
Aug. (Herb, Thunb., Lehm., Sond.) Be 
