Agathosma.] RUTACEZ (Sond.) 427 
sub-equal; calyx lobes ovato-lanceolate; petals thrice as long as the 
calyx, the claw twice as long as the limb. 
Var. y. laxa; twigs lax; leaves villous-pubescent beneath; peduncles 
equal, 2-3 times longer than the floral leaves ; calyx lobes ovato-lanceo- 
late; petals twice as long as the calyx, the claw equalling the limb. 
A, laxa, B. & W.! 1. ¢. p. 162. 
Has. Very common on the mountains round Capetown, &c., and on the C 
ae ea dc. Drege, 7090, 7093. Zey. 298, ex pte. (Herb., Thunb., Wille 
md., T.C.D. &e. 
A foot or more high, with scattered or sub-ternate branches, and filiform twigs, 
Leaves 3-4 lines long, the upper shorter. Peduncles numerous, the inner much 
longer than the rest. Calyx 1} line long, pubescent, the segments unequal, keeled 
rage Petals flesh coloured, lilac or white, 2-24 lines long. Ovaries 2-3, gla- 
us. 
68. A. barosmefolia (E. & Z.! 874); twigs and leaves minutely pu- 
bescent; leaves spreading, oblongo-lanceolate or lanceolate, sub-mucronate, 
narrowed at base, flat, leathery, thickish at the margin, sparsely gland- 
dotted beneath; flowers sub-umbellate; peduncles and calyces pubes- 
cent; calyx segments oblong-lanceolate, obtuse; petals four times, with 
a capillary glabrous claw thrice, as long as the calyx and an elliptic- 
obovate limb ; sterile filaments thrice as long as the calyx, linear, villous, 
glabrous-pointed ; ovary and style glabrous, Baril, Linn. 17. p. 378. 
se Sandy ground near Brackfontein, Clanw., E. Z.! July. (Herb. Hook., 
nd. 
A foot high, 2-3~chotomous, with crowded, even-topped twigs. Leaves vag wed 
at base into a line-long petiole, shining above, pale beneath, 6-10 lines long, 1} line 
wide. Flowers numerous; pedunc. 3-4 lines long, 2 bracted. Cal. 1 line long. 
Petals white, the limb roundish. : 
69. A. serpyllacea (Lichtenst! B. & W.! 1. c. p. 153); twigs hairy, 
pubescent and ciliate; leaves erecto-patent, lanceolate, acute, with re- 
curved margins, trigonous, the nerve beneath gibbous at point, flat above 
or obsoletely channelled ; flowers umbellate; peduncles and calyces 
hairy; calyx-lobes ovato-lanceolate, sub-obtuse; petals twice as long 
the calyx, the claws much shorter and limb oblong-elliptical ; ste 
filaments equalling the calyx, linear, broader at base, — Bucco 
erpyllacea, R. & Sch. 1. c. p. 447. Ag. blaerioides, #. § Z.! 870, non 
ham. § Schl, hore : 
VaR. «. ; leaves pubescent ; pedune. hairy, twice as long as the calyx. 
B. serpyll, Licht, and D. stricta, Willd. Hb, ; 
Var. 8.; leaves long-ciliate at keel and margin, incurved-erect; pe- 
duncles scarcely longer than the calyx. jj 
Var. y.; leaves glabrous; peduncles pubescent, A, serpyllacea, 
E. § Z.1'909, ex pte. A. Bartlingiana, B. § Z.1 898, ex pte. 
Var 4.; leaves and peduncles glabrous. A. serpyll. var. glabra, Schlecht. 
A, hyponeura, E. § Z.1 894. A. glabra, B. § Z. 908. _ 
Var. «.; leaves oblongo-lanceolate, gibbous-thickened of oy he 
herve and margins with long hairs; peduncles glabrous, twice as ‘ong _ 
as the calyx, te | gee 
Bas, Hot, Hollandsberg, Lichtenstein. Zondagsflakte, E. & Z./ var. 6. in sandy. 
