428 RUTACEE (Sond.) [ Agathosma. 
near Potriver, Zey.! 2169. ‘y. flats near Tigerberg, and Zoutendalsvalley, 
.¢ Z.! Between Groenekloof and Saldanha Bay, Dreye 7087. Var. 5. near Cape 
L’Agulhas, Swellendam and Hott. Holland, Z. § Z./ ¢. at Gauritz River and Vish- 
bay, Drege. Aug.-Oct. (Herb. r. Berol., Wendl., Lehm., T.C.D., Sond.) 
‘A much branched bush, 1 foot high, greyish below, with reddish branches, and 
crowded, short twigs. Leaves close, dark green, paler beneath, 3-5 lines long, t 
line wide. Peduncles 6-12 or more, slender, twice as long as the calyx or shorter 
in 8. Calyx 1} line long. Petals white or lilac, glabrous or subciliate. Var. € is 
possibly a distinct species, differing from the others in the leaves quite glabrous and 
cucullate-contracted at the apex above and hairy, having a thick short gibbus 
a. : peduncles 3 lines long, with two long-ciliate minute bracts ; the flowers do 
no er. 
70. A. lancifolia (E. & Z.! 857) ; twigs scarcely downy; leaves erect, 
sub-imbricate, lanceolate, acuminate, pungent, channelled above and 
glabrous, acutely keeled beneath, the margin and keel rough and hispi- 
dulous ; flowers capitate ; peduncles half as long as the calyx, glabrous ; 
calyx-lobes ovate, acute, ciliate ; petals twice as long as the calyx; sterile 
filaments longer than the calyx, shorter than the claw of the petals, 
linear-filiform, pilose to the middle, glabrous at apex, style glabrous. 
Has. Stony mountain-sides near Olifant’s river, Clanw., EZ. ¢ Z./ Oct. erb. 
Lehm., Sond.) : sida 
A foot high, with grey branches, and short, yellowish, sub-umbellate twigs. 
Leaves close-set on the twigs, thrice as long as the internodes, tapering from @ broad 
base into a hard, triangular point, 4-6 lines long, 1-1} line wide, with a petiole 
nearly 1 line long. Floral leaves shorter than the rest, spreading, with a broad, 
pesca, eis base. Calyx 1 line long, widely membrane-edged and ciliate. 
B. Leaves narrow, linear-lanceolate, or linear, 4-10 lines long. (Sp. 71-85.) 
71. A. juniperifolia (Bartl.! Lin. 17, p. 376); twigs downy ; leaves 
patent, linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, ce ae peltucid-dotted at the 
margin, the younger ciliate with long, soft hairs; flowers umbellate ; 
peduncles and calyx glandular; calyx-lobes lanceolate, sub-acute ; pe- 
tals twice as long as the calyx, with sub-ciliate claws equalling the calyx, 
and oblong limb ; sterile filaments rather longer than the claws of the 
petals, linear, villous below, glabrous above, ovary and style glabrou 
Has. Cape, Dr. Gueinzius! (Herb. Sond., a beato Kunze com.) : 
Pi ogy than a foot high, with scattered or crowded, brownish grey branches and 
Leaves horizontal or recurved, dull green above, pale beneath, 4-6 lines 
long, 1 line wide. Pedunc. 12-20, 3 lines long. Calyx 1 Fine long, glandular at 
72. A. acerosa (E. & Z.! 892); twi ves mi 
x ! 892); twigs and leaves minutely downy 5 
leaves erect, sub-patent, elongate-linear, with revolute margins, sub-fil- 
few, one-furrowed beneath, mucronate ; flowers sub-umbellate; pedun- 
oa and calyces downy ; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acute ; petals 4 
oe as long as the calyx, with a capillary claw twice as long as the 
‘ Yx, and an obovate limb ; sterile filaments twice as long as the calyx, 
_— “spathulate, pubescent-ciliate below; ovary pubescent ; style gla- 
a . - Linn. 17. p. 364. 
Sond)’ May Places near Herculesfontein, Clanw. E. GZ.) Sep. (Herb. Lehm., 
An erect small bush, with ascendi branches, . 
t ascending-erect, terete, glabro and even: 
topped twigs. Leaves erect, but not imbricate, straight or incurved, Hinear-terete, 
