430 RUTACEZ (Sond.) [ Agathosma. 
Mur. Syst. ed. xiv. p. 239. D. hispida, Thand.! Cap. p. 222. Willd. Sp. 
I. p. 1135, Bucco hispida, R. § Sch. t.c. p. 446. Ag. trachyphylla, £. 
& Z.! 865. 3 
Has. Sands between Piquetberg and Verlooren Valley, and elsewhere, common, 
Thunberg! Between Zwartland and Paardeberg, Stell., L. & E./ Pappe, &e. Paarl, 
Rev, W. Elliott, Drege 7099. Jul.-Sep. (Herb. Thunb., Wendl., T.C.D., Sond.) 
“A foot or more high, erect, much-branched, brownish-grey, with scattered and 
sub-umbellate, erecto-patent, purplish, leafy branches. Leaves 3-6 lines long, with 
4 rows of glands beneath. Peduncles numerous, 2~2} lines long, purplish. Calyx 
purplish, 1 liné long. Petals glabrous. Carpels 3.—It varies with the upper leaves 
incurved-erect and shorter peduncles. 
76. A. hirtella (Sond.); twigs hairy-pilose; leaves spreading, i- 
curved, linear, acute, channelled above, keeled beneath, hairy on both 
sides, piligerous at summit; flowers umbellate; peduncles 4 times as long 
as the calyx, minutely pubescent, ebracteate; calyx pubescent, its seg- 
ments oblong, obtuse; petals twice as long as the calyx, the claw equalling 
_ the calyx, glabrous, limb oblong; sterile filaments longer than the calyx, 
lanceolate-linear, downy; ovary somewhat hairy; style glabrous. 
Has. At Kardow, Zeyher. (Herb. Sond.) 
A foot high, erect, much branched, the branches scattered or crowded, downy ; 
twigs slender. Leaves mostly horizontal, sub-complicate, gland-dotted, 3-4 lines 
long. Pedicels 4-6, downy, 24-3 lines long. Calyx } line long. Petals glabrous. 
Ovary few-haired, at length glabrate. Carpels 3-2, glabrous, 2 lines long, shortly 
eon muy horned,— Differs from A. juniperina by its sub-complicate, not acum 
ves. 
_ 7%. A robusta (E. & Z.! 863); twigs pubescent; leaves erect, sub- 
_ imbricate, linear, channelled and glabrous above, convex-keeled and 
villous beneath, with an ineurved point furnished beneath with a small 
grbbosity; flowers umbellate; peduncles and calyces villous; calyx lobes 
ovato-lanceolate, obtuse, keeled; petals twice as long as the calyx, this 
pilose claw equalling it, the limb elliptical, narrowed at base ; sterile 
filaments slightly longer than the calyx, linear-oblong, with a villous 
claw ; style glabrous. 
Has, Hills near Swellendam, Mundt! O = 2 
A span high, with a thick root, and ee S thick as a goose quill, 
divided above into branches 2-3 inches long. Leaves 3-4 lines long, the lower some- 
what lanceolate. Peduncles numerous, lines long. Calyx-segments 1 line jong, 
Semip dips mat yigwyps a capillary claw equalling the limb. Style fees 
vay ete ae: 4 sight this looks like A. villosa ae hirtella, 
_78. A. Joubertiana (Schi.! Linn. 6. p. 207); twigs hairy; leaves 
erect, sub-imbricate, Panels or linear, ‘with Lie, tecaried point, 
channelled above, sharply keeled beneath, the margin and keel ciliate, 
afterwards scabrous ; flowers umbellate ; peduncles glabrescent ; calyx 
glabrous, its lobes lanceolate; petals twice as long as the calyx, claw 
cal equalling the calyx, limb oblong; sterile filaments equalling the 
beowe Ratrow, linear as far as the middle and downy, filiform and gla- 
Lé ZT Bb et ovary piloso-setose at summit; style glabrous 
ey, Swell., Miss 17. Joubert. Oct. (Herb. 
