436 RUTACEZ (Sond.) [Agathosma. 
34-2 Tines long, 3 line wide. Peduncles few, 2-3 lines long. Calyx } line long.— 
Readily known from allied species by its pubescence and prostrate growth. 
- 92. A. nigra (E. & Z.! 917), branches weak prostrate; twigs downy, 
with reversed hairs; leaves sub-imbricate, erect-appressed, linear, obtuse, 
3-angled, sparingly impresso-punctate beneath, glabrous, rarely ciliolate 
at keel and margin; flowers umbellate; peduncles longer than the 
floral leaves, minutely pubescent or glabrate; calyx glabrous, its seg- 
ments ovato-lanceolate, keeled; petals twice as long as the calyx, the 
elaw half its length, limb obovate-oblong ; sterile filaments scarcely ex- 
ceeding the calyx, oblong-linear, pubescent-ciliate to the very apex; 
ovary pilose at apex; style glabrous. Bartl. Linn. 17. p. 366. 
Has. Hills between Zwartberg and ivi .G Z/ Aug. 
(Herb. Sond) rg Klynriviersberg, Caledon, E. ¢ 2./ ig 
.A dwarf bush, with prostrate or ascending, greyish branches, 6-12 inches long, 
and erect, fastigiate reddish twigs. Leaves sub-distant on the branches, crowded on 
the twigs, channelled, 14-2 lines long. Umbel 3-6 flowered, pedunc. 2-2} lines 
long, never quite glabrous. Calyx segments $ line long, not ciliate. Petals quite 
glabrous, with an apical gland. Carpels 2-3, 1 line long, with short, straight horns. 
. 93. A. fastigiata (E. & Z.! 918); branches fascicled ; twigs clothed 
with very short, patent hairs ; leaves close, not imbricate, sub-appressed, 
ovate or ovate-oblong, inflexed and acute at the point, rather concave above, 
acutely nerve-keeled beneath, sub-trigonous, sparingly impresso-punc- 
tate, glabrous ; flowers umbellate ; peduncles velvetty ; calyx-lobes gla- 
brous, ovato-lanceolate, ciliolate ; petals twice as long as the calyx, the 
glabrous claw equalling it, limb obovate-oblong; sterile filaments twice 
as long as the calyx, lanceolate, villous, with a glabrous filiform apex; 
ovary and style glabrous, 
Haz. Mountain sides of the Langekloof, G: , E.&Z.1 Dee. erb. Sond.) 
Many stemmed, erect, 6-8 inches high, wish sleala?: -~virgate, retiowsh, fastigiate 
twigs, 2-4 inches long. Leaves 14 line long, 4 line wide. Umbels few flowered, 
sometimes aggregate ; pedunc. longer than the floral leaves, 2 lines long. Calyx 
giand-dotted without, the lobes keeled, sub-obtuse, 4 line long. Petals glabrous ; the 
limb t line long.—Like A. erecta, but differs in the sub-simple branchlets, leaves not 
imbricate, more ovate and acute, velvetty peduncles and smaller calyx. 
94. A. asperifolia (E. & Z.! 872); twigs hairy ; leaves sub-imbricate, 
oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, carinate-trigonous, obtuse, gland-tubercled, 
rough ; flowers densely capitate, sub-sessile ; segments of the rough calyx 
oblong, obtuse, ciliate ; petals thrice as long as the calyx ; sterile fila- 
ments not equalling the claw of the petals, villoso-ciliate, glabrous 
roa 5 elongate, pilose. Bartl. Linn. 17, p.379. A. salina, E. & 
; , ex pte, 
Lower leaves :. . . 4 
lines long eevee: upper imbricate, rough with tubercles and 
bie aed i ae 85 & pen. Calyx x tne long, the keeled segments 
calyx, limb below. P us, With a capi claw twice as long 48 
obovate, with a under the apex. Ster,-fil. narrow-linear, 
at base, gland-tipped. Style at length elongating. 
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