Agathosma. ] RUTACER (Sond.) 437 
95. A. Gillivrayi (Sond.) ; dwar, erect, quite glabrous; leaves erecto- 
patent, scattered or opposite, oblong or linear-oblong, obtuse, channelled 
above, keeled and sub-trigonous beneath, with a sub-hyaline, pellucid- 
dotted margin; flowers wmbellate ; peduncles 3-4 times longer than the 
leaves ; calyx-segments ovate, obtuse ; petals thrice as long as the calyx, 
the glabrous claw equalling it; sterile filaments twice as long as the 
calyx, linear, downy in the middle; ovary and style glabrous. ~ 
. Has. Simon’s bay, M‘@illivray! Baron v. Ludwig! (Herb, Hook,, Sond.) 
2-3 inches high, many-stemmed, with a long, white root. Stems erect, filiform, 
rufescent, Leaves decussate, alternate on the young twigs, bright green, with a few 
glands along the keel and margin, 14 line long. Umbels 4-6 flowered ; pedunc. 4 
lines long. Calyx 1 line long, the lobes membrane-edged, naked. Petals glabrous. 
- limb obovate, obtuse, narrowed at base, gland-dotted.—Allied to A. erecta, and A. 
decumbens, but sufficiently distinct from both. 
96. A. glabrata (B & W.! 1c. p. 165); quite glabrous ; leaves im- 
bricate, thickish, oblongo-lanceolate or oblong, obtuse, convex beneath, 
gibbous and trigonous at the apex ; flowers umbelled ; peduncles 2-4 
times as long as the calyx ; calyx-lobes ovato-lanceolate, sub-carinate ; 
petals twice as long as the calyx, the claw equalling it or a little shorter, 
glabrous ; limb elliptical, narrowed at base ; sterile filaments a Uittle 
longer than the caly, linear-spathulate, ciliate at base ; ovary and style 
glabrous. A. thayoides, FE. § Z.! g10, non. Willd. A. erecta, 8., glaber- 
ruma, Steud. f 
Var. 8. Eckloniana; upper leaves shorter, sub-acute, densely imbri- 
cate; calyx lobes ovate, acute; petals wider; ster. fil. linear, not wider 
upwards. 
Has, Cape flats near Duykervalley and Doornhoogde, and in Zwartland, Z. ¢ Z.! 
Ectevalley, Zeyher! B. Cape flats, W. H. H.'! Zey./ 28. (Herb. Wendl., Lehm., 
-C.D., Sond.) 
A foot high, erect, with straightish, scattered or crowded branches, and short, 
leafy twigs. Leaves dense, erect, quite glabrous, concave above, convex-keeled be- 
neath, sparsely punctate, glaucous-green, the lower 3-4 lines, the upper 3-2 ai 
long ; in var. 8. the upper 14-1 line long. Umbel many flowered ; pedunc. 3 
Jong. Calyx 1} line long; in 8. 1 line, ciliolate or glabrate. Petals 1} line long, 
white or lilac. Carpels 2, glabrous, with short, straight horns. cadet 
What is probably a variety of this species with minutely pubescent peduncles, is 
preserved in Herb. Thunb. under the name D. virgata, b. ; the habit is the same, 
and neither leaves nor flowers differ materially. I have not seen this plant in other 
collections, cee 
Dz Le l (2-3 li , thick or thickish, oblong or linear-oblong, very ob- 
tuse, convee road jane aint aon aigeel swelling under the point ; concave — 
97. A. florulenta (Sond.); twigs minutely downy ; leaves erect, sub- 
patent, thick, prin re - oblong, obtuse, slightly — night 
convex-keeled, obtusely trigonous beneath, remotely ciliate, at length gla- 
brate; flowers umbellate; peduncles downy; calyx glabrous, its seg- 
ments lanceolate, keeled, not ciliate; petals more than twice as long as 
the calyx, the claw equalling the calyx, glabrous ; limb elliptical, obtuse, 
narrowed at base; sterile filaments twice as long as the calyx, oblong- 
linear, downy below, linear and glabrous above; ovary and style gla- 
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