438 RUTACEZ (Sond.) [ Agathosma. 
Has. Hills near Zoutendaals valley, Zwell. Miss Joubert. Oct. (Herb. Sond.) 
Dwarf, 4-5 inches high. Stems several, erect, with scattered branches and many 
short twigs. Leaves sub-distant, 2-3 lines long, the upper close, but not imbricate, 
2-24 lines long, rather more strongly keeled, and with a minute apical swelling. 
Umbel 8-16 flowered ; pedune. twice as long as the outer floral leaves. Calyx 1 
line long, with unequal segments. Petals glabrous, white.—Like A. sedifolia, Schl., 
from which it differs in the conspicuously keeled and sub-trigonous leaves, with re- 
mote, very short and deciduous cilia ; and especially in the calyx. 
98. A. sedifolia (Schl.! 1c. p. 206); twigs glabrous; leaves erecto- 
patent, thick, linear-oblong, channelled, sub-cucullate at point, obtuse, 
obtusely keeled, the margin and keel piloso-ciliate, then scabrous, other- 
wise glabrous; flowers umbellate ; peduncles andj calyces glabrous ; 
calyx segments ovate, acute, keeled, villoso-ciliate; petals twice as long as 
the calyx, the claw short, downy, and limb obovate; sterile filaments 
rather longer than the calyx, linear, pilose below, narrowed and glabrous 
above, curving back at the point. #. § Z./ 862. 
Has. Hills near Zoutendaals valley, Zwell., Miss Joubert! Oct. (Herb. Sond.) 
A dwarf, glabrous bush, with leaves of a Sedum (stonecrop). Leaves very obtuse = 
and thick, rugulose when dry, 3 lines long. Umbel 8-12 flowered ; pesuna a 
longer than the outer floral leaves, 24-3 lines long. Calyx 1} line long. F i 
white, obovate, narrowed into a short claw, downy above. ick 
99. A. elata (Sond); quite*glabrous; leaves close, not imbricate, : ‘ q 
erect, sub-appressed, oblong, obtuse, little attenuated at base, concave — 
above, convex beneath, not gibbous at point; flowers umbellate; pedun- 
cles 4-6 times longer than the calyx; cal. lobes ovate, obtuse ; petals 
twice as long as the calyx, the claw equalling the calyx, glabrous, lamina 
tle wider at base, ciliate quite to the apex ; ovaries and style glabrous. _ 
Var. f Niveni ; twigs at the end, and peduncles minutely pubescent ; 
petals rather wider. se aes 
ut Sond) 1500-2500 f. Drege! §. in the Interior, Niven! Nov. fo gs 
slender shrub, several feet high, much branched ; branches spreading, twigs 
crowded, yellow green, t-3 inch long. ‘Leaves 1-1} line long, pale green, or glau- 
cous, oblong, wider upwards, the nerve obsolete beneath. Peduncles capillary, pale, 
ag tn oe aes Calyx 3 line long. Known from A. anata oa ee 
smaller leaves, not swollen at tip, little attenuate at m 
slender peduncles and smaller flowers. ; 
100. A. crassifolia (Sond.); quite glabrous; leaves erecto-patent, ob- 
long, obtuse, semi-cylindrical, or slightly furrowed above, with a few im- 
pressed glands beneath; flowers umbelled; peduncles 2-3 times longer 
as the calyx, the claw pilose, longer than the calyx, limb elliptic-oblong, 
glabrous ; sterile filaments twice as long as the calyx, linear, pilose beyond 
the middle, glabrous at the point ; ovary and style glabrous. A. glabrata, — 
. Mey.! in Hb, Drege, non B. & W. 
vetale at Bs he and flowers smaller ; sterile filaments equalling the 
elliptic-oblong ; sterile filaments tzice as long as the calyx, linear, a lite a 
(Herb. Sond.) at Hexrivier-kloof, too0-2000 f. Drege Sep. . Drege i* Se 
