440 RUTACEZ (Sond.) [Macrostylis. 
minutely downy; leaves scattered, erect, imbricate, linear, obtuse, con- 
cave above, convex-keeled beneath, glabrous ; flowers capitate ; petals twice 
as long as the calyx, bearded in the middle. 
' Has. Rocky places at Piquetberg, 1500-2000 f. Drege/ At 24-rivers, Zey.! 293. 
Nov.-Dec. (Herb. E. Mey., Lehm., Sond.) 
6-12 inches high and more, many stemmed, much branched, the twigs uncial or 
shorter, erecto-patent, terete. “Leaves sessile, Siamese 1}-2 lines long, sub- 
cucullate at apex, margin nude orroughish. Flowers sessile, Calyx glabrous, 
1 line long, its lobes obtuse, ciliolate.—Readily known from the preceding by its 
narrow and smaller leaves. 
- 8. M. squarrosa (B. & W. p. 198); twigs short, minutely pubescent ; 
leaves scattered, sessile, spreading, recurved or squarrose, basally ap- 
pressed, ovate, or ovate-oblong, obtuse, flat above, the younger pubescent- 
hispid, the adult mostly glabrate; flowers capitate ; petals longer than 
the calyx, obovate, obtuse, bearded in the middle, Diosma squarrosa, 
Wendl. in Hb. D. obtusa, G. F. W. Mey. M. obtusa, B. & W.! b,c. p. 197+ 
Has. Oliphants River, Hesse’ Sandy ground on mountain sides near Brackfon- 
tein, F. &Z.! Rocky places at Uienvalei, 2000-3000 f. Drege/ Aug.-Dec. (Herb. 
Bartl., Wendl., Mart., E. Mey., Sond.) 
6-12 inches high or more, much branched ; branches erect or flexuous, mostly 
aggregate, terete, the younger leafy. Leaves mostly alternate, close, or sub-distant, 
with the margin flat or reflexed, fiat on each side, smooth and green above, paler 
beneath, with a strong nerve, 1-2 lines long, Flowers 6-10, sessile or pedicellate. 
Calyx glabrous, 1 line long, segments obtuse. Petals reddish, twice as long as the 
calyx. me 4 times as long as the calyx.—M. obtusa, Hb. Bartl. and M. squar- 
rosa, Hb. Wendl. are the same ; leaves patent, or squarrose-recurved, are found in 
4 ‘MM. crassifolia (Sond.) ; twigs scarcely downy; leaves scattered, 
ontally patent from the base, sessile, ovate, obtuse, sub-trigonous, flat 
above, convex beneath, fleshy, glaucous, glabrous ; flowers sessile, capitate- 
aggregate; petals twice as long as the calyx, obovate, obtuse, bearded 
in the middle. ‘ | 
Var. 8. affinis ; leaves erecto-patent, concave above ; twigs downy oF 
glabrous, Drege! 7154. 
reste gvalley, Zey.! 294. . (station not given) Drege/ 7157. Nov.-Dec. (Herb. 
A greyish shrub, taller and stronger than the preceding, with more rigid branches, 
mostly trichotomous ; it differs also in having sedis pe (4-1 line long), all equal, 
horizontal, laxly set on the branches, thick, rigid, sub-globose beneath, and three- 
angled by the prominent nerve, with several rows of glands. Flowers nearly as 10 
M. squarrosa, but a little smaller. Calyx sub-angulate, the lobes obtuse, ciliolate. 
Petals reddish, long-bearded. Style thrice as long as the calyx. Capsule glabrous, 
5-6 lines long, with 3-5 oblong carpels, with reflexed horns.—Var. B., besides the 
_ characters given above, has shortl: ch longer 
| ‘She the py ° ve, y pedunculate flowers, and petals not mu 
5. M. tennis (E. Mey. ! in Hb, Drege) ; twi peccto. atent, minutely 
downy ; leaves scattered, sessile, pein eh sanke or Ovate-oblong, with 
bas point, sub-obtuse, the hyaline margin ciliate-scabrid, convex 
reg and somewhat nerve-heeled, glabrous ; flowers capitate-aggregate 5 
pee nger than the calyx, bearded in the middle. 
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