i 482 RHAMNEA (Sond.) [ Phylica. 
| Sec. 1. Strputares.—Leaves stipulate. 
1. P. stipularis (L. mant. 208) ; twigs hoary-velvetty ; leaves spread- 
ing, short-stalked, lanceolate-linear, acutish, smooth above, hoary-vel- 
vetty beneath, with revolute edges ; stipules awl-shaped ; heads of 
flowers terminal, sessile, very downy. Burm. afr. 117. t. 43. f.2. Thunb. 
fl. cap. p. 200. Wendl. coll. t. 32. Spreng. Berl. Mag. viii. p. 104. t. 8. 
Ft. 3. Herb. Un. itin. n. 114, et 632. Trichocephalus stipularis, Brogn. 
Let6% £.& Z.!n. 1008. Walpersia Dregeana, Presl. Bot. Bem. 
p. 38. 
G Var. 8. robusta; leaves broader, obtuse or acutish, somewhat cordate 
NG at the base ; heads somewhat larger. 'richocephalus ripophorus, E. & 
i V4 4! n. 1007. Walpersia rip. Presl. Tylanthus diosmoides, Presl. 
a / Has. Common on the Cape Flats and on mountain sides through the Cape and 
Stellenbosch districts. Zeyh. 2213, 2214. Drege, 6752 a. Var. 8. on mountain 
sides near Brackfontein, Clanw. Drege, 6752. Mar.—Jul. (Herb., Thunb., Holm., 
Wendl., T.C.D., Sond.) 
Shrub, 2-3 feet, greyish ; branches erecto-patent. Young leaves sub-tomentose, 
old ones very smooth, convex above, 6-9 lines long, 1-1} line wide ; in var. B. 2-3 
lines wide. “Petioles tomentose. Stipules brown, 1-1} line long. Heads of flowers 
the size of a hazel nut, involucre hemispherical, its scales brown, shorter than the 
flowers. Calyx with long, subulate, spreading segments, woolly on the outside. 
Petals bristle-like. 
Seo. 2. Exstrputat#.—Leaves without stipules. 
A. Flowers mostly pedicellate, in the axils of leafy bracteas solitary, panicled, 
spiked or in heads. Bracteol none. Calyx short, campanulate, obconical or 
sub-cylindrical. Petals cucullate. Anthers 1-locular. Areola mostly as large as 
the fruit. Soulangia, Brogn. (Sp. 1-14.) 
2. P. buxifolia (L. spec. 283); twigs minutely pubescent; leaves 
is spreading, ovate or cordate-ovate, flat and smooth above, tomentose be- 
Pe neath, with sub-recurved margins ; heads of flowers small, axillary, 
: stalked. Burm. Afr. 119. t. 44. f.1. Thunb. fl. cap. p. 204. Lodd. 
bot. cab. t. 848. Wendl. coll. t. 26. Sieb. fl. cap. eas. n. 69. Herb. Un. 
win n. 108. P. cordata, L. spec. 283. Commel. pracl. p. 62. t, 12. by 
angia buxifolia and cordata, Brogn.l.c.p.71. E.& Z.! 1047. 
Has. Mountains near Capetown and in Caledon and Stellenbosch districts. 
Thunb. E. & Z.! Drege, 9335. Mar.-Aug. (Herb., Thunb., Holm., T.C.D., Sond,) 
' Shrub, 2-10 feet high, greyish-brown. Twigs often verticillate. Leaves yellowish 
_ or whitish tomentose beneath, 6-9 lines long, 4-6 lines wide. Petioles 1 line long. 
‘Flower heads, the size of a pea, involucrated by some small leaves, on stalks of }—1 
— inch long. Flowers minute, tomentose on the outside ; segments ovate, acute. Fruit 
Y» at length sub-glabrous, the size of a pea, with a large area. . 
. P. paniculata (W: illd.! spec. 1. p. 1112); branches virgate, twigs 
rulous ;_ leaves spreading, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or sub- 
base, shining above, downy white beneath, with sub- 
flowers disposed in leafy terminal, panicled racemes. 
l.c. p. 36. P. myrtifolia, Poir. dict. 5.p- 293 
_S. arborescens et paniculata, E. § 
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