Phylica.] RHAMNE# (Sond.) 483 
Has. Stony places of Mt. Bothasberg, Grahamstown, Albany, Boschmansrivier, 
Zeyhe 2224 a. ; Winterhoek and Vanstadensriviersberge, Uitenhage, #. ¢ Z./ T. 
Williamson. Kromrivier, Drege. Elandsrivier, Niven. Port Natal, Gueinzius, 
Var. 8. Winterhoek, Krauss. Elandsrivier, Ecklon. Ap.—Jun. (Herb., reg. Ber., 
stra ; Sond., T.C.D.) 
5 » 2-10 feet high. Leaves short, petiolate, spreading or reflexed, 5—6 lines long, 
2 lines wide, or the larger ones 8-12 lines long, 3 faa wide, upper ier Fivwas 
about 4 line long, in the axil of a subulate bractea, tomentose, sub-turbinate ; 
Segments ovate, acute. Fruit 23-3 lines long, obovate, smooth, blackish when dry ; 
area as large as the capsule. 
4, P. oleoides (DC. 1. c. p. 36); twigs velvetty, pubescent, at length 
smooth; leaves spreading, coriaceous, ovate-oblong, mucronate, acute, pu- 
bescent or smooth and papillose above, downy beneath, with sub- 
recurved margins ; flowers in loose racemes at the top of the branches ; 
tacemes axillary, about the length of the leaf; calyx tomentose, i- 
cellate ; capsule globose, with a large area. P. olecefolia, Vent. Malm. n. 
57, obs. 2. P. spicata, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 323. non L. Soulangia olee- 
Jolia, Brogn.t.c.p.71. E.&Z.! 1048. 
Var. 8. angustifolia ; leaves lanceolate, lower ones oblong-lanceolate ; 
Tacemes shorter than the leaves. 
Has, Among shrubs on mountain sides of the valley Tulbagh, Worr. Z. ¢ Z./ 
Heerelogement, Zey. 327. Nieuwe Kloof, Wupperthal, 1200, Drege. Var. B- 
Stoffkraal, Zeyh. 326. Mar.—Oct. (Herb., Holm., Sond., Lehm., T.C.D.) 
Over 2 feet high, greyish-brown, twigs often crowded, sub-fastigiate. Leaves often 
veined beneath, 8-10 lines long, 4 lines wide, others 12-15 lines long, 3-6 lines 
wide, upper mostly half ae tee Petiole 1 line long. Racemes 4-6 lines long. 
Calyx obconical or campanulate, of the length of the pedicel or somewhat shorter ; 
segments acute. Capsule blackish when dry, nearly the size of a small cherry; area 
as large as the capsule. The var. 8. has sub-virgate twigs and smaller leaves. 
5. P. lasiocarpa (Sond.); branches and twigs minutely pubescent ; 
leaves spreading, short-petiolate, linear-lanceolate or linear, glabrous, 
shining above, tomentose beneath, with revolute margins; flower heads 
terminal (small), tomentose, involucrated by the uppermost leaves ; 
calyx campanulate, tomentose; segments short, acute; capsule ovate, 
- tomentose. : 
Var. a. lediformis ; leaves 6-8 lines long, 1 line wide, flattish above. 
Soulangia ledifolia, E. & Z.! 1044. excl. syn, 
Var. 8. parvifolia; leaves 3-4 lines long, }-? line wide, obtuse or 
apiculate, papillose-punctate above. J. lanceolata, E. d- Z.! 1012. non 
Thunb. P. parviflora, E. Mey. c. ex pte. P. nitida, #. Mey. ex pte. non 
‘ Hott. . berge, on the highest mountains, Z. f Z./ Var. B., 
Hott, Holl Kloof, aes Klynriviersberge, Zeyh. 2221. Between Langevalei and 
Heerel t, Drege. Jun.—Aug. ‘(Herb., Sond., Lehm., T.C.D.) 
greyish. Leaves horizontal, the upper sub-erect 
1-1} igh ; branches red or g1 ves h al, a ‘ 
Petiole. Fite Tog: Heads 6-10 flowered, the size of a small pea. Calyx 1 line 
long. Capeule but densely tomentose, about 4 lines long ; area small. 
a a *ht b.! f. ‘ , . p. 203); much branched, _ 
GP, seminal (| 8 SB og) much branche 
