Phylica.] RHAMNE& (Sond.) 495 
Van. §. litoralis; twigs clothed with greyish villi; green 
4 : c yish villi; leaves pale ‘ 
P. litoralis, Bernh.! l.c. Trichocephalus litoralis, EB. & Zt ee 
Has. Hott. Holl., Lichtenstein. Near Palmietriver, Stellenbosch 
bergskloof, Caledon, E£. § Z.! Var. B. sea-coast near Cape Receif, 55 a eer 
Zitz Kamma, Krauss, Gueinzius. J un.—Sept. (Hb. r. Berol., Wendl., Sond., T.C,D.) 
Shrub, 1-3 feet high. Leaves 4~5 lines long, 1-13 line wide. Capitulum whitish, 
woolly. Bractez lanceolate, leafy. Bracteole very small, 3 lines long. Capsule 
small, shining. Distinguished from the preceding by the incurved, more obtuse. 
not punctate-papillose leaves, larger heads, larger and longer leaves of the involucre 
and the very villous flowers. 
37. P. alpina (E. & Z.! 1018); branches and twigs pubescent ; leaves 
small, sub-sessile, erect, sub-imbricate, cordate-lanceolate, shining and sca- 
brous above, tomentose beneath, margins revolute; heads of flowers 
terminal, hemispherical (small) ; leaves of the involucre equalling the 
capitulum ; calyx turbinate, glabrous ; segments acute, very villous, 
shorter than the tube, but longer than the villous bracteole ; petals 
rotundate cucullate. 
Has. Mountains near Brackfontein, Clanwilliam, Z. d. Z./ Drege! 6756. Aug. 
(Herb, Sond.) 
3—1 foot high, branches often trichotomous, reddish, Leaves 2-3 lines long, 1 line 
wide, sometimes a little incurved. Capitulum the size of a pea. Leaves of the 
involucre cuspidate. Bractee equalling the flowers. Calyx about 1 line long. 
38. P. humilis (Sond.); branches and twigs filiform, pubescent ; leaves 
minute, spreading or reflexed, sub-sessile, cordate, ovate, swh-obtuse, con- 
vex, very smooth, shining above, tomentose beneath, with revolute mar- 
gins; heads of about 8-12 lax, aggregated flowers, involucrated by the 
uppermost leaves ; calyx campunulate, woolly, equalling the villous 
bracteole ; petals cucullate; ovary sub-lanuginose. 
Has. Mountains near Grietjesgat, between Lowrypass and Palmietriver, Stellen- 
bosch, 2~4000 feet, Ecklon. Jun. (Herb., Sond.) ae ce 
Shrub, a span high, with ascending greyish branches. Leaves a line long, smooth 
and shining, but very minutely punctate above. Capitula roundish, the size of a 
small pea. Calyx about } line long; segments acute. Capsule i crowned with 
the calyx ; area about as large as the capsule.—Very similar to P. debilis, distin- 
guished by the obtuse, very smooth leaves, calyx, and petals. os 
39. P. acmmwphylla (E. & Z.! 1019); twigs villous-pubescent ; leaves 
small, pier of or Big tel very short petiolate, cordate-lanceolate, 
callous-acute, villous, at length glabrate above, white-tomentose beneath, 
with revolute margins; heads of flowers hemispherical ; leaves of the 
villous involucre ovate, acute, equalling the head ; tube of the calyx 
glabrous ; segments lanceolate, villous ; bracteole villous, equalling 
the calyx ; petals cucullate ; capsule globose, shining. P. parviflora, 
E. Mey. d. 
Has. mountain sides at Tulbagh, near waterfall, £.¢ Z.! Lowry- 
sis oe Agree Strandfontein, near Olifant river, Drege, 6753. Nov. (Herb., 
Sond.) A ; ee 
i ith greyish wish, often crowded branches. Lower leaves ap- 
aang ig any is upper ones remote, 3-2 lines long. Capitulum — 
Calyx about 1 line long. Capsule nut-brown, the 
shining ing smaller capsule ; from P. alpina by the villous, 
ves, bracteole, and calyx. — : coe 
