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to the A. conferta, but the form of the leaves is so altered by the 
disease, that it is impossible, from my specimens, to determine the 
point with certainty. —— . 
8. A. myrtillefolia, sp. n., ramulis vix villosulis, foliis brevibus 
obovatis mucronatis subplanis immarginatis glabris, floribus paucis 
subcapitatis, calycis glabri laciniis lanceolatis acutissimis tubo 
lato longioribus, petalis puberulis, ovario glabro biovulato.—Fru- 
tieulus ramosissimus, habitu A. exiguæ subsimilis. Folia conferta 
2 v. rarius 3 lin. longa, 14 lin. lata, tenuiter coriacea, 1—3-nervia. 
Flores magnitudine eorum A. recurvifolie, ad apices ramorum 
per 3-6 breviter pedicellati. Calycis lacinia inferior 2 lin. longa, 
superiores paullo minores, tubus 1 lin. longus. 
Cape Colony, Bowie ! 
9. A. exigua (Eckl. Zeyh. Enum. p. 198) folis confertis obo- - 
vatis v. obovato-oblongis acutis vix mucronulatis coriaceis margina- 
tis glabris supra concaviusculis, lateralibus obliquis, floribus paucis 
subcapitatis, calycis adpresse puberuli laciniis subulatis tubo sub- 
æquilongis, petalis sericeis, ovario villoso biovulato.—Fruticulus 
humilis, ramis incano-tomentosiusculis. Folia 2-3 lin. rarius 
4 lin. longa, 1-2 rarius 3 lin. lata, 1—3-nervia. Flores 3-6, fere 
sessiles, lis A. secwrifoliæ minores. 
Hills on the Zondereinde river, Swellendam district, Heklon 
and Zeyher; on the Babylonstoorens hill, Zeyher, n. 2346 Le; 
10. A. inops (Eckl. Zeyh. Enum. p. 197), from the same loca- 
lities as A. exigua, is unknown to me, but, from the character 
given, it can scarccly differ from that species. 
11. A. capitella (Burch! Cat. Geogr. n. 7148), ramulis tenui- 
bus puberulis, foliis cuneato-oblongis acutis rigidis hirtellis, flori- 
bus subgeminis sessilibus, bracteis minimis, calycis hirsuti laciniis 
subulatis tubo subæquilongis, petalis sericeis, ovario puberulo 
biovulato, legumine oblique ovato.—A. stellari affinis sed multo 
gracilior et minor. Folia ternata, rarius gemina, secus ramulos 
distantia, 2 v. rarius 3 lin. longa. Flores in specimine omnes 
gemini. Calycis tubus lineam longus. 
Cape Colony, Burchell ! | ; 
B. glabrescens, ^ ramis tortuosis, foliis plerisque fasciculatis. 
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