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§ 2. Flores laterales v. ad apices ramulorum solitarii v. gemini. 
45. A. comosa (Thunb? Fl. Cap. p. 577), ramis hirsutis, foliis 
fasciculatis lineari-carinatis subulatisve mucronulatis hispidis, flo- 
ribus ad apices ramulorum brevissimorum solitariis sessilibus, 
calycis turbinati hispidi laciniis lanceolatis trinervibus tubo duplo 
longioribus vexillo villoso multo brevioribus, carina glabra, legu- 
mine oblique ovato acuminato.—A. macrosepalus, Steud.? Flora 
1830, p. 546 (ad hanc v. ad A. elongatam pertinens).—Frutex 
ramosior et rami magis divaricati quam in A. ciliari. Folia ple- 
raque 3—4 lin. longa et fere semper hirsuta, ultima sub flore con- 
ferta. Ramuli floriferi laterales et breves sed fere omnes plus 
minus evoluti. Calycis lacini 3 lin. longi, a vexillo lineis l-l; 
superati. utem 
Cape and Stellenbosch districts; Paarlberg and Dutoits- 
kloof, Drége! also Zeyher! n. 427 (in Hookers herbarium). 
Scholl! Cayley! I have followed E. Meyer in referring this to 
A. comosa of Thunberg, although his character leaves it doubtful 
whether he meant this or the following species, as is also the 
case with A. macrosepalus of Steudel. In Linnæus’s herbarium 
the present species is included under A. ciliaris, from which it 
differs in calyx and inflorescence. A 
46. A. elongata (E. Mey. Comm. p. 63), foliis lineari-trigonis 
fasciculatis mucronatis glabris villosulisve, floribus intra fasciculos 
laterales haud evolutos sessilibus solitariis calycis, laciniis acutis tri- 
nervibus tubo villoso subduplo longioribus vexillo villoso paullo 
brevioribus, carina glabra, ovario villoso.—A. Dregeana, Walp. 
Linnea, 13. p. 586.— Folia crassiuscula, 2-4 lin. longa, glabra 
v. pilis mollibus subadpressis villosa. 
a. virgata, ramis elongatis virgatis, floribus (circa 5 lin. longis) 
in spicam foliosam secus ramos dispositis, ramo sepe excres- 
cente apice sterili. 
B. ramosissima, caule ramosiore, ramulis brevibus, floribus 
(circa 4 lin. longis) paucis lateralibus. 
Cape Colony, probably Cape or Stellenbosch districts, Dréye! 
Caley! Pappe! Harvey! (both varieties), and Zeyher! n. 433, 
the first variety. These two forms look so different that it is diffi- 
