116 Annals of the South African Museum. 



ovato-spathulata, apice obtusa, apiculata, infra ciliata. Stamina 

 5 ; filamenta 1*5 mm. longa, glabra ; antherae 1*3 mm. longae, 

 oblongae, apice glandulis instructae. Ovarium 075 mm. longum, 

 globosum, glabrum ; stigma sessile, capitatum. Fructus 3 mm. 

 longus, glaber. 



Riversdale Division : Near Albertina. Dr. J. Muir 899. 



An undershrub about - 5 m. high. Branches terete, glabrous, 

 with almost black bark; branchlets pubescent. Leaves scattered, 

 subsessile, - 8-l cm. long, 1 mm. broad, subulate, concave above, 

 convex beneath, acutely mucronate, with hyaline margins and two 

 rows of glands beneath. Flowers terminal and solitary, sessile. 

 Calyx 4 mm. long, 5-partite ; lobes lanceolate-elliptic, obtuse, 

 minutely apiculate, glabrous, shortly ciliate in the lower half. 

 Petals 8 mm. long, 3 - 5 mm. broad above, obovate-spathulate, 

 obtuse, apiculate, clawed, bearded about the middle third. Stamens 

 5, fertile; filaments 1*5 mm. long, terete, narrowing above, glabrous; 

 anthers 13 mm. long, oblong, with an erect gland at the apex. 

 Disc adnate to the calyx. Ovary 0'75 mm. long, globose, glabrous; 

 stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit 3 mm. long, glabrous, enclosed in 

 the persistent calyx. 



Allied to E. ericoides, Diimmer, in having solitary flowers, but the 

 leaves are twice as long and acutely mucronate. 



This plant has the appearance of an Acmadenia, but the shape of 

 the petals, which are not distinctly clawed, and the very short 

 stamens, would place it in the genus Euchactis as understood in 

 the " Flora Capensis." 



1. Agathosma Giftbcrgensis, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutex 20-30 cm. 

 altus. Rami minute pubescenti. Folia subsessilia, 3-6 mm. longa, 

 1 mm. lata, apice obtusa vel acuta. Inflorescentia umbellata, ter- 

 minalia vel raro axillaria. Pedicelus 6 mm. longus, teres, glaber. 

 Lobi calyci 1 mm. longi, ovati, apice obtusi, glabri. Petala 3 - 5 mm. 

 longa, circa 1 mm. lata, oblongo-obovata, apice obtusa, basi angus- 

 tata, glabra. Staminodia 2 mm. longa, linearia, apice obtusa, ciliata. 

 Filamenta 4 mm. longa, teretia, glabra ; antherae 0*5 mm. longae, 

 globosae. Ovarium 1 mm. longum, obtuse trigonum, glabrum. 



Van Ehynsdorp Division : Giftberg Eange, 1-2,000 ft., September. 

 Phillips 7636 in Percy Sladen Memorial Expedition to the Khamies- 

 berij, Giftberg, and the OliphanVs Eivcr Mountains, 1911. 



A small shrub 20-30 cm. high. Branches terete, minutely 

 pubescent. Leaves subsessile, 3-6 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, flat 

 above, keeled beneath, obtuse or acute, with or without a hair at 

 the apex. Inflorescence umbellate, terminal or more rarely axillary, 



