340 Annals of the South African Museum. 



broad, ovate, obtuse, ciliate, shorter than the stamens. Petals 1*2 cm. 

 long, 7 mm. broad, oblong or suborbicular, rounded above, glabrous. 

 Fertile stamens 5 ; filaments 2*5 mm. long, pubescent; anthers 3 mm. 

 long, oblong, the connective produced at the apex into a stalked 

 globose gland. Stamitiodes 6 mm. long, terete, pilose, globose at the 

 apex. Ovary 1*5 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, ovate in outline ; style 1 mm. 

 long, curved, glabrous ; stigma capitate, flattened above. 



Near A. umbellata, Willd., from which it is easily distinguished by 

 the peduncles being longer than the upper leaves. The floral structure 

 also differs. 



Named in compliment to Dr. de Villiers, of French Hoek, who takes 

 a keen interest in the flora of his district. 



AGATHOSMA, Willd. 



1. A. alta, Phillips, sp. nov. Frute.v, 1*6 m. altus. Kami minute 

 pubescentes. Folia *5-l*2 cm. longa, 1-1*5 mm. lata, plana, subtus 

 convexa punctataque, glabra. Inflorescentia terminalia, umbellata, 

 c. 15-fiora. Pedicellus 5 mm. longus, teres, glaber. Calyx 1*5 mm. 

 longus, campanulatus ; lobi ovati, apice obtusi, glabri. Fetala 

 4 mm. longa, glabra; ungula 1*5 mm. longa, filiformis, glabra; 

 limbus *2*5 mm. longus, obovatus, apice rotundus, glaber. Filamenta 

 3*5 mm. longa, teretia, glabra ; autherae *6 mm. longae, oblongae ; 

 staminodia 2 mm. longa, linearia, apice obtusa, pilosa. Ovarium 

 3-loculare, *5 mm. longum, globosum, glabrum, supra tricornutum ; 

 stylus 2 mm. longus, teres ; stigma simplex. Cocci 5 mm. longi, 

 nervosi, glabri. 



South-Western Region : French Hoek, side of ravine leading 

 down to the Berg River Valley, 1500 ft,, October. Flowers white. 

 Phillips, 1083, Phillips in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric. 8283. 



A tall bush about 8 ft. high. Branches minutely pubescent, Leaves 

 •5-1*2 cm. long, 1-1*5 mm. broad, obtuse, flat and smooth above, con- 

 vex and punctate beneath, glabrous. Inflorescence terminating the 

 branchlets, umbellate, about 15-flowered. Pedicels 5 mm. long, terete, 

 glabrous. Calyx 1*5 mm. long, campanulate ; lobes ovate, obtuse, 

 glabrous. Petals 4 mm. long, glabrous ; claw 1*5 mm. long, filiform, 

 glabrous ; limb 2*5 mm. long, obovate, rounded above, glabrous. 

 Filaments of the fertile stamens 3*5 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; 

 anthers *6 mm. long, oblong ; staminodes 2 mm. long, linear, obtuse, 

 pilose. Ovary 3-locular, *5 mm. long, globose, glabrous, 3-horned 

 above ; style 2 mm. long, terete ; stigma simple. Cocci 5 mm. long, 

 veined, glabrous. 



