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39 (1865). A. decumbens, a, villosa, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr 
xy. ii, 864 (1866) quoad spp. omnia. A. cordata, Burchell Mss. 
nec Thunb. 
Cape Colony: George Div.; Outeniqua Mountains, Thunberg! 
Rehmann, 258! Knysna Div.; near Knysna, Burchell, 5390! 5391! 
Krauss, 1825! Wittedrift, Plettenbergs Bay, Pappé! 
Forma grandidentata. Caule es foliaque uti in forma praecedenti, 
sed spicae errr pluribracteatae terminales.—4. grandidentata, 
Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 823 (1866). 
ape Coley. Knysna Div.; near i Burchell, 5392! 
without precise locality, Mund § Maire, 659! 
_— Forma decumbens. Caules glabri; folia basi truncata vel parum 
cordata, subtus argillaceo-incana.—A. decumbens, unb. Prodr. 
zh L. Cap. 117 (1800) et in Flor. Cap. ed. Schult, 545 (1823); Spreng. 
Syst. mi. 882 (1826). A. discolor, E. Mey. in Drége Zwei Pf. 
Documente, 161, nomen (1843) ex parte; Eckl. & Zeyh. in Linnaea 
xx. 213 (1847) ex parte ; Baill. Adansonia ili. 157 (1862) ; Mill. 
Arg. in Linnaea, xxxiv. 38 (1865) ex parte. A. decumbens, y, 
genuina, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 864 (1866). A. prostrata, 
eyh. Mss. in Herb. ‘Bohs Ricinocarpus decumbens, O. Kuntze, 
Rev. Gen. PI. ii. 617 (1891). 
Cape Colony: Humansdorp Div.; Gamtous = Thunberg ! 
Near Humansdorp, Ecklon & Zeyher "West, 276! 
Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkops River, Drige! Eehlon, met without 
precise locality, Mund & Maire, 33! Zeyher! 
Forma cordata. Caules elabri ; folia basi saepissime distincte 
cordata, subtus dense olivaceo- saberala. —A. cordata, ‘Thunb. 
Prodr. Pl. Cap. 117 (1800) et in Flor. Cap. ed. Schult. 545 (1823); 
Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 880 (1826). A. discolor, E. Mey. in Drége 
Zwei Pfl. Documente, 161, ote (1843) ex parte ; Hochst. apud 
Krauss in Flora xxviii. 84 (1845); Eckl. & Zeyh. in Linnaea xx. 
213 (1847) ex parte; Miill. Arg. in Linnsecs, xxxiv. 38 (1865) 
ex parte; Zeyh. Mss. A. discolor, (3 major, Baill. Adansonia iii. 
158 (1862). A. decumbens, 8 cordata, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 
li. 864 (1866). A. decumbens, Burchell Mss. vix Thunb. 
Cape Colony : Riversdale ‘Div. ; between Little Vet River and 
Garcias Pass, Burchell, 6925! near Riversdale, Schlechter, 1961! 
Knysna Div. ; Gouw Kamma River, Krauss, 1826! near Knysna, 
Marloth, 2448 partly ! Humansdorp Div.; Riverside at Humans- 
dorp, Ecklon § Zeyher, 73 partly! Galpin, "4576! Uitenhage Div. ; 
Maitland River near the lead mines, ers 4494! without precise 
locality, Thunberg! Sparrman! Zeyher 
Forma lamiifolia. Caules parce — pilosi; folia basi 
saepissime distincte cordata, subtus praesertim secus nervos dense 
tenter pilosa,— A. lamiifolia, Scheele in Linnaea xxv. 584 (1852); 
oo Adansonia, i iii. 158 (1862). A. decumbens, a Sagi Mill. Arg. 
. Prodr. xv. ii. 864 (1866) ex citatione tan 
“ee Colony : Riversdale Diy. ; banks of he Vet River near 
Riversdale, Muir, 283! Knysna Div. ; near Knysna, Marloth, 2448 
rtly ! Albany Div.; without locality, Bowie! without precise 
apa Drege 8242! 
decumbens is a species of even greubas variability than A. 
iiivate aad the five forms here characterised are readily recognis- 
able, This has always been me cancers Thunberg over a century — 
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