the to^ of thf- ovr-ry, not ct f'^e top of the celyx-tube. ^tcinens 

 numerous, collected into £ cone, surrovmded by spre;{ ding stttainodes, 

 prising from the tube of the corolla nnd deciduous with it. Stig- 

 mes 5, subulate. Ov^ry hrlf or less then helf-superior, 5-celled; 

 i^lscentps exile. Cv^nsule helf or more than hs If-superior , vdth 

 5 valves and cells, only an iiniiir:ture specimens seen; Vflves v;ith the 

 exrrndi nf^-keel s- contigruous into s centrel kee]. , andv.dth a bro-d, 

 DiFrfrinpl inflexed v.lng on each side. Seeds several in e cell, im- 

 nwture jn the specimen seen, comnressed, minutely tuberculste..- 

 M. "S. 3r. 3r The ^^t^rdeners ' Chronicle, 1925, VqI. LKiCVIII, p. 433, 

 and in Phillips, ^^en . of 3. .^fr. Fi . Fl., p^. 244. 



Species 3, nptives of Dpninrplpnd and Namaqueland, the type 

 of the P'enus beinr ■^. pnj?iistura, N.E.Br. 



The nsme is derived from the '>reek , amoibe, altern^ tlon,, and 

 phvllon, a lepf, in sD.lusion to thp leaves beinfr alternate, ■^rs. 

 Bolus in South African Gerdening, 1927, Vol. >rvil, p. 364, gives a 

 different derivation, as if seeking to claim th-- genus as her ovm, 

 since no mention is made of its place of publication or its author. 



In the Oener? of South ■'African ■'■'lants, m^y description of the 

 corolla, stemens ?ncl sti pmac were partly based upon the flov.-er of 

 A. ran^ei, in as I have not seen ■"•. angustum with these organs in 

 rerfoct condition, but H-^s. i^olus having another nfane , I have 

 slifrhtly modified the afeove description in accord with her figure 

 o-^ the living Dlant, but there seems to be no difference of generic 

 imrort. ."-Iso, upon further examintion, of the only fruit I have 

 7/6 1 seen, I em doubtful if ray statement that the v/ings of the val- 

 ves f^ve really united in pairs is correct; the fruit is a damages 

 one and glv.ed* to the sheet on v.tiich it is mounted, and by repreated 

 wetting the v;in^s have either become free or v;ere only held together 

 by e little glue, as I nCT" suspect. As I have not seen any living 

 rtl8n+" o'*^ this genus I ?ra uneble to illustrate it. 



1. Le? ves 5S9 linns brord, ovf te-lenceolr te, acute; green 



parts coarsely pspillpte. S, Guri ch it: num. 



Leaves ^--2^ bror-c' , line^T, line^'-r-lanceol? te or subulate 

 and drying spine-like. 2 



2. Leaves J-1 line "bropd, sub-terete or subulate, very acute, 



T^ersi^-'tinpr ps stj ff spines; calyx-lob a srine -tipped; 

 ereen perts minutely or finely nppulose. 1, angustxim. 



Leeves 1^-2|- lines broad, linear or linecr-lsnceolf- te , and 

 in the sT>eciraens seen only the basal pert persistent as 

 sti-pf broken fregments; calyx-lobes not spine-stipped; 

 green perts corrGely papulose. 2, Rangei. 



1. A. angustum, ^^. S. Br., in Phillips, Gen. of 3. ..fr. Fi. 

 Pi., V, 245. — A bushily-brencheci plpnt, nrob-bly about e foot high; 

 branched stiffly erect, those seen (dried) 5-7 inches long and 

 about 2-24" lines thick, slightly zigzag, with internodes 3-4 lines 

 lonf?, glfb-ous pnd minutely rprulose on all green perts. Leaves 

 alternate, 8-15 lines long, ^--li line bred or thick, subulate or 

 sub-terete, ver^r acute, and rcrsistent rs sharp, stiff seines, 

 srrepdinf? pnd upcn.rved, usually with leafy buds in their sxils. 

 Cyme terminal, lax, up to 2j inches in^ diameter, 5-5-f lowered, 

 brpcte^te. ■'•edicels 6-9 lines long, li-lf lines thick belov/, en- 

 larging upv^ards. Cpiyx v.ith the ovpry-prrt obconic, 4-5 lines in 



