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pressed to the ovaries. Petals 5, longer than the calyx, ungui- 

 culate; claws long, narrow, usually hispid, with a broad, entire, 

 spreading limb. Filaments 10, the 5 opposite the petals shorter 

 than them, petal-like, hispid at the base, but dilated at the 

 apex into a spatula, which is obscurely glandular-dotted, the 5 

 alternate ones somewhat terete, usually unequal, bearing sub- 

 globose anthers, each furnislfed with a minute globular gland 

 at the apex. Style about the length of the stamens, tapering to 

 the apex into a 2-3-lobed stigma. Fruit of 2 or 3 joined car- 

 pels, each furnished with a horn at the apex on the outside. 

 Small, heath-like shrubs, with scattered, short, narrow leaves, 

 usually with revolute edges, somewhat trigonal, sometimes fiat, 

 entire, or with glandular teeth, for the most part dotted. Flowers 

 reddish or lilac, but usually white, aggregate at the tops of the 

 branches in heads or umbels. Peduncles 1 -flowered, furnished 

 with scale-like bracteas at their base, and for the most part 

 furnished with 2 alternate, bristle-like bracteas in the middle. 



1. Flowers terminal, subumbellate. 

 * Leaves linear-trigonal. 



1 A. BISU'LCA ; leaves scattered, trigonal, linear, erect, with an 

 acute, recurved apex, hairy, keeled beneath from 4 rows of 

 dots ; petals pilose. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Diosma bisulca, Thunb. prod. 1. p. 84. D. bifurca, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 1136. Leaves with a glandular point, and with 2 

 furrows beneath. Flowers white. 



Tn'o-fttrroned-\eaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



2 A. nispiDA (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. p. 16.) leaves crowded, 

 linear, trigonal, blunt, spreading, hispid, keeled, and 2-furrowed 

 beneath ; pedicels and calyxes pubescent ; petals quite smooth. 



J; . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma hispida, 



Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 129. Hartogia Capensis, Lin. spec; 288. 



Bucco 1 ispida, Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 446. Flowers white. 



Hispid Agathosma. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1786. Shrub 1 ft. 



3 A. PA'TULA ; leaves somewhat linear-trigonal, blunt, quite 

 smooth above, but rough from furrows beneath ; peduncles and 

 calyxes pubescent. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Diosma patula, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 786. Flowers white. 



Spreading Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



4 A. ERE'CTA (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Juss.) leaves imbri- 

 cate, trigonal, blunt, dotted beneath, a little fringed ; peduncles 

 villous, short. J; G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Diosma brevifolia, Lam. diet. 2. p. 285. Bucco brevifolia, 

 Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 446. Flowers pale-violet. 



Erect Agathosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1818. Sh. 1 to 2ft. 



5 A. REFLE'XA (Link. enum. 238.) leaves linear, acute, a little 

 rcflexed at the apex, with rows of glands on the margin and 

 beneath ; branches smooth. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Diosma reflexa, Lodd. cat. D. C. prod. 1. p. 

 716. Flowers pale-violet? 



Rcflexed-leaved Agathosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



6 A. TENUISSIMA ; leaves scattered, erect, triquetrous, bluntish, 

 smooth ; peduncles elongated, and are as well as the petals 

 quite smooth. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Diosma tenuissima, Lodd. in Link. enum. 1. p. 257. Flowers 

 white. 



Slenderest Agathosma. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



7 A. THYOIDES ; leaves imbricate, linear-trigonal, smooth, 

 blunt ; branches in whorls ; peduncles pubescent, aggregate, ter- 

 minal. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma 

 thyoides, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 462. Flowers 

 lilac ? 



Cupressus-like Agathosma. Fl. Apr. Jul. Clt:? Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



8 A. VIRGA'TA ; shrub quite smooth, and much branched ; 



leaves trigonal, blunt, erect, very narrow ; keeled beneath. 

 fj.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. D. virgata, Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 286. Bucco Lamarkiana, Roem. et Schultz. syst. 5. 

 p. 447. Flowers white. 



Twiggy Agathosma. Fl. Mar. Jul. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



9 A. PARVIFLORA ; leaves scattered, linear-trigonal, mucro- 

 nate, smooth, obsoletely dotted ; pedicels aggregate, pubescent. 



fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma parvi- 

 flora, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 462. Flowers 

 small, white. 



Small-flowered Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



10 A. BRUNIA'DES ; leaves scattered, linear-trigonal, awl- 

 shaped, dotted, and a little fringed ; branches hairy ; peduncles 

 fastigiate, elongated. Fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Diosma bruniades, Link. enum. 237. A. cuspidata, 

 Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Juss. Flowers lilac or white. 



Brunia-like Agathosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



11 A. ? TERETIFOLIA ; leaves linear, convex above, chan- 

 nelled beneath, blunt, and are as well as the margins pubescent. 



Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma teretifolia, 

 Link. enum. 1. p. 237. Flowers unknown. 

 Terete-leaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



* * Leaves broader, flattish. 



12 A. THUNBERGIA'NA ; leaves imbricate, lanceolate, keeled, 

 fringed, incurved at the apex; peduncles hairy, aggregate, ter- 

 minal, tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma 

 ciliata, Thunb. D. Thunbergiana, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 786. 

 Flowers white ? 



Thunberg's Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



13 A. BIFIDA (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng.) leaves 

 somewhat imbricate, linear-oblong, obtuse, fringed, keeled be- 

 neath, dotted, smooth ; peduncles quite smooth, crowded ; petals 

 deeply divided into 2 linear lobes. Pj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Diosma bifida, Jacq. coll. 8. p. 278. t. 20. f. 1. 

 Dichosma bifida, G. Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 85. Flowers 

 white. 



Bifd-pemUed Agathosma. Fl. April, Jul. Clt. ? Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



14 A. LINIFOLIA (Licht. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 

 448. sub. Bucco,} leaves rather linear, acute, roughish, fringed, 

 full of pellucid dots ; peduncles quite smooth. 1? . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma linif olia, Spreng. syst. 1 . 

 p. 786. Flowers white ? 



Flax-leaved Agathosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1823. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



15 A. ELERIOIDES (Nees, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 55.) erect ; 

 branches densely leafy, pilose at the apex ; flowers rather um- 

 bellate, terminal ; leaves elliptical, obtuse, coriaceous, with glan- 

 dular, revolute margins ; bracteas minute ; peduncles hairy, 

 bractless ; calyx hairy at the base ; petals obovate ; fertile sta- 

 mens smooth, sterile ones petaloid and ciliated. Tj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Blteria-like Agathosma. Shrub 1 foot. 



16 A. MU'NDTII (Nees, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 56.) much 

 branched ; branches slender, densely leafy ; flowers rather um- 

 bellate, terminal ; leaves spreading, on short footstalks ; brac- 

 teas minute, form of an involucre to the flower ; peduncles 

 smooth, filiform, naked ; sepals ovate, bluntish, smooth and 

 finely ciliated ; petals oblong, obtuse, with the claws pubescent ; 

 fertile stamens smooth, sterile ones narrow, petaloid, and ciliated. 



t? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 MundCs Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



17 A. PROUFERA (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Juss. 1. c.) 

 leaves spreading, lanceolate, cuspidate, keeled ; keel and edges 

 fringed, dotted ; branches whorled, proliferous ; pedicels some- 



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