788 



RUTACEiE. XIII. AOATHOSMA. 



what fastigiate, pubescent ; calyxes smooth. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Bucco prolifera, Wendl. coll. 3. t. 

 77. Diosma prolifera, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 786. Flowers white. 



Proliferous-blanched Agathosma. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



ISA. SERPYLLA'CEA (Licht. in Room, et Schult. syst. 5. p. 

 447. under Bucco,) leaves crowded, erect, linear-lanceolate, with 

 thickened, revolute, fringed, glandular margins ; branches and 

 pedicels hairy. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Diosma serpyllacea, D. C. prod. 1. p. 719. Diosma stricta, 

 Willd. in Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 462. Flowers probably 

 white. 



Wild Thyme-leaved. Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



19 A. CILIA'TA ; leaves scattered, lanceolate, acute, with tooth- 

 letted-fringed, revolute edges, dotted beneath, and bearing hairs 

 on the middle nerve, becoming at length reflexed ; pedicels 

 smoothish ? ovaries hairy at the apex. fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. D. capitata, Dum. Cours. hot. cult. 2d. 

 ed. 5. p. 405. Diosma ciliata, Lin. spec. 287. Flowers white. 



Fringed-leaved Agathosma. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



20 A. CEREFOLIA ; leaves crowded, lanceolate, acute, spread- 

 ing, keeled, fringed ; pedicels and calyxes beset with glandular 

 hairs ; ovaries smooth. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Diosma cerefolium, Vent. malm. t. 93. Bucco cerefo- 

 lium, Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 439. The leaves of this plant 

 smell like chervil when bruised. Flowers small, white. 



Chervil-leaved Agathosma. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1790. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



21 A. E'LEGANS (Nees, in Schlecht. Linnaea. 5. p. 54.) much 

 branched, and densely leafy ; branches very hairy at the apex ; 

 flowers racemosely-corymbose ; leaves spreading, stalked, ovate, 

 or oblong, revolute, hairy, with the margins beset with hairs and 

 inconspicuous glands ; bracteas oblong, pubescent ; calyx pubes- 

 cent ; sepals ovate, keeled, finely ciliated ; petals elliptical, ob- 

 tuse, ciliated at the claws. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Fertile stamens smooth ; sterile ones ciliated to the 

 middle, villous. 



Elegant Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



22 A. VENTEHATIA'NA; leaves scattered, lanceolate, keeled, 

 hairy beneath, erect ; peduncles pilose ; ovaries bearing 2 glands 

 at the apex. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Diosma hirta, Vent. malm. t. 72. D. purpurea, Hortul. Diosma 

 Ventenatiana, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 786. Bucco Ventenatiana, 

 Room, et Schult. syst. 5. p. 442. Diosma glandulosa, Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 2. p. 145. ? Flowers pale-purple. 



Var. J3, exsiccdta (Lam. diet. 2. p. 286. ill. t. 127. f. 3.) 

 flowers whitish. 



Ventenat's Agathosma. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1794. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



23 A. LA'XA; leaves imbricate, incurved at the apex, lanceo- 

 late, keeled, pubescent beneath : branches loose ; peduncles 

 elongated, pubescent, fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Diosma laxa, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 787. Flowers purple ? 



Zoose-branched Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



24 A. LASIOPHY'LLA ; leaves imbricate, linear-lanceolate, in- 

 curved at the apex and bluntish, hairy beneath ; branches a little 

 whorled ; pedicels unequal, short, pubescent ; calyxes smoothish. 

 \l . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. A. villosa, Willd. 

 enum. 259. A. hirta, Ker. bot. reg. t. 309. Bucco villosa, Wendl. 

 coll. 1. p. 14. t. 2. exclusive of the synonyme of Thunberg. 

 Flowers purple. Leaves clothed with glandular villi. 



Woolly-leaved Agathosma. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1794. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



25 A. PUBE'SCENS ; leaves lanceolate, trigonal, mutic, with 

 the margins and rib ciliated ; umbels terminal ; peduncles and 



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



Diosma pubescens, Thunb. prod. 43. fl. cap. 134. Flowers white. 



Pubescent Agathosma. Fl. April, July. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



26 A. GIABRA'TA (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng.) plant 

 quite smooth ; leaves imbricate, oblong-lanceolate, thickish, 

 convex beneath, with a trigonal gibbosity at the apex ; peduncles 

 rather elongated. ^ . G, Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Diosma leiophylia, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 787. Flowers purple? 



Smooth Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



27 A. HY'BRIDA ; leaves spreading, oblong, obtuse, keeled, 

 with a trigonal gibbosity at the apex ; keel and margins fringed ; 

 peduncles and calyxes quite smooth. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Diosma hy'brida, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 787. 

 Flowers white ? 



Hybrid Agathosma. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 

 to 2 feet. 



28 A. RUGOSA (Link. enum. 238.) leaves spreading, oblong or 

 ovate, blunt, keeled, wrinkled, villous beneath, reflexed ; pedi- 

 cels capillary, clothed with glandular hairs ; calyxes pubescent. 



I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma ru6sa, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 138. A. mollis, Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. 

 ex Spreng. Flowers white. 



Wrinkled Agathosma. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1 790. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



29 A. OBTU'SA (Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex Spreng. 1. c.) leaves 

 scattered, spreading, oblong-lanceolate, blunt, somewhat keeled ; 

 keel and margins fringed ; pedicels elongated, beset with glan- 

 dular hairs ; ovaries smooth. fj G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Diosma ciliata, Lam. diet. 2. p. 287. Lodd. bot. 

 cab. t. 210. D. thymifolia, Willd. in Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. 

 p. 462. Bucco obtusa, Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 438. Flowers 

 white and purplish. 



Var. a, ovata (D. C. prod. 1. p. 714.) leaves ovate,. crowded, 

 upper ones bearing glandular hairs on the edges and on the mid- 

 dle nerve beneath. Wendl. coll. 1. t. 13. A. pubescens, Willd. 

 enum. p. 259. 



Far. fi, oblonga (Wendl. coll. 1. t. 14.) leaves oblong, upper 

 ones bearing glandular hairs on the edges, as well as on the 

 middle nerve beneath. 



Var. y, lanceolata (Ker. bot. reg. t. 476.) leaves lanceolate, 

 fringed ; pedicels slenderer. Hart6gia lanceolata, Lin. syst. ed. 

 12. vol. 2. p. 625. 



Blunt-leaved. Agathosma. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1774. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



30 A. MICROPHY'LLA (Meyer in Bartl. et Wendl. diosm. ex 

 Spreng.) plant quite smooth ; leaves spreading, oblong, obtuse, 

 keeled ; peduncles and. petals elongated. ^ . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Diosma microphy'lla, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 

 787. Flowers reddish ? 



Small-leaved Agathosma. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



31 A. OBBICULA'RIS ; leaves scattered, spreading, orbicular, 

 ovate or reniform, smooth, reflexed, small, tliickish, without any 

 dots beneath ; branches villous ; pedicels pubescent. fy . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Diosma orbicularis, Thunb. 

 fl. cap. 2. p. 146. Flowers white. Stamens twice as long as 

 the corolla. 



Oriicwfor-leaved Agathosma. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



32 A. WENDLANDIA'NA; leaves oblong, acute, channelled, im- 

 bricate, dotted, smooth, young ones rather pubescent ; umbels 2- 

 3-flowered ; pedicels pilose ; calyxes dotted, and petals smooth, 

 fj .G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Bucco erecta, Wendl. 

 coll. 1. p. 17. t. 3. Flowers white. 



Wendland's Agathosma. Fl. Ap. Jul. Clt. 1816. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



33 A. ? SPICA'TA (Licht. spic. fl. cap. mss.) leaves linear, with 

 revolute edges, crowded in whorls ; flowers capitately-spiked. 



