BRUNIACE^E. II. BRUNIA. 



villous ; heads of flowers terminal, smooth, about the size of a 

 walnut, or larger. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Brunia globosa, Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 90. Flowers white. 



GYofowe-headed Berzelia. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt.1816. Sh.lto2ft. 



Cull. See Brunia for culture and propagation, p. 48. 



II. BRLTNIA (in honour of Corneille de Bruin, better known 

 under the name of Le Brun, a Dutch traveller ; he travelled 

 through Persia to India in 1701 to 1708, and in Asia Minor, 

 Egypt, &c. from 1673 to 1674). Lin. gen. 274. (exclusive of 

 Stauvia). Gaert. fruct. 1. p. 152. t. 30. Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 89. 



Brunia and Barreria, Adans. D. C. prod. 2. p. 43. Brogn. 

 et Dum. mem. p. 1(J. 



LIN. SYST. Pent&ndria, Monogynia. Calyx adhering to the 

 ovary (f. 8. K. g.). Ovary half inferior, 2-celled (f. 8. K. g. 

 B. e.} ; cells 1-2-seeded. Styles 2, diverging (f. 8. B. d.) at 

 the apex. Fruit indehiscent, 1-seeded from abortion (f. 8. K. /<.). 



Shrubs more or less branched, with the branches in whorls, 

 erect or spreading. Leaves small, closely imbricate, and flowers 

 capitate (f. 8. B. a.) in B. alopecurold.es, B. nodiflbra, and B. 

 virgata ; but in B. racemosa and B. pini folia, the leaves are 

 larger, fir or myrtle-like, spreading, and the flowers in panicles 

 (f. 8. K. a.) Flowers furnished with 3 bracteas each, or some- 

 times deficient of the two lateral ones. 



SECT. I. NODIFLO'RJE (from nodus, a knot, andjlos, a flower ; 

 flowers disposed in close heads or knots). Calyx hairy, with 

 spatulate segments (f. 8. B. &.). Petals somewhat spatulate (f. 

 8. B. c.). Stamens exserted (f. 8. B. </.), unequal. Ovary 2- 

 celled (f. 8. B. e.) ; cells 2-seeded. Fruit crowned by the per- 

 manent calyx, stamens, and petals. 



1 B. NODIFLO'RA (Lin. spec. 288. mant. 343.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, awl-shaped, trigonal, acute, smooth, closely imbricate, not 

 ustulate at the apex ; heads of flowers globose, size of a cherry, 

 on the top of the branches. I? . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Wendl. coll. t. 35. Breyn. cent. 22. t. 10. 

 Flowers white. 



Knot-flowered Brunia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1786. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



2 B. PASSERINOIDES (Schlecht. inLinnasa. 6. p. 190.) dichoto- 

 mously branched ; branches erect, slender ; leaves minute, ob- 

 ovate-elliptical, densely-imbricated, and pressed to the stem, 

 callous at the points, concave outside, puberulous at first, but at 

 length becoming smooth and shining ; heads minute, few-flow- 

 ered, terminal, solitary. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



Passerina-like Brunia. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



SECT. II. ALOPECUROI'DEA (from aXws-ijI, alopex, a fox, and 

 oupa, oura, a tail ; disposition of flowers like a fox tail). Calyx 

 with scarious, smooth segments (f. 8. K. c.). Petals ovate (f. 8. 

 K. a.), inclosing the stamens. Ovary 2-celled (f. 8. K. g.) ; cells 

 1 or 2-seeded. Fruit crowned by the calyx. Petals and 

 stamens caducous. 



3 B. RACEMO'SA (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 1 8.) leaves spread- 

 ing, sessile, ovate, acuminated, somewhat cordate, 3-nerved, 

 rather pilose ; flowers panicled ; panicle composed of dense, 

 distant, rather leafy racemes. Pj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Phylica racemosa, Lin. mant. 209. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 37. Beckia cordata, Burm. prod. 12. Flowers white. 



Racemose-fiowered Brunia. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1790. 

 Shrub 5 feet. 



4 B. PINIFOLIA (Brogn. etDum. mem. p. 19.) leaves spread- 

 ing a little, sessile, linear, blunt, 1-nerved, quite smooth, coria- 

 ceous, flat ; panicle dense, composed of rather simple racemes ; 

 flowers scarious, approximate. Jj Gr. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Phylica pinifolia, Lin. fil. suppl. 153. Beckia 

 Africana, Burm. prod. 12. Flowers white. 



Pine-leaved Brunia. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1789. Sh. 1 to 2 ft. 



5 B. IMBRICA^TA ; leaves imbricate, ovate, cordate, smooth or 

 somewhat ciliated, flat ; panicle composed of numerous racemes ; 

 branches hairy. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Phylica imbricata, Thunb. fl. cap. 85. Flowers white. 



Imbricate-leaved Brunia. Fl. Aug. Nov. Clt. 1801. Shrub 

 1 to 3 feet. 



6 B. ALOPECUROIDES (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 93.) leaves awl- 

 shaped, trigonal, acute, smooth, imbricate, incurved, ustulate at 

 the apex ; heads of flowers terminal, ovate-globose, dense, 

 naked, smaller than a pea ; bracteas shorter than the flowers. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Fox-tail-like Brunia. Fl.Ju. Aug. Clt. 1816. Shrub \\ foot. 



7 B. VIRGA V TA (Brogn. et Dum. mem. p. 20.) branches slender 

 in whorles ; leaves closely-pressed to the stem, sessile, lanceo- 

 late-awl-shaped, acute, ustulate at the apex, channelled, quite 

 smooth ; heads of flowers terminal, about the size of a small 

 pea, few-flowered. T? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 on the top of the mountain called Rode-sand. B. verticillata, 

 Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 92.? fil. suppl. 158.? Flowers white. 



Trviggy Brunia. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



8 B. LA'XA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 93.) leaves trigonal, blunt, 

 closely-pressed to the stem, imbricate, smooth ; branches loose, 

 twiggy; heads of flowers spike-formed, smooth. Fj . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, in the interior of the country. 

 Flowers white. 



//ooie-branched Brunia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1805. Sh. 2 ft. 



t Species not sufficiently known, therefore doubtful to which 

 of the Genera of Bruniacece they belong, but they are most pro- 

 bably referable to the first section of the present genus. 



9 B. L.S: V VIS (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 89.) leaves linear, convex, 

 incurved, blunt, imbricate ; heads of flowers terminal, downy, 

 about the size of a filbert. 1? . G. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flowers white. 



Smooth Brunia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. Shrub 2 feet. 



10 B. DEU'STA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 90.) leaves trigonal, 

 blunt, smooth, black at the apex, imbricately-spreading ; heads 

 of flowers terminal, smooth, about the size of a pea. Jj . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Burned-leaved Brunia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1804. Sh. 2 ft. 



11 B. COMOSA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 91.) leaves trigonal, 

 smooth, spreading, obtuse, ustulate at the apex ; heads of flowers 

 globose, terminal, and axillary, sessile, about the size of a pea. 

 tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Tufted Brunia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Shrub 1 to 3 ft. 



12 B. CAPITE'LLA (Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 91.) leaves trigonal, 

 smooth, spreading, ustulate at the apex ; heads of flowers ter- 

 minal and axillary, about the size of a pea. Tj . G. Native of 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Small-headed Brunia. Shrub 1 to 3 feet. 



13 B. ARACHNOIDEA (Wendl. coll. 2. p. 62.) leaves linear, 

 thin, acuminated, somewhat trigonal, cobwebbed, fuscous at the 

 apex, spreading, crowded ; heads of flowers globose, small. I? . 

 G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers white. 



Cobwebbed Brunia. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



14 B. ERICOIDES (Wendl. coll. 2. p. 57.) leaves linear, short, 

 acute, trigonal, pilose in the middle, brown and callose at the 

 apex, spreading ; heads of flowers globose, about the size of a 

 cherry. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Flowers 

 white. 



Heath-like Brunia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1804. Sh. 1 to 3 ft. 



15 B. MACROCE'PHALA (Willd. ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 782.) 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, crowded, hairy, erectly-spreading ; heads 

 of flowers terminal, solitary. Jj . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Flowers white. 



