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BAROSMA VENÜSTA EckJ. et Zeyh. 



B. slylo glabro; foliis subrotnndis basi cuncatis giabris 

 crenato -serratis , subtus pnnctatis; floribiis axillar! bus fasci- 

 culalis in apice ramuloriira racemoso-confertis*,. pcdicciiis 

 siipra basin bracteolatis; laciuiis calyciuis erectis. 



Barosma venusta Eckl. et Zejh.! eniim. p. 102. no. 807. 



Hab. in torritorii Capensis distr. Uitenbage ad latcra 

 inontinin „Van Stadensriviersberge " inter fnitices Eckl. et 

 Zcjh. 



Fruti^ulus ramosissirans, ramis teretibns raranlisqoe 

 snperue subaiignlatis digitura iongis brevioribusve, eroctis, 

 subvirgatis, tcnuissime puberulis. Folia deosa^ 'ploraqnc 

 sparsa, in rainulis hiuc iude opposita, orecto- patiila; gla- 

 berriina, plana, obovato-subrotnnda, snbrotuuda Tel orbicu- 

 laria, rotundato-obtusissiraa, basi sempcr cnueata, margine 

 glandnlis impressis eleganter crenato-serrata, basi integer- 

 rima, supra iaevia laote viridia^ sobtus panlo pallidiora^ 

 glandnlis numerosis irregnlariter dispcrsis punctata, nniner- 

 via, 2*^/2 — 6 lin. longa, Petioli ^2 — 1 lin. longi, patnli 

 vel incurvi, piano -convoxiuscnli, apice biglaudulosi, pallidi, 

 glabriascnli. Flores parvi , in foliorura superioruin axillis 

 bini — qnini pluresre fasciculati, ramnlonira apicem versus 

 eongesti ideoque in raceinos terminales foliatos interrnptos 

 aggregati. Pedicelli foiium ßorale snbaeqnanles, capillares, 

 tenuissime pubcscentes, basi peduncnio coramnni abbreviato 

 juncti et bractea ininuta filiforrai -clavata suffulti, supra ba- 

 sin bracteolis duabus alternis üliformibus glandula termina- 

 tis vix semilineam Iongis instrncti, snpcrne glandnlis non- 

 nallis adspersi. Calyjc pcrparvns, vix i/a lin, longus, gla- 

 ber, exlns glandulosus, 5-fidus, laciniis erectis ovatis ob- 

 tnsissimis. Petala glaberrima, alba vel pallide rubella, ca> 

 Ijce quadruple fere longiora, anguste oblooga, basi longe 



