. 381 



Agathosma involucrata Eckl. et Zeyli.! euum. p, 109. 



HO. 858. 



Hall, in territorii Cnpeiisis distr. Clanwilliain , in salni- 

 losis ad Bergvalley. Eckl. el Zeyh.! 



Fruticulus rarals erectis, densc cicatrisatis, cinerasceii- 

 tibns, crassitie poniiae gallinaceae; socnudarüs suiMimiiella- 

 tis snbfastigiatis cum rainnlis plcrnmque abbreviatis piibes- 

 cenlibiis. FoUa sparsa, deiisa, erccto- padila, snbimbri- 

 cala, ovato- obloiiga vel ovato-laiiccolala, apic« siibtiis gibbo 

 obtnsa; siipra raedio longiliidinaliter impressa indeqiie con- 

 cavo-canaliculata; siibtns convexa, aplcem versus sub(rigo- 

 iia, glandulis iionnnllis impressis obsolete fovcolalo- pnnclala; 

 snbenervia, iiilegerritna, tota siiperficie giaiidulis minntis nii- 

 merosissiinis prominnlis scabra pilisqne glandiilae insertis 

 brcvissiinis pubcnila aliisque longioribns praecipue ad mar- 

 ginem piibescentia vel subvillosa, deinnm glabrescoiitia, aroa 

 paginae siipefioris impressa ab iiiitio glabrinseiila, 2'/2 — 3 

 lin. longa. Fetioli brevissimi, appressi, pubcsccntes , siipra 

 plaiii, subtns convexiusciili , pallidi. Flores iu ramnioriiin 

 apice conferti, arcte capitati, vix pedicellati. Capitiila pisiim 

 majns magnitiidine aeqnantia, heroisphacrica, iuToIncrata. 

 Folia floralia exteriora ceteris siraiilima; iiiteriora rapitniiim 

 aretissirae cingentia (circiter 10) biseriata, 2'/^ lin. longa, 

 sessiiia, late obovata, rotnndata vel eraarginata, area media 

 lanceolata acnla nonnnnqnam iu cuspidem brevem excnrrente 

 herbaceo-eoriacea snbcolorata siipra concavinscula snblus 

 convexa, apicera versns obsolete pnberiila, lateribns snperne 

 sensim dilatatis mcmbranaceo - scariosis coloratis ( pnrpnr- 

 asceniibus?) plauis obsolete villoso.-cilialis: intima minora, 

 linear! -cnueata, superne dilalato-subrotnnda vel lineari-spa- 

 thulata, evidentins villoso -ciliata. Bracteolae calycem ae- 

 quautes, lineares, ciliatae. Calyjc angustns, 2 lin. fere lon- 

 gus, basi glaber, profnndissirae qninquepartitns; laciniis 



