Berzelict] an enumeeation of the bruniace^ 11 



nudis, cortice castaneo obtectis ; ramulorum florentium folia paullo 

 breviora. Folia patentia, apicem versus sensim incurvata, petiolo 

 brevi adpresse pilosulo castaneo suffulta ; lamina triquetra vel an- 

 guste semiteretia, obtusa, nigro-apiculata, 2-4 mm. longa, utrinque 

 cinereo-pilosula. Capitula obovoidea, vix globosa, circ. 8-10 mm. 

 diametro, breviter stipitata in corymbos terminales disposita. 

 Calycis segmenta subulata, vix 1 mm. alta, superne pilosa. Petala 

 quam calyce duplo longiora, anguste spatulata vel lineari oblonga, 

 apice rotundata, omnino glabra, sicco primo flavida sed demum 

 rubescentes. Stamina exserta, glaberrima, filamentis complanatis 

 rubescentibus, antheris pallida sulphureis. Stylus simplex, fili- 

 formis, corollae subaequalis ut in ovario fere glabra. 



Coast Eegion. — Eiversdale Div. : about the waterfall and 

 at Garcias Pass, Burchell, 6971, 7030, 7029 in Herh. Keio ! 



Most closely allied to B. ahrotanoicles Brongn., but differing 

 markedly from that species in the densely leafy, ashy-grey cylin- 

 drical upper twigs, the patently spreading, slightly incurved, 

 triquetrous or semiterete pilose leaves, smaller obovoid Howler- 

 heads, and correspondingly smaller flowers. 



6. B. SQUARROSA Sonder, oj;. cit. 312. Var. glabra Sonder, I. c. 

 B. arachnoidea Eckl. & Zeyh. I. c. ; Colozza, op. cit, pp. 15 and 40. 

 B. superba Eckl. & Zeyh. I. c. ; Colozza, op), cit. pp. 16 and 41. 

 Brunia arachnoidea Wendl. Coll. ii. t. 62 ; Eoem. & Schult. v. 

 413. B. ericoides Wendl. Coll. ii. t. 57. B. superba Reichb. Hort. 

 Bot. t. 100, excl. analyses. 



Coast Region. — Tulbagh Div. : Witzenberg Range, Pappe ! 

 near Tulbagh, Burchell, 8707 ! above the Tulbagh Waterfall, 

 Ecklon & Zeijher, 1056 ; Tulbagh, 2000ft., ScUechter, 7478 ! Caledon 

 Div. : at Palmiet River and Houw Hoek, 1000-2000 ft., Drcge, 

 6862 b ! Central Region.— Ceres Div. : Cold Bokkeveld, 4000 ft., 

 Schlechter, 8926 ! Warm Bokkeveld, 1800 ft. ; near Ceres, BoUts, 

 2611! 



Schlechter's and Bolus's specimens are rather slender, but 

 doubtless they belong here. 



Var. reflexa Sonder, I. c. Berzelia rubra Schlt. in Linnaea, 

 vi. 189 ; Ecklon & Zeyher, op. cit. 138. B. squarrosa Colozza, 

 op), cit. pp. 16 and 40. Bryonia squarrosa Thunb. Diss, de Brun. 

 5 ; Fl. Cap. 44 ; DC. Prod. ii. 44 ; Spreng. Syst. 782. B. rubra 

 Willd. Denkschr. Acad. Muench. t. 4, f. 1 (1808). 



Coast Region.— Worcester Div. : Dutoit's Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., 

 Drege, 6862 a! Drege, 6862 c ! Caledon Div. : tops of the moun- 

 tains near Baviaan's Kloof, near Genadendal, Burchell, 7768 ! 

 Vogelgat, 3500 ft., Schlechter, 9561 ! 



7. B. coRDiFOLiA Schlechtendal in Linntea, vi. 189 ; Eckl. & 

 Zeyh. Enum. Z.C.; Sonder, o^.c^'^. 312. Brunia cor difoliaD.'Dietr. 

 Syn. PI. i. 848 (1839). 



Coast Region. — Swellendam Div. : near Mount Potberg, 

 100-500 ft., Ecklon & Zeyher, 1061, Zeijher, Herb. Keiv ! 

 Without Locality. — Lehman, Herb. Kew\ 



