PseiidobcBckea] an enumeration of the bruniace^ 23 



Leaves linear, obtuse, slightly convex (1) pinifolia. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuate at the base, 

 flat. 

 Decumbent. Leaves herbaceous, apparently 

 nerveless, thinly hairy ; twigs with spread- 

 ing hairs (6) gracilis. 



Shrubby, erect. Leaves coriaceous, 1-3- 



nerved, thinly pilose or glabrous (5) racemosa. 



Leaves broadly ovate, often subcordate, cuspi- 

 date, 3-5-nerved (4) cordata. 



'] ■:- Flowers solitary, axillary. 



Ovary glabrous. Flowers longer than the leaves. 

 Leaves rhombic, minute, glabrous; tipped 

 with a black awn-like deciduous apiculus. (10) teres. 

 Ovary villous. Leaves lanceolate, subacute, densely 



villous, 4 mm. long {9) paUtstris. 



1. P. pinifolia Niedenzu, I. c. ; Colozza, oj). cit. pp. 19, 37. 

 P. pinifolia, var. a and b, Colozza, /. c. Brunia pinifolia Brongn. 

 op. cit. 375 ; Sonder, I. c. ; E. Meyer, /. c. B. pinifolia, var. a and b, 

 Bonder, I. c. B. thrysopliora Walp. Rep. i. 544. Beckea thryso- 

 phora and africana Eckl. & Zeyli. I. c. B. thyrsiflora Sonder, I. c. 

 in syn. Bceckea africana Burm. I. c. B. thyrsiflora and B. 

 thyrsophora, ex Ind. Kew. i. 262. Linconia tamariscina E. Mey. 

 in Drege, Zwei Pfl. Doc. 199. Phylica pinifolia Linn. f. Supp. 

 153 ; Thunb. Prod. 44 ; DC. Prod. ii. 37. 



Coast Region. — Clanwilliam Div. : Zeylier ! on the mountains 

 near the Oliphant's River, Ecklon d; Zeyher, 1069 ! Tulbagh 

 Div. : above the waterfall, Tulbagh, 1500 ft., Bolus, 5048! Wor- 

 cester Div. : Dutoit's Kloof, 3000-4000 ft., Drcge, a ! Drege ! Paarl 

 Div. : Prench Hoek, 2500 ft., Schlechter, 9346 ! Cape Div. : Table 

 Mountain, Orange Kloof, Marloth, 2751 ! Herb. Dilmmcr, 925 ! 

 Caledon Div. : near Palmiet River, Ecklon ct Zeylier, 1068. 



Without Locality. — Niven, 59 ! 61 ! Sclioll ! Herb. Forsyth, 

 Bentham ! 



Var. HEMISPH^RICA Diimmer, var. nov. a typo, floribus in 

 capitulis terminalibus hemisphaericis congestis, recedit. 



Flowers crowded in terminal solitary hemispheric heads, 

 6-8 mm. in diameter ; flowers and leaves as in the type, the latter 

 slightly shorter, 8-12 mm. long, and drying a dark chestnut-brown. 



Coast Region. — Swellendam Div. : summit of a mountain 

 peak near Swellendam, Burchell, Herb. Keiv, 7346 ! 



2. P. virgata Niedenzu, I. c. ; Colozza, op. cit. 37. Brunia 

 virgata Brongn. op. cit. 376 ; Ecklon & Zeyher, Enum. PI. 139 ; 

 Sonder, op. cit. 315. 



Coast Region. — Swellendam Div. : Near Puspas Valley, Swel- 

 lendam, Ecklon d- Zeyher, 1065 ! summit of a mountain peak near 

 Swellendam, Burchell, 7363 ! 



Var. ROBusTiOR Colozza, I. c. pp. 20, 37. Brunia virgata 

 V. robustior Sonder, I. c. B. verticillata Ecklon & Zeyher, /. c. 



Coast Region. — Swellendam Div. : Zondereinde River, above 

 Linde, Ecklon d Zeyher, Herb. Keiu, 1066 ! 



Without Locality. — Zeyher, Herb. Kew, 2652 ! 



