A NOTE ON, AND A DESCRIPTION OF FOUR NEW 
SPECIES AND TWO NEW VARIETIES OF THE 
GENUS ADENANDRA , WILLD. 
By R. A. DUMMER. 
An examination of the material of this genus was undertaken largely at 
the instigation of Mrs Bolus, Hon. Curator of the Bolus Herbarium. The 
material examined embraces that at the S.A. Museum and the Bolus Her- 
barium. The private collections of Drs W. Froembling and R. Marloth, and 
Mr J. Lamb have also been consulted. The S.A. Museum Herbarium is fairly 
rich in the types of Ecklon and Zeyher, not only of Adenandra but of Aga- 
thosma and allied genera, which has thus materially aided the work of 
comparison and identification. With the exception of A. Krausii, Meisn., and 
A. ciliata, Sond., all the species maintained by Sonder are represented in the 
local Herbaria. 
Recently described species are A. Bodkinii and A. acuta, of Schlechter, 
A. Sonderi and A. Bolusii, of Dummer, and A. Villiersii, Phillips. 
The first and third are very distinct ; the second may hereafter prove to be 
a variety of A. cuspidata, Mey., or A. amoena, B. and W. (the two species have 
been confused). A. Bolusii I am compelled to refer to A. humilis, E. and Z. 
(the type of the latter being in the S.A. Museum), and A. Villiersii is probably 
only a southern and smaller-leaved form of A. coriacea, Lichst. A. macradenia, 
Sond., as also Diosma teretifolia, Link., are referred to the genus Acmadenia. 
A. Fryii, A. rotundifoliae affinis, sed habitu nano, foliis patentibus, fere 
eglandulosis, floribus in capitulo paucioribus, calyce profunde partito, 
lamina petali breviore, ceterisque distinguitur. 
Fruticulus decumbens?, parce ramosus, ramulis brevibus, dense 
foliosis, obtuse angulatis, minute patenterque puberulis. Folia patentia 
vel recurva, petiolata, petiolo complanato adpresso; lamina interdum 
orbicularis, saepe elliptica, apice recurva, calloso-apiculata, 3 — 6 mm. 
longa, 2—3 mm. lata, crasse coriacea, pallide viridis, glabra, subtus 
pallidiora, eglandulosa, costa lata fere immersa, margine paullulo 
revoluta, distanter glanduloso-crenulata. Capitula 2 — 4-flora, 1-5 cm. 
diam., floribus subsessilibus, purpureo-albidis (sicco), bracteis foliosis, 
apicem versus coloratis, inferne ciliolatis. Calyx 7 — 8 mm. longus, 
utrinque glaber, purpureus (sicco), segmentis oblongis obtusis vel 
