THE GENUS AGATHOSMA 
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of the respective institutions, where I have been privileged to work, and to 
the private persons, whose collections I have had the loan of for examination. 
Agathosma humilis, Sond., var. capitata. 
Fruticulus humilis, ad 15 cm. altus, ramis magis minusve simplici- 
bus, fastigiatis dense foliosis. Folia subulato-lanceolata, 4 — 5 mm. 
longa, 1 — 1-2 mm. lata, supra concava glabraque, dorso convexa, 
rugulosa, albo-pilosa. Umbellae capitatae, albidae, circiter 1 cm. diam., 
densiflorae; pedicelli breves, 1 — 1-5 mm. longi, bracteolis binis subu- 
latis 1-7 — 2 mm. longis. Calyx circ. 2 mm. longus. Petala 5 — 6 mm. 
longa, limbis oblongiusculis, apice subcucculatis, glabris, unguibus 
pilosis; staminodia filiformia, circiter 2 mm. longa, glabra. Pistillum 
glabrum, stylo crasse filiformi, dense patenter pubescenti. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clanwilliam Div., in sandy 
and rocky places, Grootberg, Cedarbergen, Sept. 1898; C. L. Leipoldt 
893! (S.A. Museum Herb.). 
The material of this variety was distributed as Agathosma hirta , 
B. and W., but its north-westerly origin does not favour this identifica- 
tion; moreover it belongs to a wholly different section, viz. Pseudo- 
stemon, and apparently is only a variety of A. humilis , Sond. (which 
I only know from description), and from which it differs in its relatively 
taller habit, very shortly pedicelled flowers, slightly longer calvx- 
lobes, much shorter petals and glabrous ovary, though the style is, as 
in the type, patently pubescent. It has certainly the superficies of 
the species with which it has been confounded, but in A. hirta the 
disposition of the flowers is more racemose. 
A. stilbeoides, A. humili affinis, sed foliis brevioribus latioribusque, utrinque 
puberulis, umbellis densis capituliformibus, segmentis calycis late 
spathulatis differt. 
Fruticulus ad 20 cm. altus, inferne aphyllus, superne verticillatim 
ramosus, viscidulus, faciei A. imbricatae similis. kolia ascendentia, 
imbricata, brevissime petiolata, ovata vel elliptica, obtusiuscula, 
paullulo incur va, 2—3 mm. longa, 1 — U8 mm. lata, crassiuscula, 
supra concava, nitentia, minute puberula, dorso convexa, albo- 
puberula, eglandulosa. Umbella capituliformis, hemisphaerica, con- 
fertiflora, 7—10 mm. diam., floribus albidis, pedicelli perbreves 
ebracteolati?, bracteolae foliosae. Calyx profunde partitus, 2-o mm. 
longus, segmentis late spatulatis, cucculato-rotundatis subscariosis, 
intus concavis, dorso puberulis, obtuse carinatis, apice gibboso 
glandulosis, marginibus pectinato-ciliatis. Petala longe unguiculata, 
4 — 6 mm. longa, limbis obovato-cuneatis, 1'5 mm. longis, glabiis, 
unguibus pilosulis. Stamina glabra; staminodia adnata, late filiformia, 
ad 2 mm. longa, apicale glandula notata, pectinato-pilosula. t ■’ 
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