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0‘7 1 nim. lata, ubique glabra. Stamina glabra; staminodia petala 
simulantia sed paullo breviora glabraque. Ovarium cum stylo 
glabrum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region. Tulbagh Div., near summit 
of the Great Winterhoek, Nov. 1916, Dr E. P. Phillips, 1718! (in 
Herb. S.A. Mus. 11176). Stony places, Little Winterhoek, 1100 m. 
Dec. 1884, Dr R. Marloih, 493 ! (in Herb. Marloth). 
At first sight this plant would appear to fall in the acicular-leaved 
group of the section Euagathosmae near A. 'prolifer a or A. adenocaulis, 
but the petaloid staminodes suggest its inclusion in Diplopetalum near 
A. montana, Schlechtendahl, from which it is separated by the obscure 
glands which subtend the leaves, by its more acicular leaves more or 
less convex dorsally, with more prominent worted glands, and more 
closely comb-like marginal ciliation, and by the essentially glabrous 
pedicels and flowers. 
Of A. montana, Schl., the S.A. Museum is only in possession of a 
small flowering twig about 8 cm. long. 
A. decora, ab omnibus ceteris sectionis Diplopetalum distinguitur glandulis 
subtendentibus, foliis complanatis, brevibus ovatis, margine glandulis 
valde conspicuis praeditis. 
Frutex gracilis, ad 1 m. altus, inferne nudus, superne dense verti- 
cillato-ramosus, ramulis fastigiatis, saepe simplicibus, brunneis, verru- 
coso-glandulosis, minute puberulis, foliis obtectis. Folia petiolata, 
ascendentia, subimbricata, interdum amplexicaulia, complanata, 
ovata vel late elliptica, obtusa vel obtusiuscula, 2-5 — 3 mm. longa, 
1-7 — 2 mm. lata, coriacea, supra complanata vel subconcavia, nitida, 
supra rugulosa, ecostata, margine valde 3 — 5 punctato-glandulosa, 
inferne minute pectinato-ciliolata. Umbellae numerosae, conferti- 
florae, capitatae, hemisphaericae, roseae, circiter 1 cm. diam. , pedicelli 
glabri, crrciter 1 mm. longi; bracteolae basilares, binae, 2-5 mm. longae, 
pectinato-ciliatae. Calyx 1-5 mm. longus, utrinque glaber, segmentis 
oblongo-triangularibus, dorso apice obtuse glandulosis, margine cilio- 
latis. Petala unguiculata, 3-5 mm. longa, glabra, limbis late obovatis. 
Stamina 4— 5 mm. longa, glabra, antheris atrobrunneis ; staminodia 
anguste cuneata vel oblanceolata, 3 mm. longa, glabra, apice glandula 
notata. Stylus filiformis, 4 mm. longus, patenter pubescens. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Ceres Div., Matroosberg 
near Laaken Ylei, 5500 ft., Nov., 1917, Dr E. P. Phillips, 1965! (in 
Herb. S.A. Museum, 11765). 
Var. Buchu. , 
Umbellae 5— 7 mm. diam., albae. Petala 2-5 mm. longa. Stylus 
mox glabra. 
b. a. 
