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v errucoso-glandulosus, lobis concavis, late deltoideis vel fere orbi- 
cularibus, obtusis vel rotundatis. Petala parvula, perbre viter ungui- 
culata, 2 — 2-5 mm. longa, lamina ovale vel oblonga, rotundata, glabra, 
eglandulosa. Stamina glabra. Staminodia elliptica, 1 mm. vix excedens, 
apice glandula brunnea notata, margine pectinato-ciliolata. Pistillum 
glabrum. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Ceres Div., Koude Bokke- 
veld; Skurfdebergen, Wagebooms Rivier, 6000 ft., Jan., 1897, Schlechter, 
10163 ! (in Herb. Bolus). 
This species superficially resembles decumbent forms of A. cras- 
pedota, but its minute petals and staminodes distinguish it immediately 
from that plant. It has been distributed as Bar osma foetidissima, B. 
and W., but its umbellate inflorescences and alternate leaves (if the 
latter is a tenable character?) assign it to Agathosma. 
Besides Sonder’s description of B . foetidissima (FI. Cap. i, 398 (I860)) 
does not tally with this plant. Specimens of the former do not appear 
to be in any of the S.A. Herbaria. The plant also approximates to 
A. fraudulent*}, Sond., in its petals subequalling the calyx, but its habit, 
the eglandular elliptic leaves, glabrous pedicels, smaller staminodes, 
and eglandular petals separate it. 
A. Pillansiana, A. piliferae accedit, sed foliis margine revolutis, sine mucrone 
capillaceo, umbellis floribus paucioribus praeditis, pedicellis multo 
brevioribus, petalis longioribus differt. 
Frutex gracilis, 0-5 m. altus, parce ramosus, ramis strictis vel 
ascendentibus, cinerascenti-brunneis, parce et laxe foliatis vel saepe 
nudis; ramulis florentibus saepissime verticillatim dispositis, 3 — 6 cm. 
longis, laxe foliatis, puberulis. Folia ascendentia vel patentia, petio- 
lata, elliptica vel ovato- elliptica, acuta vel subacuta, basi subrotundata, 
4 — 7 mm. longa, 1-5 — 2 mm. lata, crasse coriacea rigidaque, utrinque 
glabra, supra planiuscula, ochraceo-viridia, subtus incrassato-costata, 
margine incrassato, paullo recurva, creberrime glanduloso-punctata. 
Umbella pauciflora (3 — 6-fl.), 1 — l - 5 cm. diam., floribus carneis (sicco), 
pedicellis 3 — 4 mm. longis, parce puberulis. Calyx 2 mm. longus, lobis 
obtuse deltoideis, dorso incrassato-carinatis, extus parce puberulis, 
margine ciliolatis. Petala sessilia, obovato-cuneata, 4 mm. longa, supia 
parce puberula. Stamina petalis subaequilonga, glabra. Staminodia 
parvula, anguste elliptica, 1-5 mm. longa, parce pilosa. Pistillum 
glabrum, stylo filiformi, ad 5 mm. longo. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Riversdale and Oudtshoorn 
Div., Herb. Bolus, No. 13759! Herb. S.A. Museum, No. 7554! 
The ample material (two sheets) upon which this diagnosis is based 
was received from the Cape Town Wild-Flower Show in October, 19f !, 
