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from specimens from the Riversdale and Oudtshoorn Divisions; the 
precise locality remains unknown. It is a very floriferous though 
sparsely leafy plant, and shows an alliance to A. pilif era, Schlechtendahl, 
but the revolute-margined leaves, devoid of the hair-like mucro, 
fewer-flowered umbels, much shorter pedicels, and longer petals afford 
characters for discrimination. The species is named in compliment 
to Mr N. S. Pillans, attached to the staff of the Bolus Herbarium. 
A. craspedota, E. Mey. var. eglandulosa. 
Fruticulus laxe rainosus, ramis minutissime puberulis. Folia 
interdum dorso eglandulosa. Pedicelli glaberrimi, eglandulosi. 
This variety is based upon two specimens in Dr Marloth’s collection 
(7792) (without information as to locality or date of collection) and 
deviates from the type in the laxer habit, more minutely puberulous 
twigs, in the leaves being often epunctate dorsally, and in the glandless 
pedicels. 
A. Pattisonae, A . fraudulentae valde affinis, sed foliis eglandulosis, marginibus 
haud incrassatis, floribus solitariis vel paucis in umbella, petalis multo 
longioribus, carpellis glabris differt. 
Fruticulus nanus, parce vel divaricato-ramosus, ad 10 cm. altus, 
decumbens, ramulis florentibus brevissimis, citrino-brunneis, pube- 
scentibus, dense foliatis. Folia majuscula, plana, breviter petiolata, 
magis minusve patula, ohovata vel obovato-elliptica, subacuta vel 
rotundato-cuspidata, 5 — 7 mm. longa, circiter 3 mm. lata, coriacea, 
utrinque pallide viridia et parce albo-pubescentia, eglandulosa, supra 
costata reticulataque, margine haud incrassata vel punctato-glandulosa, 
pectinato-ciliolata. Umbellae pauciflorae (1 — 5-florae), floribus albidis 
(sicco); pedicelli graciles, 7 — 15 mm. longi, citrini, parce patenter 
albo-pubescentes. Calyx parvulus, 3 mm. longus, albo-pubescens, lobis 
crassiusculis, anguste deltoideis, obtusis, dorso vix carinatis. Petala 
sessilia, oblongiuscula vel oblongo-cuneata, apice rotundata, 8 — 9 mm. 
longa, circiter 3 mm. lata, dorso glandulis majusculis, atrobrunneis 
(8 — 10) ornata, margine parcissime pilosula. Stamina 12 mm. longa, 
filamentis inferne parce pubescentibus. Staminodia late lanceolata, 
5 — 6 mm. longa, apice glandula atrobrunnea notata, margine parce 
pilosa. Pistillum glabrum, stylo (immaturo?) crassiusculo, 2 mm. longo. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clan william Div., Cedar- 
bergen, Dec., 1913, Mrs R. Pattison (Herb. Bolus, No. 13733 !). 
Obviously allied to A. fraudulenta, Sonder (of which the exact 
locality is unknown and of which dried specimens obtain only in the 
Sonder Herbarium), but distinguishable by its dwarfer and more 
stunted habit, eglandular leaves and not thickened margins, solitary 
flowers or few-flowered umbels, eglandular calyx-lobes, much longer 
