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petals, which like A. fraudulenta are however gland-dotted, large 
staminodes, and glabrous carpels. It has also the habit of a Barosma, 
and the leaves the pleasant smell of “Buchu,” but my interpretation 
of the two groups leads me to assign it to Agathosma. This plant may 
prove to be of pharmaceutical value, and hence its occurrence is 
brought to the notice of pharmacologists and those interested in the 
exploitation of the Buchu industry. 
A. utilis, A. craspedotae affinis, sed foliis puberulis, lobis calycis saepissime 
reflexis, eciliolatis, petalis majoribus albisque, staminodiis brevioribus, 
ceterisque differt. 
Frutex parce ramosus, 0-5 mm. altus, facie A. denticulatae, mihi 
similis, ramis inferne nudis, cinereo-griseis, superne brunneis, foliatis, 
puberulis. Folia ascendentia, magis minusve adpressa, subimbricata, 
petiolata, ovata vel ovato-elliptica vel late elliptica, obtusa vel sub- 
acuta, 5 — 8 mm. longa, ad 3 mm. lata, crasse coriacea, utrinque minute 
puberula, vix costata, dorso punctato-glandulosa, flavescenti-viridia, 
margine incrassata, punctato-glandulosa, ciliolata, superne irregu- 
lariter denticulata; petiolo complanato, circiter 1 mm. longo. Umbella 
majuscula 2 — 8-flora, ad 2 cm. diam., floribus albidis (sicco); pedicel li 
5 — 7 mm. longi, stipitato-glandulosi. Calyx 3-5 mm. longus, extus 
parce stipitato-glandulosus, segmentis late oblongis (2 mm.)denticulato- 
truncatis, dorso obtuse scarioso-carinatis, marginibus hyalinis. Petala 
sessilia, obovato-cuneata, 5 — 6 mm. longa, 2 — 3 mm. lata, inferne 
parcissime puberula ciliolataque. Stamina petalis subaequilonga, fila- 
mentis basin versus parcissime pilosis; staminodia oblonga, 2 mm. 
longa, circiter 1 mm. lata, parce pilosa, apice glandula magna citiina 
instructa. Pistillum glabrum, stylo filiformi, 4 5 mm. longo. Carpella 
matura verrucoso-glandulosa, cornubus incurvatis, circiter 2 mm. longis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clan william Div., Cedai- 
bergen, Dec., 1913, Mrs R. Pattison (Herb. Bolus, No. 13734!). 
Allied to A. craspedota, E. Meyer, and with its facies and leaves, 
but differing in the puberulous leaves, differently shaped usually 
reflexed calyx lobes with no ciliolation, larger and white petals, shorter 
staminodes which are moreover tipped by a citron-coloured and not 
black gland. Mrs R. Pattison states that from the leaves “a kind of 
tea” is brewed. 
A. mucronulata, Sond. var. Rudolphii. 
Fruticulus parvulus, dichotomo-ramosus, ramis fastigiatis superne 
foliatis, castaneis, minute puberulis. Folia ascendentia, subimbricata, 
apice recurva, late elliptica, rigide et acute apiculata; lamina 4 mm. 
longa, 2-5—3 mm. lata, valde coriacea, utrinque glabra, supra brunneo- 
viridia, nitida, subtus pallidiora, valde punctato-glandulosa, vix 
