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Fruticulus pusillus, 6 cm. altus, e basi ramosus, caulibus numerosis, 
dense confertis, subdecumbentibus, puberulis, imbricabo-foliatis. 
Folia elliptica, circiter 3 mm. longa, 1-5 — 2 mm. lata, obtusa, coriacea, 
utrinque minute pubescentia, supra concava, nitidula, subtus con- 
vexiuscula, margine integra, obscure punctato-giandulosa. Umbella 
capitata, parvula, circiter 5 mm. diametro, multiflora, floribus minutis 
albidis (sicco), bracteis foliaceis, bracteolis basilaribus, binis, 0-7 mm. 
longis, pedicelli 1-5 — 2 mm. longi, superne minute puberuli. Calyx 
1-5 — 1*7 mm. longus, extra puberulus, segmentis oblongiusculis, con- 
cavis, obtusis, dorso obtuse carinatis. Petala unguiculata, spatulata, 
circiter 2 mm. longa, 0-7 mm. lata, omnino glabra. Stamina 3-5 min. 
longa, glaberrima. Staminodia filiformia, 1-7 mm. longa, glabra, 
apice distincte glandulosa. Pistillum patenter puberulum, stylo crasse 
filiformi, inferne patenter pubescenti. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Clan william Div., Sneeuw- 
kop, 4500 ft, Cederbergen, near Wupperthal, October, 1897, A. Bodkin 
(Herb. Bolus, No. 8958!). 
One of the section Imbricatae, distinguished from all by its dwarf 
alpine habit, minutely pubescent leaves (on both surfaces) not pectinate- 
ciliate margins, very small flowers, their correspondingly smaller parts, 
and pubescent style. 
A. gracilipetala, A. ciliatae forsitan proxime accedit, sed distinguitur foliis 
multo minoribus, magis ovatis, fere cordatis, apice cuspidato-acumi- 
natis, umbellis capitatis, minoribus, petalis gracillimis, ceterisque. 
Fruticulus ad 0-5 m. altus, parce foliatus, superne verticillato- 
ramosus, paullulo divaricato-ramosus, ramulis citrinis, patenter 
pilosis. Folia patula, complanata, ovata vel late ovata, cuspidata 
vel acuminato-cuspidata, interdum basi subcordata, 4 — 5 mm. longa, 
1-7 — 2-3 mm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, pallide ochraceo-viridia, supra 
glabra, subtus strigulosa, parcissime costato-ciliata, margine pectinato- 
ciliata. Umbella capitata, hemisphaerica, circiter 1 cm. diam., multi- 
flora, floribus albidis (sicco), bracteis foliaceis, reflexis; pedicellis 
crassiusculis, 2 — 2-5 mm. longis, glabris, medio bracteolatis. Calyx 
1-7 — 2 mm. longus, utrinque glaber, segmentis triangularibus, glandu- 
loso-obtusis, dorso obtuse carinatis, margine paullulo pectinato- 
ciliatis. Petala longe unguiculata, 4 mm. longa, lamina obovato vel 
fere rotundata, parvula, circiter 1 mm. longa, glabra, unguibus inferne 
parcissime pilosis. Stamina ubique glabra. Staminodia longe spatulata, 
2 mm. longa, unguibus patenter pilosis. Pistillum superne parce 
strigillosum, stylo crassiusculo, glabro. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Caledon Div., hills near 
Caledon, 1000ft., October, 1899, H. Bolus, 9152! (in Herb. Bolus, and 
Albany Mus.). 
