AGATHOSMA blaerioidesCham. & Schl. [family RUTACEAE], ! l. c. p. 55
Information
twigs hairy; leaves spreading, sub-incurved, elliptical, obtuse, the revolute margins set with stalked-glands, convex above and hairy; peduncles hairy; calyx-segments hairy, obtuse; petals downy at base; sterile filaments little longer than the the calyx, semicylindrical, ciliolate. Much branched, a foot high, allied to A. Mundtii, but easily known by its smaller leaves, 1 1/2 line long, slightly incurved, hairy above, with revolute gland-bearing margins. Flowers as in A. Mundtii, but the peduncles shorter, 1 1/2 line long. Petals thrice as long as the calyx. Fert. fil. glabrous, longer than the petals; sterile half-cylindrical, concave on the inside, tipped with a minute gland. Capsule 1 1/2 line long.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Langekluft Mountain, Mordkuilshoogdte, Mundt and Maire! Olifants, R., George, Dr. Gill. (Herb. r. Berol., Hook.)