S. Gower del.
Plate 92.
BRUNIA stokoei.
Cape Province.
Bruniaceae.
Brunia, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. i. p. 671.
Brunia Stokoei, Phillips in Kew Bulletin, 1923, ined.
This is the first occasion upon which we have had an opportunity of figuring a member of the Natural Order Bruniaceae, which is one of the endemic South African families. The Bruniaceae comprise about fifty species, all confined to the south-western portion of the Cape Province. The genera Brunia and Berzelia often form a conspicuous feature in the landscape in some areas, the spherical heads of white flowers making the bushes noticeable amongst the surrounding vegetation.