Agathosma alaris Cham.

Branchlets sparsely puberulous, somewhat resinous. Leaves 4-7 mm long, alternate, ascending, subimbricate, lanceolate or ovate, obtuse, rounded or subcordate at the base, slightly concave and minutely tuberculate-scabrid above, convex and with a distinctly raised nerve beneath, tuberculate-scabrid and with small glandular hairs, at first slightly resinous. Flowers in terminal clusters. Peduncles 1.5 mm long, scabrid, slightly resinous, with linear bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 1.5 mm long, ovate or elliptic-oblong, villous-ciliate, convex and slightly scabrid beneath. Petals 4 mm long; blade obovate or oblong-obovate; claw 5 as long, linear, ciliate. Stamens with filaments sparsely pubescent on the lower half. Staminodes 1.5 mm long, linear, tapering in the lower half, densely villous on the upper half, with a large apical gland. Ovary tubercled on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing rounded processes. Style glabrous.