Agathosma elata Sond.

Branchlets glabrous, minutely and sparsely puberulous or pubescent. Leaves 3-4 mm long, alternate, ascending, oblanceolate-oblong or oblanceolate, rarely oblong, obtuse, cuneate at the base, concave above, rounded and with inconspicuous glands beneath, glabrous, sometimes with small stalked glands on the margin. Flowers in terminal clusters, or the lower often axillary. Peduncles 6-7 mm long, glabrous, puberulous or pubescent, with slender bracteoles on the lower half. Sepals 1-1.25 mm long, ovate, obtuse, concave above, obtusely keeled beneath, glabrous or ciliate. Petals 3.5 mm long, glabrous; blade obovate-elliptic, very obtuse, slightly concave above at the apex: claw half as long, linear. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 2.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, with a gland behind the apex, tapering to a short oblong base, ciliate on the middle part. Ovary glabrous, with 3 carpels bearing rotund processes. Style glabrous.