Agathosma involucrata Eckl. & Zeyh.

Branchlets coarsely pubescent. Leaves 4-6 mm long, alternate ascending or erect-spreading, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, very obtuse, rounded at the base, concave and smooth and glabrous above, distinctly thickened and involute at the margin, rounded, minutely tubercled and pubescent beneath. Flowers in terminal clusters surrounded by rotund, widely obovate or spathulate scarious leaves with membranous margins. Peduncles 2 mm long, sparsely pubescent, with linear bracteoles on the upper half. Sepals 4 mm long, linear-oblong, obtuse, narrowing towards the base, ciliate, pilose at the apex. Petals 8 mm long; blade about 2.5 mm long, oblanceolate, obtuse, glabrous; claw linear, ciliate on the lower half. Stamens glabrous. Staminodes 7 mm long, linear-oblanceolate and pilose-ciliate at the middle, linear and glabrous upwards, tapering to an obtuse apex and to a slender glabrous base. Ovary hispid on the apex, with 3 carpels bearing small rounded processes. Style glabrous.