6.3 Brunia subg. Raspalia (Brongn.) Class.-Bockh. & E.G.H. Oliv., comb. et stat. nov.

≡ Raspalia Brongn. in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 8: 377. 1826; PillansinJ. S. African Bot. 13: 147. 1947

– Type: Brunia microphylla Thunb. (= Raspalia microphylla (Thunb.) Brongn.).

Stamens included; petals free, shorter than 5 mm, petal bulges forming thick cushion with vertical subdivision; leaves appressed to partlyimbricate, hairy (except B. angulata, B. microphylla), inflorescences usually larger than 5 mm in diameter.