TO SOUTH-AFRICAN BOTANY. 177 
for that plant by DeCandolle, by the differently shaped heads, 
which are in that species constricted in the middle, and have 
very few calycles. 
SENECIO ALBOPUNCTATUS, Bolus, n. sp. Herba perennis, basi 
lignosa, glabra, decumbens, 12-16 centim. alta. Caules plures 
subberbacei, foliosi, basi ramosi, ramulis striatis; folia inferiora 
pinnatipartita, acuta, sessilia, subcarnosa, patentia, 4 cm. longa, 
lobis 3—4 linearibus 05-1 cm. longis, acutis, basin versus ad 
dentes reductis; superiora minora inciso-lobulata, erecta, suprema 
in bracteas integras abeuntia, apicibus callo albo nitido undique 
ornatis; ramuli in pedunculos 1-capitatos, parce bracteatos, 
9-6 em. longis desinentes; capitula suboblonga, 1:8 cm. longa, 
apice 1:5 em. lata, calyculis subulatis 5-6; involucri bracte® 
12-14, lineares, acuminate, apice albo-calloso, margine scariosa, 
floribus disci subequilonge ; flores flavi, ligulati 6, limbis paten- 
tibus 1-4 cm. longis, tubulosi plurimi ; achenia vix matura dense 
et breve sericeo-pubescens. (Ex exempll. plur. exsicc. ut infra.) 
Hab. In apertis prope Klipfontein, Namaqualand Minor, alt. 
circa 900 metr., fl. Sept., legi. No. 6544 in herbb. meo, Kewensi, 
&c.; No. 423, Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr. 423. 
Very distinct among its allies of Harvey's section Leptolobi 
by its one-headed flowering branches, and not very near to any 
other species with which I am acquainted. 
Senecio REnMaNNI, Bolus, n. sp. Herba perennis, erecta, 
virgata, basi tantum ramosa, fere glabra, 2-3-pedalis. Rami parce 
foliosi striati basin versus 3 millim. diam.; folia radicalia. . . . . 
- + . P ; caulina inferiora linearia sursum ampliata, acuta, dentata, 
marginibus reflexis, sessilia, dentibus utrinque 2-3, coriacea, 
erecto-patentia, 3-6 centim. longa, superiora breviora erecta, 
suprema in bracteas integras abeuntia; corymbus laxus, 7-12- 
capitulatus, pedunculis elongatis gracilibus ; pedicellis bracteatis 
circa 1 cm. longis; capitula radiata, turbinata, 9 millim. longa, 
basi calyculis plurimis subulatis araneosis donata ; involucri 
bracte: circ. 20, lineares, glabrz, floribus tubulosis parum brevi- 
ores; flores flavi, ligulati 8-10, tubulosi 40-50; achenia teretia 
tenuiter sericea. (Ex exempll. 2 exsicc. Hehmanniana ut 
infra.) 
Hab. Ad rivulum Groot Valsche R. (haud procul a flum. 
Gauritz), A. Nov., Burchell 6539!; prope Kleine Vette River, 
LINN. JOURN.—BOTANY, VOL. XXIV. Q 
' 
