388 MB. P. MACOWAN ON NEW CAPE PLANTS. 
3-1 poll. longa, vix lineam lata, mucronulo plus minus recurvato. 
Capitula 3-3 poll. diam., vix (ex sicco) radiantia. Affinis N. squa- 
moso, Thunb. 
SENECIO NAPIFOLIUS, MacOwan, n. sp. ($ Plantaginei.)— 
S. caule herbaceo, erecto, suleato, apice corymboso-paniculato ; 
foliis radicalibus lyrato-pinnatisectis deorsum angustatis, grosse 
dentatis, subglabris, superioribus minoribus, demum bractei- 
formibus, semiamplexicaulibus; corymbo composito, subfasti- 
giato; pedicellis longiuseulis hine inde bracteolatis ; involucro 
c. 20-phyllo, calyculato; radiis 10-12, latis, 5-venosis, flavis ; 
pappo amplo, scabro ; acheniis (immaturis) glabris. 
Hab. In clivis superioribus montis Boschberg, pone pagum 
Somerset East, Cape of Good Hope, alt. 3000-4000 ped., Jan. 
1887; Herb. Norm. Austr.- Afr. no. 746. 
Radix perennis, caulis basi pollicem crassus, bipedalis. Folia 
inferiora crebra, 12-15 poll. longa, utrinque viridia, lobus termi- 
nalis e. 24 poll. longus et latus. Capitula plura, c. 7 lin. longa, 
5 lin. lata. Bracteol® calyculi lineares, incurvi, sparsim in 
peduneulo effusi. 
This fine species may stand near S. decurrens, DC., and S. digi- 
talifolius, DC. The leaves at the base of the stem are very like 
those of wild plants of Brassica Napus, L. 
SENECIO HARVEIANUS, MacOwan (syn. S. vimineus, Harv. in 
Fl. Cap. iii. p. 401, non DC. Prodr. vi. p. 400), Herb. Norm. 
Austr.- Afr. no. 878. 
By Mr. N. E. Brown's comparison with types in the Kew 
Herbarium, this plant is Harvey's S. vimineus, but not the 
species so named by DeCandolle. Mr. Tyson's numerous and 
well-preserved specimens enable some corrections to be made in 
the description given in the * Flora Capensis. Stems several from 
a central rootstock, ascending, at first simple, then dividing into 
numerous approximate branchlets, becoming pedunculoid and 
1-3-leaved upwards. The inflorescence is not “ spreading,” and 
the dark-tipped character recorded of the involucral scales is not 
constant, being probably dependent on age. In the Herb. 
Norm. specimens, many of the scales are membranous and white 
at the tip as well as at the margin. 
Hab. In summo monte Malowe, in ditione Griqualand East, 
Mart. 1886, alt. 6000 ped., W. Tyson, no. 2759; Herb. Norm. 
Austr.- Af». no. 873. 
