MR. P. MACOWAN ON NEW CAPE PLANTS. 389 
Senecio Trsonr, MacOwan, n. sp. (§ Rigidi.).—S. caule elato, 
stricto, scabro, in corymbum laxum 5-7 cephalum abeunte, 
rarius l-cephalo; foliis sessilibus, deorsum confertis, sursum 
sparsioribus, e basi latiore, lineari-oblongis, aeutis, margine leviter 
revoluto, denticulato, supra griseo-viridibus, scaberulis, subtus 
arcte albo-pubescentibus; peduneulis elongatis, bracteatis, 1- 
cephalis; capituli bracteolis lanceolatis acutis scabro-pubescenti- 
bus ; squamis involucralibus c. 10, late lanceolatis, acutis, margine 
membranaceis, discum vix equantibus ; radiis 10--12, flavis, pappo 
amplo scabro, acheuiis (immaturis) striatis pubescentibus. 
Hab. In montibus Zuurbergen dictis, prope “ Stafford's Post” 
in ditione Griqualand East, alt. 4500 ped., Martio 1886, W. Tyson ; 
Herb. Norm. Austr.- Afr. no. 877; W. T. Gerrard, no. 1695, fide 
N. E. Brown in Herb. Kew. 
Stem closely covered with leaves below, about 2 feet high. 
Leaves 2-23 in.long, 3-4 lines broad, smaller and more scattered 
above. Inflorescenee variable, being sometimes a lax corymb of 
five or more pedunculoid one-headed branches, or sometimes a 
single terminal head topping the peduncular apex of the main 
stem. 
SENECIO PRIONITES, MacOwan, n. sp.—Herbaceus, caulibus 
binis pluribusve e rhizomate nudo adscendentibus, plus minus 
costatis, glanduloso-pubescentibus; foliis radicalibus ovato-lan- 
ceolatis, obtusis, in petiolum longum deduetis, grosse irregulari- 
terque dentatis, caulinis sessilibus, auriculatis, grosse serratis, 
omnibus utrinque glanduloso-pubescentibus; eapitulis paucis, 
corymboso-paniculatis, discoideis, c. 50-floris; squamis involu- 
eralibus c. 14, discum equantibus, deorsum coneretis ; calyculo e 
bracteolis 5-8 linearibus acutis; pappo copioso, scabro, albissimo. 
Var. B, LAxa.— Caulis vix costatus, folia radicalia sinuato- 
dentata, eum petiolo 7-9 poll. longa, laxa, viscoso-glandulosa, 
calyculi bracteole pauciores. 
Stem about 18-20 inches high, roughly glandular. Radical 
leaves 3-4 in. long, about 1 in. wide, coarsely toothed, the margin 
slightly thickened and repand. Peduncles and involucral scales 
scabro-glandular, the latier concrete for $ their length. l 
Hab. Dry grassy slopes near summit of Bruintjeshoogte, dis- 
trict of Somerset, alt. 5000 feet, P. MacOwan, no. 1730. Var. 3, 
moister localities on Bosehberg, at 4500 feet, Dec., Jan. 7 
This species, referred to in Journ. Linn. Soc. pud vol. xviii. 
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