10 DK. T. B. BALFOUR OS THB 



superne profunde serratis, inferne cuneatis integrisque et in petiolum 

 pilosuin brevem attenua'tis, ilense pilosis, nervo centnili subtus pronii- 

 nente nervos 5-7 adscendentes parallelos subtus prominulos emitteute ; 

 capitulis breviter pedunculatis in corymbos laxos axillares patentes 

 dispositis ; bracteis involucri glabri iutcrieribus lanceolatis v. oblongis 

 acutis margine submembranaceis,exteriovibus brevloribuspostanthcsiu 

 patentibus; achacniis compressis angulatis, rugis calvis, inter rugas 

 strigosis; pappo rigido, setoso, scabriusculo. 

 Hab. in locis excelsis non frequens. Nom. vulg. Bois de Ronde. 



A rare shrub, quite distinct from the Mauritian species of 

 Psiadia^ resembling more nearly the Bourbon plants originally 

 described under the generic name Gonyza, 



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Abrotanella rhynchocakpa, Balf.fil., sp, n. 



Herba pusilla, pulvinata, glabra, caulibus dense confertis; foliis im- 

 bricatis, stellatim patentibus, recurvatis, late amplexicaulibus, lyrate 

 pinnatifidis v. pinnatipartitis, rarius simplicibus spathulatisque, acutis, 

 coriaceis, uninerviis, nervo prominentej capitulis solitariis sessilibus, 

 singulo 6-10-floro ; involucre 6-phyllo, bracteis ciliatis, exterioribus 

 plurinerviis latioribus, interioribus 2-3-nerviis angustioribus ; recepta- 

 culo foveolato ; floribus exterioribus feniineis, interioribusherniaphro- 

 ditis fertilibus ; femineis corolla 3-dentata, basi globosa, stylo exserto 

 breviter bifido ; herraaphodritis corolla 4-dentata, antheris inclusis 

 ovoideis acutis inappendiculatis, stylo valido, tubo corollse subsequi- 

 longo, alte biiido, ramis ciliatis ; achseniis obovatis, compressis, calvis, 

 lente curvis, obscure 4-5-angulatis, apice in rostrum primum tortum, 

 demum rectum elongato. 



Hab. In terra calcarea juxta oram maritimam solum crescit. 



A very distinct species of this curious South-Temperate-Ame- 

 rican and Australian genus hitherto unknown as Mascarene. 



Campanulace^. 



Lobema vagans, Bolf.fiL, sp. n. 



Annua ; caulibus repentibus tenuibus glabris; foliis merabranaceis, in- 

 ferioribus ovato-lanceolatis v. elliptico-ovato-acutis v, obovatis, basi 

 cuneatis, superne crenatis, inferne integris, breviter petiolatis, supe- 

 rioribus lincaribus acutis v. obtusis, retusis v. submucronatisj subsessi- 

 libus, crenato-serratis ; floribus solitariis in axillis foliorum superiorum, 

 pedicellatis ; pedicellis bractea brevioribus ; calycis tubo obconico 

 lacinias subulatas subaequante v. breviter excedente; corollse tubo 

 calycis lobis quadruple longiore, lobo mferiore obovato-oblongo acuto, 

 superiore lineari ; antheris 2 inferioribiis apice barbatis, superioribus 

 pilosiuscuHs ; stylo longo; stigmate bilobato ; cjij)sula obovoidea. 



Hab, in vallibus nmbrosis prope fluminum fontes. 



