496 iviTt. J. a. BAKEU ON the 



segment 2-3 in. long and broad, and a single pair of small lateral 

 segments. Peduncle slender, fragile, a foot long, with a short 

 branch from the middle, and a lax end panicle with corymboge 

 branches densel}^ clothed with soft short crisped hairs. Involucre 

 ^ in. long, pilose like the pedicels ; bracts about 8, with pale 

 edges. Achene ^ in. long, with about 10 ribs. Pappus copious, 

 soft, deciduous, ^ in. long. — Baron 3126 ! 



CiNEKARTA Ais'AMPOZA, i?aA:^r, = Senecio Anampoza, Baher in 

 Joiim. Linn, Soc, xx. 191. 



Sent now (Baron 4251 !) with mature achenes. They are 

 flattened and winged, and therefore it must bo transferred to the 

 genus Cineraria as defined in' Genera Plantarum,' to the vicinity 

 of the Cape C.geraniifolia, DC. Adds another characteristic Cape 

 genus to the Madagascar flora- 



SeNECIO ACETOSiEFOLIUS, n. sp. 



Sarmentosus, glaber^ foliis petiolatis subcarnosis inferioribus hastatis 

 superioribus ovatis, capitulis parvis radiatis paucifloris dense corymboso- 

 paniculatis, involucre infundibulari bracteis 5 lanceolatis, ligulis luteis, 

 floi'ibus discoideis involucre longioribus, achenio piloso, pappo albo 

 flexuoso. 



A climber, with slender terete glabrous stems. Leaves distant, 

 alternate, bright green, glabrous, lower 2 in, long and broad, with 

 spreading deltoid auricles and a petiole as long as the blade. 

 Panicles terminal on the branches, 3-4 in. broad, made up of 

 several corymbose branches ; pedicels as long as or shorter than 

 the heads, copiously bracteate. Involucre -J- in. long. Flowers 

 about 6 in a head, 3 ligulate and 3 discoid. Pappus and disk- 

 flowers \ in. long. — Baron 43o7 ! 4360 ! Belongs to the group 



Scandentes as defined in * Flora Capensis,' near S. tamoides of 

 Natal. 



Sexecio (§ Kleinoidei) ctclgcladus, n. sp. 



Frutieosus, carnosus, glaber, caulibus flexuosis dichotomiter ramosis, 

 fohis parvis confertis oblanceolatis sessihbus uninerviis, pedunculo elongato 

 nudo oligocephalo, capituHs radiatis muUifloris, involucre campanulato 

 bracteis 10-12 lanceolatis, liguhs luteis involucro aequilongis, floribus dis- 

 coideis involucre superantibus, achenio glabro, pappo albo fragiii. 



Stems woody, flexuose, two or three times dichotomously forked. 

 Young leaves crowded towards the ends of the branches, very 

 fleshy, 1-1| in. long, ^ in. broad. Peduncles slender, stiffly erect, 

 3-headed; pedicels |-1| in. long, minutely bracteate. Involucre 



