NEW PLANTS FKOM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 393 



Gazania c&spitosa, Bolus, n. sp. — Foliis crebre imbricatis, 

 linearibus, basi latis semiamplexicaulibus, margine stricte revo- 

 lutis, biseriatim calloso-setosis ; involucro oblongo-campanulato, 

 glabro, basi intruso ; lobis e basi lata subulatis, 3-4-serialibus, 

 externis brevioribus ciliatis, mediis longioribus'acuminatis, intimis 

 glabris membranaceis integris. 



In summo monte Koudveld, Sneeuwbergen, in regione editiore 

 Colonic Capensis, alt. 5500 ped., flor. Dec. ; legit H. Bolus (No. 

 2578). 



Dense csespitosa, caule multicipiti lignoso, foliis obtecto. Folia 

 pallide virescentia superne glabra, subtus dense tornentosa, spi- 

 noso-niucronata, 2*0-2-40 eentim. longa, 2-3 millim. lata. Pe- 

 duneuli foliis paulo longiores, inferne tomentosi sursum glabri. 

 Involucra 10-1 "20 eentim. longa, tubo 5 millim. longo. Ligulse 

 10-12, lutea?, dorso fasciatae, l"20-l - 60 eentim. long®. Pappi 

 palese lanceolato-acuminatse. Achenia villis badiis obtecta corollae 

 tubo subaequilongis. (v. v.) 



Ericinella passerinoldes, J3olus,n. sp. — Foliis ovato-oblongis 

 ereeto-adpressis, imbricatis, leviter pubescentibus ; sepalis omni- 

 bus inaequalibus oblongis ; superioribus apice subfoliaceis, corolla 

 parum brevioribus ; antheris inclusis scabris, aristatis ; ovariis 

 3-loculatis albo-sericeis. 



In clivis montosis, Koudveld Mt., Sneeuwbergen, in regione 

 editiore Colonic Capensis, alt. 5000 ped., flor. Dec. ; legit H. Bolus 

 (No. 2582). 



Fruticulus erectus, ramosus, bipedalis; ramulis junioribus 

 pubescentibus, detnum glabratis. Folia crebre imbricata, 1£ 

 millim. louga. Flores 4-5, longiuscule pedicellati, demum cernui. 

 Corolla 2 millim. longa, lobis oblongis, late obtusis, carneis. 

 Stylus validus, exsertus. (v. v.) 



It cannot be too clearly understood that the Ericese, generally 

 regarded as characteristic of " the Cape," are really almost entirely 

 restricted to a narrow belt of land along the southern coast. The 

 present plant is interesting as being one of a very few stragglers 

 into ihe interior, beyond the intervening Karoo plains, occupying 

 stations of high altitude exclusively on the loftier mountain- 

 ranges. The altitude of such outliers would appear to increase 

 as we proceed northward towards the equator, until at Kilima 

 Njaro, in lat. 3° 5' S., two species (a BJceria and an Ericinella) 

 were found by the Bev. Mr. New, just under the snow-line, at an 

 elevation of 15,000 or 16,000 feet. 



