Plantae africanae novae. 1l. 197 
Cap. t. 154), but distinct by its opposite, entire leaves; also near to the 
south-western F. brachyglossa Cass. (Aster Cymbalariae Thunb.), but the 
habit differs, as well as the leaves, and the longer peduncles. 
6. Gymnostephium leve Bolus, l. c., p. 138 (Compositae- Asteroideae). 
G. foliis alternis, linearibus; involucris 4-serialibus, serie interiori 
e squamis 13 condita; floribus radii cire. 14 lilacinis, pappo pleroque 
carentibus; floribus disci flavis, plerisque sterilibus; pappo e setis paucis 
barbellatis. ; 
Fruticulus gracillimus, erectus, fere totus glaber, 1—1!/, pedalis; 
caules plerique simplices rarius basi semel ramosi, leves pallidi; folia 
alterna, sparsa, linearia, subacuta, subtus 1-nerva, parte inferiori ciliata 
dilatata semi-amplexicaulia, 2—3,5 cm longa, vix 0,1 cm lata; pedunculi 
subnudi 10—12 cm longi; bracteis 2--3, remotis, foliaceis, minimis, 
praediti; capitula turbinata vel cyathiformia, 0,85 cm longa, apice 0,95 cm 
lata; involucrum 4-seriale, serie interiori e squamis 13, cuneato-oblongis, 
obtusis, levibus, flavescentibus, obscure nervatis, parce ciliatis, condita, 
ceteris paucioribus subsimilibus, brevioribus; receptaculum alveolatum; 
flores radii cire. 14, ligulis oblongis, tridentatis, lilacinis, cire. 0,7 cm 
longis, achaeniis levibus, glabris pallidis, pappo pleroque carentibus, 
vel rarius setis 2—3 coronatis; flores disci circ. 50, flavi, plerique 
steriles, casu tamen rarissime unus alterusve fertiles, pappo e setis paucis 
barbellatis. 
Cape Colony, district Ceres, in moist grassy or marshy places at 
the Gydouw, alt. 3,100 ft, Dec.-Jan. Bolus, 8625! Herb. Norm. Austr. 
Afr. 1169! Koude Bokkeveld Mountains near Tandfontein, 4,500 ft., Jan., 
Schlechter, 10141! 
7. Leyssera montana Bolus, l c., p. 138 (Compositae-Inuloideae). 
L. acaulescente; pedunculis monocephalis; capitulis campanulatis; 
involvucri bracteis 5—6-seriatis; receptaculis epaleaceis foveolatis; radii 
floribus 20—24, disci oc; pappo e setis barbellatis 11 — 15, coroll e tubum 
aequantibus, paleis brevibus intermixtis. 
Fruticulus humillimus, acaulescens? (specimen unicum caudice carptum 
ut videtur nec radices ostendit), totus cum pedunculo 9 em altus; rami 
(duo, in exempl. nostr.) lignosi, dense foliosi, circ. 2 cm longi; folia 
numerosisima, dense conferta, totum caulem obtegentia, patentia, oblongo- 
spathulata, obtusa, basin versus angustata, subsessilia, 1,3—1,8 cm longa, 
sub apice 0,2 cm lata, subtus obscure nervata, lana densa alba, inter- 
texta, omnino vestita; pedunculi graciles, monocephali, pilis floccosis, 
minimis paucis, 6 em longi; capitula campanulata, 1,3 cm longa, 1,6 cm 
diam., involuerum 5—6-seriatum, bracteis numerosis, erectis, appressis, 
planis, oblongis, anguste ellipticisve apice angustatis obtusiusculis, scariosis, 
exterioribus sensim brevioribus; receptaculum epaleaceum, foveolatum; 
flores radii 20— 24, flavi, ligulis oblongis, obtuse 3-dentatis, pappo 2- 
seriato e setis 11—15, longis barbellatis, corollae tubum aequantibus cu:n 
paleis brevibus intermixtis, achaeniis dense pilosis; flores disci flavi, «, 
pappo achaeniisque, ut in 9. 
