Plantae africanae novae. I. 199 
(Osteospermum junceum Thunb.), which does not seem to have been 
collected since Thunberg's time, and (according to Harvey) is now only 
represented in his herbarium by a very poor deflorate specimen, In habit 
it bears some resemblance to Ph. aciculare (locaste acicularis E. Mey.). 
The plant was somewhat abundant where found, 
9. Osteospermum tripinnatum Bolus, l. c., p. 140 (Compositae-Calen- 
duleae). 
O. foliis 3-pinnatipartitis; capitulis paucis, fastigiato-corymbosis in 
pedunculis sublongis paucifoliatis vel subnudis; involucri squamis 2—3- 
serialibus, lanceolatis; floribus radii 15—20, disci &; achaeniis tereti- 
clavatis, verruculosis. 
Herba lignosa vel fruticulus erectus ramosus, verisimiliter 21/,- pedalis 
vel ultra; caulis validus, striatus, rugosus, pallidus, 0,5 cm crassus, cum 
ramis ramulisque pilis rigidis patentibus hirsutus; rami pauci adscen- 
dentes foliosi, superiores in corymbis pauciramosis subfastigiatis, 2—3- 
pedunculatis, desinentes; folia alterna patentia, sessilia, semiamplexi- 
caulia, circumscriptione lanceolata, 2—3-pinnati-partita, 3—5, usque ad 
7,5 em longa, ad 3 cm lata, rhachi hirsuta, segmentis parce pubescen- 
tibus forte viscidulisque, pinnis irregulariter dispositis, ima basi simplici- 
bus brevissimis, superioribus pinnulatis, ad 1,5 cm longis, pinnulis nune 
linearibus simplicibus, nunc, in foliis majoribus, incisis, lobulis ultimis 
semper linearibus acutis; pedunculi monocephali, 5—9 em longi, bracteis 
1—2, minimis, foliiformibus; capitula subhemisphaerica 0,8 em longa, 1 cm 
diam., involucri squamae 25—30, erectae pleraeque 2-, rarius sub 3-seriales, 
lanceolatae, acutae, rigidae, externe scabrido-puberulae, pallidae, 0,5—0,6 cm 
longae; flores radii circa 18, ligulis angustis, 0,8—0,9 em longis; flores 
disci oo; achaenia clavata obsolete triquetra, transverse verruculoso-ru- 
gosa, brunnea, 0,4—0,43 cm longa. 
Griqualand West, Kalahari Region, ,near the Kloof Village in 
the Asbestos Mountains, September 25, 1811*, Burchell, 1670 (accord- 
ing to N. E. Brown, Kew); near Griquatown (within forty miles of 
the first-named station), sent by Mrs. Orpen in 1873, No. 8303 in 
my herb. 
This is very distinct from any species known to me. 
cut leaves it approaches to O, tanacetifolium Mac Owan, but in other 
respects not only the leaves but the habit and inflorescence are very 
different. 
10. Erica milanjiana Bolus, l. c., p. 141 ($. Ceramia). 
E. foliis 4-nis; floribus terminalibus, 4-nis; corolla cyathiformi, seg- 
mentis erectis; filamentis linearibus latitudine aequalibus; antheris exsertis, 
muticis; ovariis sericeo-lanatis. p 
Rami diffusi, gracillimi, glanduloso-hirti, cum pedicellis ferruginei, 
20—25 em longi; folia subdensa, patentia, 4-na, elliptico-oblonga, utrin- 
que angustata, acuta, plana, marginibus reflexis, minute hispidula, 
distanter glanduloso-ciliolata, subtus pallidiora, 0,4 cm longa; flores 
terminales, 4-ni; pedicelli gracillimi, patentes, flexuosi, glanduloso-hirti, 
In its much 
