128 Harry Bolus: Plantae africanae novae. II. 
setis pappi barbellatis, persistentibus, extimis brevissimis, intimis corollam 
aequantibus. . 
Orange River Colony; Witzies Hoek, grassy slopes near the. 
summit of Mapedi's Peak, approx, alt. 2650 meters, Feb., Justus Thode 
21!; Basutoland, river banks above Buffalo River Waterfall; approx. 
alt. 2500 meters, March, E. E. Galpin, 6659! 
22. Pegolettia dentata Bolus, 1. c., p. 385. (Compositae-Asteroideae.) 
P. foliis oblongis, grosse dentatis, pappo biseriato exteriore e setis 
pluribus brevissimis, interiore e setis 5—7 multo longioribus barbellatis. 
Fruticulus humilis erectus ramosus, parce brevissimeque glanduloso- 
puberula; rami pauci divaricati, rigidi inferne nudi, sursum nune pauce 
nunc dense foliati, vetustiores cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum notati, 
» 10—15 cm longi, inferiores 0,2 cm crassi; folia oblonga acuta, basi valde 
attenuata, utraque dentibus grossis 2—3 acutis aucta, minute glanduloso- 
puberula, viridia, 1—2 cm longa, 0,15 —0,2 em lata; capitula. terminalia 
solitaria campanulata, 1,5 cm longa, 2 cm lata, 100-fl. vel ultra, in pedun- 
eulis bracteatis 0,75—1,25 cm longis, bracteis paucis parvis subulatis 
subscariosis; receptaculum foveolatum; involucri squamae 4—5-seriatae 
numerosissiiae recurvo-patentes subulatae, longe setoso-acuminatae, in- 
tegrae nudae 1-nervae, scariosae pallidae, omnibus inter sese subaequali- 
bus + 1 em longis; corollae tubulosae, regulariter 5-fidae tenuissimae, 
0,8—0,9 cm longae; pappus- biseriatus e setis exterioribus brevioribus 
pluribus, 0,1 em longis, cum setis 5—7 interioribus barbellatis longiori- 
bus, 0,8—1 cm longis; ovaria dense albo-sericea 0,15 cm longa. 
Cape Colony; district Montagu, near the warm baths, on dry 
rocky hills. alt, 300 meters, Dec. (1892), Bolus, 7882 (in herb. Kew and 
my own). . 
In floral structure nearest to P. oxyodonta DC., but differing in 
pappus and very much in habit and general appearance, being smaller 
in all parts, greener, and nearly glabrous. It appears to be rare. 
23. Athanasia Thodei Bolus, 1. c., p. 387. (Compositae-Anthemideae.) 
A. folis linearibus saepius indivisis rarius 2—3-fidis intermixtis, 
corymbis polycephalis dense confertis, capitulis hemisphericis, 35—40- 
floris; involucri squamis subbiseriatis, achaeniis pappo minuto denticuli- 
formi coronatis. 
Suffrutex 4—5-pedalis, subviscidus, odore aromatico. Rami erecti 
vel patentes, ad 20 em longi, 0,5 cm crassi, nudi, asperi, cinerei; ramuli 
8—10 cm longi, albo-tomentosi, usque ad apicem foliosi, inferne nudi; 
folia juniora erecta, demum recurvo-patentia linearia indivisa vel inter- 
dum supra medium 2—3-fida, obtusa, superne glabra, aspera, subtus 
tomentosa prominenter 1-nerva, 2—3 cm longa 0,1—0,15.cm lata; capi- 
tula hemispherica, 0,3—0,4 cm longa, 35—50-flora, in corymbo dense 
polycephalo, 2—3 em lato, conferta, pedicellis  bracteatis; involucri 
squamae subbiseriatae appressae lanceolatae, acuminatae, scariosae, saepe 
laceratae, extus tomentosae exterioribus longioribus flores aequantibus; 
 receptaculi paleae lanceolatae acuminatae apicem versus serrulatae, flori- 
