Plantae africanae novae. II. 131 
at hand to refer to. It is in what is so well known as the „High Veld* 
of the Transvaal, and probably between 5000 and 6000 ft. above the sea. 
There are numerous coal-mines in the vicinity. 
28. Euryops Galpinii Bolus, 1. c., p. 390. (Compositae-Senecionideae.) 
E. foliis lanceolatis integris; capitulis terminalibus solitariis vel binis, 
sessilibus; involucri squamis circa 12, ultra medium connatis; radii flos- 
culis 12— 15, disci 50; achaeniis clavatis, glabris. 
Suffrutex glaber, 2—3-pedalis; rami adscendentes, superiores foliosi, 
inferiores nudi cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum notati; folia dense con- 
ferta usque ad basin capitulorum, imbricata, sessilia, recurvo-patentia, 
oblongo-lanceolata subacuta  cartilagineo-ciliolata, subtus nervo valido 
percursa, 0,7—0,9 cm longa, 0,2—0,28 cm lata; capitula terminalia, in 
pulvillo tomentoso sessilia, foliis floralibus parum dilatatis arcte cincta, 
turbinata 1—1,1 cm longa; involueri squamae cirea 12, ultrà medium 
connatae, cartilagineae, leves, pallide flavae, segmentis late lanceolatis 
minute ciliolatis; receptaculum foveolatum; radii floseuli 12—15, ligulis 
1,4 em longis, disci circa 50, 0,45 cm longi, concolores, lineis 5 purpureis 
notati, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis acutis; achaenia clavata, glabra, polita, 
0,24 em longa; pappi setae breves, barbellatae. 
Cape Colony; district Queenstown, on Hanglip Mt. alt. about 
1850 meters, Nov. E. E. Galpin, 1620! on the Windvogelberg, 1400 
meters, June, Rev. Baur, 1117! (both in herb, Kew). 
This has the habit and general appearance of Gamolepis brachypoda 
DC., with similarly closely imbricated leaves; but their shape is quite 
different, and'the heads in this are sessile, or nearly so. 
Lasiocoma Bolus, nov. gen. (Compositarum e tribu Senecio- 
nidearum.) 
Ex affinitate Ewryopis a quo differt achaeniis fl. 9 sterilibus pappique 
in fl. 9 defectu. | : 
Capitula heterogama radiata, floribus radii ©, 1-seriatis fertilibus, disci 
© sterilibus. Involuerum campanulatum, bracteis 1-seriatis, subaequali- 
bus, usque ad medium fere in cyathum connatis demum  subsolutis 
liberisve patentibus. Receptaculum planum, alveolatum, septis elevatis 
dentibus paleaeformibus acuminatis auctis, Fl. 9: corollae ligulatae, 
lamina patente, parva, 3-dentata; achaenia clavata, a dorso compressa, 
lana’ densa alba accrescente demum longissima vestita, calva. Fl. Y: Co- 
rollae regulares, tubulosae, limbo subinfundibuliformi apice 5-fido; an- 
therae basi integrae obtusae; styli rami applanati, subtruncati, penieillati ; 
achaenia tenuia, vacua, breviter pubescentia pappo e satis barbellatis 
l-seriatis numerosis coronata. —  Fruticulus erectus ramosus, glaber, 
2—3-pedalis, Folia alterna patentia, e basi semiamplexicauli linearia, 
ultra medium 3-fida, lobo intermedio integro, lateralibus linearibus 2-fidis, 
2-lobisve, omnibus apice calloso-mucronulatis. Pedunculi axillares, soli- : 
tarii, graciles, foliis saepius longiores. Involucri squamae 6—7, sub- 
aequales, oblongae subaeutae. Flores radii 6— 7, disci 9—12 (ut videtur 
ex siccis, flavi). ` 
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