152 Harry Bolus. 
Fruticulus humilis, 12—22 cm altus; rami decumbentes vel adscen- 
dentes, foliosi, 4—7 cm longi; folia linearia vel oblanceolata e basi an- 
gusta sursum ampliata, acuta, saepius integra, rarius apicem versus 
pinnatifida vel irregulariter 2—3-fida, coriacea, rigida, interdum involuta, 
superne glabra, inferne squamellis minutis, appressis, sparsis, induta, 
3—6 cm longa, lobis exemptis, 0,2—0,3 cm lata, lobis linearibus, acutis, 
0,3—0,4 cm longis; pedunculi solitarii, terminales, parce squamellati, 
9—17 cm longi; capitula crateriformia, 1 cm longa, 1—1,2 cm lata; in- 
volucri squamae 4-seriatae, lanceolatae, acutae, exterioribus omnino her- 
baceis, interioribus apicibus amplis, membranaceis, 0,2—0,8 cm longae; 
receptaculi paleae oblongae, apice dilatatae, laceratae; flores radii 10—14, 
ligulis discoloribus, 0,7 cm longis; ovaria omnino glabra pappo saepe 
deficiente, dum adsit, extimo e squamis suborbicularibus, erosulatis, aliis 
subopacis, aliis subhyalinis, intimo e setis capillaceis. 
Orange River Colony; mountains, Bester's Vallei, near Witzies 
Hoek, approx. alt. 1650—2000 meters, Dec., H. Bolus, 8206 (in herb. 
Kew). . ; 
33. Ursinia erectifolia Bolus, Le p. 393. ($ Sphenogyne.) 
U. folis 2—3-furcatis, pinnatisectisve, squamis involucri omnibus 
apice membranaceis, ligulis florum radii discoloribus. 
Lignosus, erectus, foliosus, parce minuteque  albo-tomentulosus, 
1—12 cm longus; folia imbricata erecta, rarius linearia indivisa, vel 
saepius supra medium bi-trifurcata, vel pinnatisecta, marginibus inflexis, 
segmentis utrinque 1—2, linearibus acutis 0,5—1 cm longis, 1-nervia, 
tomento deeiduo puberula, minute impresso-punctulata, 3—3,5 cm longa, 
0,2 cm lata; pedunculi terminales, tomentulosi, 2—3 cm longi; capitula 
crateriformia, 1 cm longa, 1,5 cm lata; involucri squamae 4-seriatae, 
lanceolatae, omnibus apice membranaceis pubescentibus, 0,2—0,7 cm 
longis; receptaculi paleae cuneatae vel flabelliformes, hyalinae, laceratae; 
flores radii ad 17, ligulis 0,8 cm longis, subtus discoloribus; ovaria 
glabra; pappus 1-seriatus, squamis suborbicularibus; achaenia haud: 
suppetunt. ; , 
Transvaal Colony,-on the ,High Veld*, in grassy places near 
Belfast, approx. alt. 2000 meters, Dec., Bolus, 12056. 
In general appearance resembling U. annua Less. but the leaves 
are less divided, the involucral scales all membrane-tipped, the rays 
discoloured beneath, and the scales of the pappus in a single series. 
34. Tripteris karrooica Bolus, Le, p. 394.  (Compositae-Calendulaceae, 
§ Fruticosa.) 
Ad T. spinescentum accedit, sed ramulis inermibus, foliis linearibus 
differt. | 
Früticulus undique plus minusve visciduloso-scaberulus, 15—20 cm 
altus; rami adscendentes, rigidi, striati, pallidi, in pedunculos mono- 
cephalos, bracteatos, 3—8 cm longos abeuntes, internodiis 0,5—1,5 cm 
longis; folia alterna, saepius erecta, sessilia, linearia, acuta, mucronata, 
ciliolata, basi angustata, saepe complicata, inflexave, lana alba in axillis 
