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Leaves ovate-globose or ovate : 
Lys cobwebbed, ratherrugged above ... ... (6) filamentosa. 
Lvs. densely clothed with long woolly hairs ... (7) lanigera, 
Leaves lanceolate or very narrow : 
SEA 5 a css 2 @ Taneotiata: 
Lys. narrow-lanceolate ... ... ... ... .. (9) ifoli 
Section I. AVONIA, E. Mey.! (Sp. 1-3.) 
1, A. (Avonia) papyracea (E. Mey.! in Herb. Drege) ; caudex very 
short, much divided ; stems simple, cylindrical or globular ;_ stipules 
multifarious, imbricated, scarious, snow-white, linguiform, roundish at 
top, quite entire, transversely wrinkled, woolly-barbate at base, 5-10 
times longer than the thick leaves ; flowers sessile, solitary, much 
shorter than the inyolucre. Fenzl, Wien. Annal. 1839. Feb. p. 295. 
Has. Hills in the Great Carroo, near Bloedrivier, 2~-2500f. Drege / Gamkarivier, 
in Carroo, Burke and Zey.! 649. April. (Herb. Vind., Hook., D., Sd.) 
Stems 4-2 inches long, 3-4 lines in diameter. Stipules 3—4 lines long, 14 lines 
wide. Flowers included in the uppermost stipules; peduncle smooth, about 4 line 
— Petals roundish, yellow, 2 lines long, surpassing the calyx. Capsule 2 lines 
ong. 
2. A. (Avonia) quinaria (E. Mey. in Herb. Drege) ; caudex very 
short, much divided ; stems sub-terminal, numerous, sterile and flower- 
bearing, undivided, very short, as thick as a pigeon’s quill; stipules 
scarious, white, broad-ovate, entire, not bearded at the base, spirally and 
closely 5-farious, imbricated, much longer than the very minute semi- 
orbicular flattish leaves ; involucral leaves larger, sphacelate at top ; 
flowers exserted, 2-4 times longer than the involucre. Fenzl, J. c. 
Has. Dry flats near Lislap, Boshmannskarroo, 3-3500f. Drege/ Nov. (Herb. 
Vind., Sd.) 
Caudex $41 inch long, fleshy. Sterile stems 1-2 lines, fertile 4-6 lines long, 
terete, sil oured. Stipules 4 line, the involucre 1 line long. Flowers purple, 
about 3 lines long. Sepals ovate, obtuse. 
3. A. (Avonia) ustulata (E. Mey. in Herb. Drege) ; caudex much 
branched from the base ; branches tortuose, densely covered with 
whitish, globular, ovoid or cylindrical buds of closely imbricated scales 
(stipules) ; stipules broad, ovate-triangular, acute, lacerate at the margins, 
not bearded at the base, sphacelate and pate _ the point, those of 
the involucre larger, quite entire ; flowers eg@@illing the involucre. 
Fenzl, l. c. Tetraphyle corallina, E. § Z./ 1865. excl. synon. 
. Has. Hills in the Great Carroo near Bloedrivier, 2—2500f. Drege / in Carro near 
Zwarteruggens, between Uitenhage and Graafreynet, Z. ¢ Z.! Gamkarivier, Burke 
and Zeyher! April. (Herb. Vind., Hook., D., Sd.) 
3-4 inches high. Caudex 3-4 lines in diameter, primary branches as thick as a 
about 1 inch long, dichotomously divided, branches shorter. Sterile 
stems budlike, mostly globular, 1—2 lines long ; fertile ones 4-6 lines long, as thick 
as a pigeon’s quill, sometimes with one or a few similar branches. Stipules very 
i those of the fertile stems with a patent rusty-brown but 
oe apex. Involucre 1 line long, twice shorter than the 3-valved cap- 
Section II], TELEPHIASTRUM, Dill. (Sp. 4-9.) 
4. A. Telephiastrum (DC. 1. c.); leaves approximate, ovate or sub- 
orbicular, obtuse, glabrous ; axillary hairs filamentous, shorter than the 
