152 Annul* f tin- Sunlit Afrirnn 



30 cm. longus, 'glaber. Capitula in laxa panicula disposita. Brrl<-<' 

 3-4 mm. longae, lineares vel subulatao, apice aruiae. glabrae. C'/<>- 

 ful-inii disroidrnm, ciivilor 1"2 cm. longum, T? 1'5 cm. latuin. 

 Bracteae involucrae circiter U5. !> mm. Imigae, 1 mm. latae. lineares, 

 apice subacutae, vel obtusae ciliataoque, glabrae, marginatae. Tiilm* 

 corollae 6 mm. longus. infra rylindratns, supra campanulatus, glaber ; 

 lobi 75mm. lougi, circiter '5 mm. lati, ovato-oblongi, apice obtusi. 

 Pappus 6-7 mm. longus, barbellatus. Ovarium 3'5 mm. longum. 

 1 mm. latum, paullo pubescens ; stylus (3 mm. longus, teres, basi 

 globosus ; lobi 1-5 mm. longi. FructuskS mm. longus, 75 mm. latus, 

 teres, costatus, paullo strigosus. 



Mountain slopes, flowers yellow. Summer. A. Dieterlen, 674!; 

 Natal, summit of the Drakensbergen, near Van Eeenen's Pass, 

 5800 ft., November, flowers yellow, Wood, 4764! 



(In Wood's List of Natal Plants, Wood, 4764 is given as 8. awjit- 

 atus. Linn, f.) 



SESUTO : Lekoto la Utsoene. Lelnftn la pula. 



An erect subherbaceous plant, 26-80 cm. high, with a woody under- 

 ground rootstock. Stem leafy, ending in a simple or racemosely 

 branched peduncle, glabrous. Leaves 4'5-13'5 cm. long, 2-6'5 cm. 

 broad, elliptic, obtuse, sessile or narrowed at the base into a flattened 

 petiole, subentire or somewhat lobed, glabrous. Peduncle up to 30cm. 

 long, striate, glabrous. Capita arranged in a loose panicle. Brftcf* 

 3-4 mm. long, linear or subulate, subacute, glabrous. Peduncles 

 8-2'5 cm. long, glabrous. Capifulum discoid, about T2 cm. long and 

 1-3-1-5 cm. in diameter, obovate in outline, with 1-2 bracteoles at the 

 base of the involucre. Receptacle slightly cunvex. Involucre of about 

 13 bracts; bracts 9 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, linear, subacute or obtuse, 

 shortly ciliated at the apex, glabrous, with membranous margins. 

 Corolla-tube 6 mm. long, cylindric in the lower half, suddenly widened 

 into a narrow campanulate portion in the upper half, glabrous ; lobes 

 75 nun. long, about '5 mm. broad, ovate-oblong, obtuse, glabrous. 

 Pappus 6-7 mm. long, barbellate. Ovary 3'5 mm. long, 1 mm. broad, 

 linear-oblong in outline, scantily pubescent, many-nerved ; style 6 mm. 

 long, terete, with a distinct central vein, globose at the base, glabrous ; 

 lobes 1'5 mm. long. Fruit 4'5 mm. long, 75 mm. broad, terete, 

 ribbed, strigulose. 



Near 8. rhomboideus, Harv., from which it differs in having more 

 than nine involucral bracts. 



S Evansii, N. E. Br. 



Natal. Drakensberg Mountains. 6-7000 ft., Evans, 366. 

 DISTRIBUTION" : Endemic. 



