154 Amnih of tlir Soufli African 



forma glabra. 



A typo caulilms foliisque glabris, etiam fioribus capitulisque paullo 

 minoribus (lift'ert. 



This is a perfectly glabrous form without the cottony hairs which 

 characterise the species. The heads and flowers are slightly smaller, 

 otherwise similar to the type. 



Tembuland, Cheulcwe Mt., between Maclear and Umtata, 3500 ft. 

 January, Flanaijan, 2656 ; East Griqualand, in stony places near 

 Maclear, 4700 ft., January, Bolus, 10152. 



Although this form does not come with the region dealt with in this 

 paper, I thought this the proper place to mention it. 



S. harveianus, MacOw. 



Veld and gardens. 6-26 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring-Autumn. 

 A. Dieterlen, 50 ! ; on banks of streams and various localities round 

 Leribe plateau, Phillips, 533 ! 712 ! 787 ! ; Qoqolosi Peak, a small bush, 

 flowers yellow, Phillips, 934 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal. 



SESUTO : Khutoliea. Meaning unknown. 



S. launayaefolius, O. Hoffm. (ex descr.) 



Natal, Bushman's River Valley, 6-8000 ft,, October, Wood, 10605 !; 

 near Hoffeuthal, 4000 ft., January, flowers yellow, Wood, 681 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



S. macrophyllus, Phillips, sp. nov. ( Paucifolii). Planta simplex, 

 subherbacea, 1 m. alta. Caulis foliaceus, teres, 6-9 mm. latus, 

 striatus, glaber. Folia sessilia, 9-26'4 cm. longa, 4-5'2 cm. lata, 

 elliptica, acuminata, apice obtusa, basi auricularia, amplexicauliaque, 

 subtus promineo unicostata et distincte uervigera, glabra. Capitula in 

 densum corymbum disposita. Pedunculus 1-1 '5 cm. loiigus, teres, 

 glaber, nudus vel 1-2-bracteatus. Bracteae 2'5 mm. longae, ovato- 

 lanceolatae, apice subacutae, concavae, unicostatae, glabrae. Capitula 

 discoidea, 4-5-florifera. Bracteae involucrae 5, 8 mm. longae, 1*5 mm. 

 latae, lineares, apice obtusae, trinervigerae, glabrae ; margines mem- 

 brauaceae. Tubus corollae 6 mm. longus, '5 mm. latus, infra 

 cylindratus, basi paullo dilatus, supra campauulatus, glaber. Filamenta 

 1'75 mm. longa, supra dilata, glabra ; antherae 3 mm. longae, lineares. 

 Pappus 7 mm. longus, barbellatus. Ovarium 3 mm. longum, 1 mm. 

 latum, oblongum, rostratum, striatum, glabrum ; stylus 1 cm. longus, 

 glaber, basi bulbaceus ; lobi T5 mm. lougi. 



Orange Free State, bank of the Wilge River, near Harrismith, 

 c. 5000 ft., Februarv, flowers yellow, Wood, 4745 ; Natal, Newcastle 



