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E. pedunculatus, N. E. Br. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6400-6700 ft., Deceinber, Bolus, 

 8204! Fhimigciti, 1854 !; Natal, Oliver's Hoek, 4-5000 ft.. January, 

 Wood, 3601 : Hlatikulu, 6-7000 ft., January, Evans, 397. 



DISTRIBUTION; Transvaal (Houtbosch, Zoutpansberg) . Orange 

 Free State (no locality). 



The specimens collected by Bolus and Flanagan are more robust 

 than those described by Mr. Brown. 



E. setiloba, N. E. Br. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 5400 ft., December, Solus, 

 8203 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Natal (Newcastle). 



E. Tysonii, Phillips, sp. nov. Rami dense foliiferi. Folia imbri- 

 cata, '8-l'8 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, ovato-lanceolata, lanceolata vel 

 lineari-lanceolata, raro linearia, apice obtusa, coriacea, glabra. 

 Capitula axillaria. Pedunculus 2'5-4 cm. longus, teres, glaber. Invo- 

 lucrum campanulatum, 6-8-bracteatum, glabrum ; tubus 5 mm. longus, 

 basi rotundus ; lobi 1-1'5 mm. longi, ovati, apice obtusi et glandulosi. 

 Tubus radii l'5-2'5 mm. longus, cylindratus, glaber ; limbus 7-1 cm. 

 longus, 2 '5-5 mm. latus, oblougus vel oblongo-ellipticus, apice obtusus 

 et tridentatus, 4-nerviger. Ovarium 1*5-3 mm. longum, '5-1 '5 mm- 

 latum, lineare, glabrum. Tubus disci 3*5-4 mm. longus. infra cylin- 

 dratus, supra campanulatus, glaber: lobi 1 mm. longi, ovati, apice 

 obtusi. Pappus 2*5-3 mm. longus, barbellatus, deciduus. Filamenta 

 1*5 mm. louga ; antherae 1'75 mm. longae, lineares. Ovarium 

 1*5-2*5 mm. longum, -5 mm. latum, lineare, glabrum ; stylus 4 mm. 

 lougus, teres, glaber, basi dilatus ; lobi 5 mm. longi, apice ciliati. 



On the banks of the Eland's River, near the Mont-aux- Sources, 

 6000 ft., January. Flanagan, 2120; rocky places (" krantzes,") near 

 and at the top of Plattberg, Harrismith, c. 7200 ft.. January, Thode ; 

 in stony places, Mt. Currie, 6000 ft., February, Tyson, 1495. 



Branches terete, densely leafy, glabrous, rough with the remains of 

 leaf -scars on the older portions. Leaves imbricate, '8-1*8 cm. long. 

 2-5 mm. broad, ovate- lanceolate, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, rarely 

 linear, obtuse, with a sunken midrib beneath, coriaceous, glabrous. 

 Capitula axillary, arranged in a racemose manner at the ends of the 

 branchlets. Peduncles 2'5-4 cm. long, terete, glabrous. Involucre 

 campanulate, of 6-8 scales, glabrous ; tube 5 mm. long, rounded at 

 the base ; lobes 1-1 '5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse, glandular at the tip. 

 Ray-floret* female. Corolla-tube 1*5-2*5 mm. long, cylindric, glabrous ; 

 limb 7-1 cm. long, 2*5-5 mm. broad, oblong or oblong-elliptic, 



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