162 Annals of flu- tf<inth African 



obtuse, 3-toothed at the apex, 4-nerved. Ovary l - 5 3 mm. long, 

 5-1-5 mm. broad, linear or oblong in outline, glabrous. Disc-florets 

 hermaphrodite. Corolla-tube :>-5-4 mm. long, cjlindric in the lower 

 half, campauulate in the upper, glabrous ; lobes 1 mm. long, ovate, 

 obtuse. Pappus deciduous, 2 - 5-3 mm. long, barbellate. Stamens 

 inserted at the junction of the two portions of the corolla-tube; fila- 

 ments T5 mm. long, filiform ; anthers 1'75 mm. long, linear, with ail 

 ovate gland at the apex. Ovary l'5-2'5 mm. long, '5 mm. broad, 

 linear in outline, glabrous ; style 4 mm. long, filiform, terete, glabrous, 

 swollen at the base ; lobes - 5 mm. long, ciliate at the apex. 



Closely allied to E. laterifolius, Less., from which it may be distin- 

 guished by the involucral scales being joined for at least five-sixths 

 of their length, and the ovaries being quite glabrous. 



var. Dieterlenii, Phillips, var. nov. 



A typo pedunculis 1*2 cm. lougis et involucris 4-dentatis differt. 



This is distinguished from the type by the peduncle being less than 

 twice as long as the leaves (up to T2 cm. long), and the involucre being 

 4-dentate. 



Mountain slopes at Sehonghong, Leribe District. Flowers yellow. 

 Summer (February). A. Dieterlen, 904. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SBSUTO : "Sehlakoana se senyenyane. The small " Sehlakoana." 



OTHONNA, Linn. 

 0. natalensis, Sch. Bip. 



Veld and plateau. 8-22 in. high, flowers yellow. Spring-Summer, 

 8-22 in. high, A. Dieterlen, 356 ! ; Mont-aux- Sources, 6000 ft., A. Bolus 

 in Herb. Guthrie, 4850 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : Somerset East. East Grriqualand. Natal. Trans- 

 vaal (Belfast, Irene). 



SESUTO : NaTca. A horn. Phela. Live. The roots are used as a 

 vermifuge for calves suffering with intestinal worms. 



0. scapigera, Harv. 



Summit of Satsamia Peak, Drakeusberg, Mount Fletcher District, 

 c. 9550 ft., March, Galpin, 6741 ! 



DISTRIBUTION : East Grriqualand. Natal. Transvaal (Heidelburg. 

 Barberton). 



DIMOKPHOTHECA. Moench. 

 D. caulescens, Harv. 



Bester's Vlei, near Witzie's Hoek, 6290-6700 ft., December, Bolus, 

 8205 ! Flanagan, 1857 ; summit of the Mont-aux-Sourcea, 9500 ft., 



