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vel glabri. Folia 5 - 5-17 cm. louga, 2-6'5 cm. lata, obovato-oblonga, 

 apice plus minusve truncata vel acuta, basi decurrentia, pinnati-lobata, 

 spinosa, subtus dense lanata. Garpitulwm radiatum, 3-7 cm. latum. 

 Bracteae involuorae, apice spinosae, subtus dense albo-tomentosae. 

 Corolla radii .alba, 2'5 cm. longa, 4'5 mm. lata, oblongo-liuearis, apice 

 4-deutata, subtus paullo glanduloso-pubescens. Corolla disci 8 mm. 

 louga, supra cylimlrata, paullo glandulosa. Pappus coroniformis ; 

 squamae "5 mm. lougae. Ovarium 2 nun. longum, glabrum ; stylus 

 9 mm. longus, filifonnis, pubesceus ; lobi 2 mm. lougi, lineai'es, apice 

 obtusi, pubescentes. Fru.etH* 4 in in. longus, 4-gonus, glaber. 



Slopes of Qoqolosi Peak on plateau above the Mission Station, 

 January-February, A. Dieferlen, 940, PhiUij)-^, 981. 



DISTRIBUTION : Endemic. 



SESUTO : Ntsoantsane e tsoex. The Avhite " Ntsoantsane." Mohata 

 o ntosoeu. The white "Mohata." Used as a charm for procuring 

 things wished for. 



A bush, 3-4 ft. high. Branches angular, cobwebby, becoming more 

 or less terete and glabrous above. Leaves 5-5-17 cm. long, 2-6'5 cm. 

 broad, obovate-oblong in outline, more or less truncate or acute at the 

 apex, decurrent at the base, pinnati-lobed, the main nerve and the 

 lateral nerves excurrent into yellow pungent spines '7-1 cm. long, 

 glabrous or faintly cobwebby above, densely clothed with white felt 

 beneath. Inflorescence 3-7 cm. in diameter, in a loose leafy panicle 

 at the end of the branches. Outer itivolucral bracts up to 3 cm. long, 

 produced into a long pungent spine, entire, with a few marginal 

 spines, faintly cobwebby above and densely albo-tomentose be eath. 

 Receptacle 1*6 cm. in diameter, convex, honeycombed ; the edges of the 

 membranous cups timbriated and produced into long hairs. Ray- 

 Horetx neuter. Corolla white, 2'5 cm. long, 4'5 mm. broad, oblong- 

 linear, 4-toothed at the apex, narrowed and tubular at the base, 

 9-nerved, sparsely glandular pubescent without. Disc-floret* herm- 

 aphrodite. Corolla yellow, 8 mm. long, cylindric above, narrowed in 

 the lowermost third, sparsely glandular ; corolla lobes 4 mm. long, 

 linear, obtuse. Stamens inserted about half-way down the corolla- 

 tube : filaments 1 mm. long, filiform ; anthers 5'5 mm. long, linear, with 

 a lanceolate obtuse gland at the apex, sagittate at the base. Pappu* 

 a crown of acute scales, '5 mm. long. Ovary 2 mm. long, oblong in 

 outline, glabrous ; style 9 mm. long, filiform, slightly swollen at the 

 base, finely pubescent ; lobes 2 mm. long, linear, very slightly broadened 

 above, obtuse, finely pubescent, Fruit 4 mm. long, 4-angled, glabrous, 

 crowned with the persistent pappus. 



Differs from all other species of Berkheya by having white flowers, 



