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S. microcephala, nov. sp., gummifera ; ramulis teretibus gracilibus 

 brunneis tenuiter griseo-puberulis, apice foliosis et corymbiferis ; foliis 

 ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolato-oblongis iutegerrimis attenuato-acutissirnis 

 basi rotundato vel ad petioli iusertionem subacuniinatis dense tomentellis 

 penninervatis subtus pallidioribus 4 to 6 cm. longis 2 cm. latis ; petiolis 

 gracilibus exalatis 1.5 cm. longis; capitulis pluribus graciliter pedicellatis 

 corymbos terminales sessiles a foliis superatos formantibus eradiatis 1 cm. 

 longis 7 mm. latis gummiferis ; squamis iuvolucri anguste cainpanulati 

 lanceolato-linearibus atteuuatis laxe imbricatis subaequalibus sordide 

 pubescentibus; flosculis £ nullis, £ 9-12; corollae tubo gracillimo in 

 fauces non ampliato 5 mm. longo minutissime puberulo, limbo 5-dentato 

 recurvato ; acbenio compresso sparse pubescenti nigrescente lineari- 

 oblongo 4 mm. lonjjo 0.8 mm. lato summo dentes duas nunc breves nunc 

 in aristas parvas productas gerenti ; paleis conduplicatis angustis apice 

 argute 3-dentatis puberulis. — Albemarle Isl. : Tagus Cove, 20 Jan- 

 uary. 1899, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 910 (lib. Gr.) ; mountain east of 

 Tagus Cove, alt. 770 m., Snodgrass & Heller, no. 254 (lib. Gr.). 

 Narborough Isl. : abundant in southern part at 600 m. alt., forming 

 bushes 2.G to 4 m. high, Snodgrass & Heller, no. 313 (lib. Gr.). This 

 last specimen is sterile and somewhat doubtful. It has leaves 7 cm. 

 long and 3 cm. broad. Endemic. Plate 3, figs. 2 and 3. 



S. microcephala is well marked among its congeners by its small and 

 more numerous heads, also by the presence of an abortive pappus. 

 These features, however, in the presence of an otherwise close resem- 

 blance to the genus Scalesia do not appear to form any good ground 

 for generic separation. 



S. narbonensis, nov. sp., ramis fistulosis foliosis dense breviterque 

 pubescentibus vel subvelutinis teretibus striatis ; foliis alternis late ovatis, 

 praeter basis integerrimae acumiuati-attenuatae serratis acute acuminatis 

 molliter adpresse pubescentibus, in pagina inferiore pallidioribus supra 

 basem 3-nervatis, nervis lateralibus ramosis; petiolis distinctis semiteretibus 

 exalatis ; pedunculis in dichotomis supremis solitariis teretibus gracilibus 

 erectis unibracteatis a foliis superatis : capitulis solitariis involucro cam- 

 panulato, squamis circa 13 oblongis acutis dense pubescentibus; flosculis 

 $ circa 12 squamas involucri paulo excedentibus corollis tubo gracili 

 pubescenti in ligulam breviter oblongam pallidam 5-nervatam dilatatis, 

 achenio pergracili tereto, abortivo : paleis oblongis puberulis valde condu- 

 plicatis apice argute 2-3-dentatis : flosculis 2 numerosis, corollo breviter 

 pubescenti a tubo brevi gracile in fauces teretes longiores 5-nervatis 



