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lanceolate, subacute, 15 mm. long. Achenes 4 mm. long, thinly 

 villous. Pappus as long as the corolla, straw-coloured. — Linn. Syst. 

 Veg. 1202 ; Liun. f . Suppl. 356 ; Harv. in Harv. & Sond. FL Cap. 

 iii. 99. P. lupulina, DC. Prodr. v. 357. 



Distrib. — Calvinia ; Bitterfontein, Zeyher, 3097 ! Fraserburg : 

 between Zak River and Kopjes Fontein, September, Burchell, 1495 ! 

 South Africa, without precise locality, Masson ! 



23. P. punctata, Phillips, n. sp. 



Frutex parvus. Bamuli minute albo-pubescentes,denxuinglabri. Foli<< 

 opposita, superiora aliquando alternata, obovato-oblonga vel lineari- 

 oblonga, apice obtusa, basi angustata, 0*5-l"9 cm. longa, 3-65 mm. 

 lata, plana, punctata, glabra, ciliata. Gapitula multiflora, terminalia, 

 solitaria, sessilia, 15-L7 cm. longa, cylindrico-campanulata. Bractear 

 involucri 5-7-seriatae, imbricatae, oblongo-orbiculatae, supra saccatae, 

 marginibus membranaceis. Corolla 1 cm. longa; lobi 1'5 mm. longi, 

 ovati vel lanceolati, apice subacuti. Filamenta 2"5 mm. longa, 

 filiformia ; antherae 4 mm. longae, lineares, apice subacutae. Ackaenia 

 3 mm. longa, oblonga, dense appresso-villosa. Pappus pallidus. 



A small shrub with the habit of P. inflexa ; branchlets minutely 

 whitish pubescent, becoming glabrous with age. Leaves opposite or 

 sometimes the upper ones alternate, obovate-oblong to linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, narrowed at the base, - 5-P9 cm. long, 3-65 mm. broad, flat, 

 punctate with black dots, glabrous, setulosely ciliate. Heads many- 

 flowered, terminal, solitary, sessile, 15-1 7 cm. long, cyhndric- 

 campanulate. Involucral bracts 5-7-seriate, closely imbricate, oblong- 

 orbicular, prominently saccate below the apex, with membranous 

 margins, glabrous. Corolla 1 cm. long ; lobes 15 mm. long, ovate or 

 lanceolate, subacute. Stamens inserted about \ down the tube ; 

 filaments 2*5 mm. long, filiform ; anthers 4 mm. long, linear, subacute. 

 Achenes 3 mm. long, oblong in outline, densely appressed- villous. 

 Pappus light straw-coloured, as long as the corolla. 



Distrib. — Worcester through the Karroo to Jansenville and 

 Cradock : 



Worcester ; between Worcester and Beaufort West, Rogers, 2466 ! 

 Murraysburg, around Murraysburg, Tyson ! Jansenville ; near Loots 

 Kloof, November, MacOwan, 1803! Graaff Reinet; in plains near 

 Graaff Keinet, November, Bolus, 630! Middleburg ; Conway Farm, 

 3600 ft., August, Gilfillan in Herb. Galpin, 5529 ! Cradock ; near 

 Cradock, Rogers in Herb. Bolus ! 



This species is very closely allied to P. inflexa, Thunb., with which 



