302 Annals of the South African Museum. 



it lias been associated in Herbaria. The glabrous leaf -surf aces, the 

 more strikingly saccate involucral bracts, and its more easterly 

 distribution seem sufficient to distinguish it. 



24. P. utilis, Hutchinson, n. sp. 



Frutex circiter 30 cm. altus. Rami prostrati ; ramuli setuloso-pilosi. 

 Folia opposita, basi libera, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice 

 acuta, mucronata, basi angustata, 15-2'5 cm. longa, 04 1 cm. lata, 

 coriacea, unicostata, utrinque marginibusque pilis albis setosa. Capi- 

 tula terminalia, solitaria, subsessilia, campanulata, 2-2 - 5 cm. longa,circa 

 1*5 cm. lata. Bracteae involucri circiter 5-seriatae, lanceolatae, apice 

 acutae ; extimae circiter 4 mm. longae ; intimae circa 1*3 cm. longae ; 

 omnes paullo carinatae, glabrae, marginibus minute ciliatis. liecep- 

 taculum concavum, alveolatum, circiter - 8 cm. latum. Corolla lutea, 

 subcylindrica, superne sensim dilatata, 1*3 cm. longa, medio tenuiter 

 puberula, costata; lobi lineari-lanceolati, apice acuti, 2 mm. longi. 

 Achaenia 4-5 mm. longa, dense albo-villosa. Pappus pallidus, 1 cm. 

 longus. 



A bush about 30 cm. high, with prostrate branches ; branchlets 

 setulose-pilose. Leaves opposite, free from ^ach other at the base, 

 lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, acutely mucronate, narrowed to the 

 base, 15-25 cm. long, 04-1 cm. broad, coriaceous, 1-nerved, setose- 

 pilose with white hairs on the margins of both surfaces. Heads 

 terminal, solitary, subsessile, campanulate, 2-2-5 cm. long, about 

 P5 cm. in diameter. Involucral bracts about 5-seriate, lanceolate, 

 acute, the outermost about 4 mm. long, the innermost about 1*3 cm. 

 long, all slightly keeled, chaffy and darker-coloured in the middle with 

 minutely ciliolate margins, otherwise glabrous. Receptacle concave, 

 honeycombed, about - 8 cm. in diameter. Corolla yellow, subcylindric, 

 gradually widened upwards, 13 cm. long, finely puberulous about the 

 middle, ribbed; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, 2 mm. long. Achenes 

 4-5 mm. long, densely villous with whitish hairs. Pappus straw- 

 coloured, 1 cm. long. 



Disteib. — Piquetberg ; Upper south-west slopes above Pickenier's 

 Pass, November, Pillans, 5114 ! South side of summit above Ivradouw 

 Krantz. November, Pillans, 5316 ! 



Pillans states that the shoots are eaten by stock. 



25. P. adenocarpa, Harv. in Harv. & Sond. PI. Cap. iii. 109. 



A rigid shrub 1-2 ft. high. Branches glabrous; bark smooth when 

 young, becoming rougher with age. Leaves opposite, obloug-oblanceo- 



