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3353 ! north of Alewyn's Fontein, December, Pearson, 3313 ! 3926 ! 

 3929 ! Kopjeskraal, December, Pearson, :-i890 ! Grauwater, December, 

 Pearson, 3268 ! near Ougrabies, Pearson, 3572 ! Upper slopes above 

 Daunabis, December, Pearson, 6119 ! Bushmanland ; Kweekfontein, 

 January, Pearson, 3820 ! 3821 ! Eenriet, January, Pearson, 3094 1 

 Sandy plains near Groot Roggebosch, Pearson, 3842 ! Valley below 

 Nieuwe Rust, December, Pillans, 5490! Vanrhynsdorp ; Ebenezer, 

 on dry stony hills below 500 ft., November, Dregel Clanwilliam ; 

 Ramskop, Leijioldf, 503 ! South Africa ; without precise locality, 

 Masson ! 



De Candolle's type of P. turbinata is an exact match of Thunberg's 

 specimen of P. ciliata ; both have the long leaves which were given 

 as the difference between the two species ; the shorter-leaved form 

 represented by Harvey's var. EcMonis does not seem worthy of 

 varietal distinction. 



48. P. trigona, Phillips, n. sp. 



Hamuli glabri, dense foliati. Folia alteruata, trigona vel lineari- 

 subteretia, apice subacuta, 07-P3 cm. longa, carnosa, glabra. Ca-pitula 

 circiter 12-flora, solitaria, sessilia, 1-1 "3 cm. longa, circiter 1 cm. lata, 

 oblonga vel obovoidea. Bracieae involucri 5-6-seriatae ; extimae ovato- 

 oblongae ; intimae lanceolato-lineares, apice obtusae, glabrae, mar- 

 ginibus angustis membranaceis. Corolla 1 cm. longa, inferne dilatata ; 

 lobi 6, linearidanceolati, apice subobtusi, 3 mm. longi. Filamenta 

 3"75 mm. longa, filiformia ; antherae 3 - 5 mm. longae, lineares, apice 

 acutae. Stylus 1*2 cm. longus, teres, basi angustatus ; lobi 3 - 5 mm. 

 longi, lineares, acuminati, apice acuti, papillosi. Achaenia oblonga, 

 1*2 mm. longa, villosa. Pappus ad 8 mm. longus, fulvus. 



Brunches glabrous, densely leafy. Leaves alternate, trigonous or 

 linear- subterete, subacute, - 7-l - 3 cm. long, fleshy, glabrous. Meads 

 about 12-flowered, solitary, sessile, 1-1*3 cm. long, about 1 cm. in 

 diameter, oblong or obovoid. Involucral bracts 5-6-seriate ; the outer 

 ovate-oblong ; the inner lanceolate-linear, obtuse, glabrous, with 

 narrow membranous margins. Corolla 1 cm. long, dilated below the 

 middle ; lobes 6, linear-lanceolate, subobtuse, 3 mm. long. Stamens 

 inserted in the dilated portion ; filaments 3"75 mm. long, filiform ; 

 anthers 3 - 5 mm., long, linear, acute. Style 12 cm. long, terete, 

 narrowed below ; branches 3 - 5 mm. long, linear, acuminate, acute, 

 papillose on the margin and back. Achenes oblong, 1'2 mm. long, 

 villous. Pajyus up to 8 mm. long, brownish-yellow. 



Distrib. — Uitenhage ; at the top of Vanstadensberg, 1000 ft.. 



