320 Annals of the South African Museum. 



51. P. spinulosa, Phillips, n. sp. 



Frutex. Rami teretes ; ramuli infra spinulosi, glabri. Folia opposita, 

 basi connata, subtus carinata, supra concava, apice obtusa, 06-1 cm. 

 longa, circiter 4 mm. lata, verrucosa, aliter glabra. Capitula plerumque 

 solitaria, sessilia, angusto-ellipsoidea, 1*5 cm. longa, apice circiter 7 mm. 

 lata. Bracteae iuvolucri 7-seriatae, imbricatae ; extimae oblongae, 

 2-3 mm. longae ; iutimae circa 1 cm. longae ; omnes apice obtusae, 

 coriaceae, marginibus paullo crystallinis, ad apicem carinatae, glabrae, 

 Receptaculum planum, alveolatum, fimbriatum. Corolla 65 mm. longa. 

 glabra ; lobi 15 mm. longi, angusto-triangu lares, apice subobtusi. 

 Antherae 3 mm. longae. Achaenia 3-4 mm. longa, albo-sericeo-villosa. 

 Pappus 5 mm. longus, pallidus. 



A much-branched woody shrub ; main branches terete, glaucous- 

 grey ; leafy branchlets short, with numerous spinules iu the lower 

 part, glabrous. Leaves opposite, connate at the base but not sheathing, 

 boat-shaped, keeled below, deeply concave above, obtuse, 10*6- cm. 

 long, up to about 4 mm. broad, densely covered with warts when dry, 

 otherwise glabrous. Heads usually solitary, sessile, narrowly ellipsoid, 

 1*5 cm. long, about 7 mm. in diameter at the top. Involucral bracts 

 7-seriate, closely inbricate, gradually increasing in length upwards ; 

 the outermost oblong, 2-3 mm. long ; the innermost nearly 1 cm. 

 long ; all obtuse and coriaceous with slightly hyaline margins, with 

 a broad fleshy darker-coloured keel towards the apex, glabrous. 

 Receptacle flat, deeply honeycombed, fimbriate. Corolla 6'5 mm. long, 

 glabrous ; lobes 1*5 mm. long, narrowly triangular, subobtuse. Anthers 

 3 mm. long. Achenes 3-4 mm. long, appressed silky-villous with 

 whitish hairs. Pappus 5 mm. long, straw-coloured. 



Distrib. — Great Namaqualand ; Angra Pequena, January, Galpin 

 & Pearson, 7645 ! November, Marloth, 4621 ! 



52. P. succulenta, Thunb. Prodr. 143. 



Branchlets slender, leafy only at the tips, angular, glabrous, brown 

 when dry. Leaves few, crowded at the apex of the shoots, opposite, 

 free from each other at the base, linear-trigonous, obtuse, 05-P5 cm. 

 long, densely covered with prominent warts, fleshy, glabrous. Heads 

 terminal, solitary or three together, pedunculate, campanulate or ovoid, 

 15 cm. long, about 1 cm. in diameter. Involucral bracts 4-5-seriate; 

 the outermost broadly ovate, about 5 mm. long ; the innermost linear- 

 oblong, 13 cm. long; all rounded at the apex, scaly- membranous, 

 with narrowly membranous margins, glabrous. Receptacle flat, long- 

 etose. Corolla nearly 1 cm. long ; lobes linear-lanceolate, subacute, 



