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latis membranaceis. Corolla 1*2 cm. longa, tubulosa, supra paullo 

 dilatata, glabra; lobi 2 mm. longi, lanceolato-triangulares, apice 

 obtusi. Filamenta 5 mm. longa, filiformia ; antherae 4 mm. longae, 

 lineares, apice lanceolatae acutaeque. Stylus 1'4 cm. longus, teres ; 

 lobi 3' 5 mm. longi, lineares, supra paullo dilatati, subacuminati, apice 

 acuti, papillosi. Achaenia 3 - 5 mm. longa, oblonga, pilis longis 

 molliter villosa. Pappus pallidus, circiter 1 cm. longus. 



Branches glabrous. Leaves opposite, slightly connate, oblanceolate, 

 subacute, attenuate at the base, 1-1*6 cm. long, 2-35 mm. broad, flat, 

 fleshy, glabrous. Heads 15-20-flowered, sessile, terminal, 1*5-2 cm. 

 long, about 1*5 cm. in diameter, obconic. Involucral bracts 4-seriate, 

 ovate to lanceolate, obtuse or subobtuse, glabrous, with broad mem- 

 branous margins. Corolla 1*2 cm. long, tubular, somewhat dilated 

 above, glabrous ; lobes 2 mm. long, lanceolate-triangular, obtuse. 

 Stamens inserted about f down the corolla-tube; filaments 5 mm. 

 long, filiform ; anthers 4 mm. long, linear, lanceolate and acute at the 

 apex. Style 1*4 cm. long, terete; branches 3*5 mm. long, linear, 

 slightly dilated above, subacuminate, subacute, papillous on the 

 dilated and acuminate portion. Achenes 3*5 mm. long, oblong, softlv 

 villous, with long hairs. Pappus light straw-coloured, nearly 1 cm. long. 



Distrib. — Vanrhynsdorp ; Klein Kobbis, August, Schlechter, 10980 ! 



58. P. pollens, Linn. £. Suppl. 357. 



A small bush up to 0*6 m. high. Branches glabrous, with greyish- 

 white bark. Leaves opposite, slightly connate at the base, linear- 

 acicular, obtuse, with a narrow groove on the upper side, 13 cm. long, 

 about 1 mm. thick, glabrous. Heads 11-12-flowered, solitary, shortly 

 pedunculate, turbinate-campanulate, about 1*3 cm. long. Involucral 

 bracts about 6-seriate, increasing upwards ; the outermost ovate- 

 elliptic, about 1*5 mm. long; the innei-most linear, 7 mm. long, about 

 1*25 mm. broad ; all rounded at the apex and shortly ciliate, slightlv 

 keeled, not membranous. Receptacle flat, 3 mm. in diameter, deeplv 

 honeycombed and rather long-setose. Corolla 8 mm. long, gradually 

 widened upwards, glabrous ; lobes narrowly triangular, obtuse, scarcely 

 1 mm. long. Anthers 3 mm. long. Achene 3 mm. long, denselv 

 villous. Pappus light straw-coloured, 6 mm. long.— Thunb. Fl. Cap. 

 ed Schult. 630 ; DC. Prodr. v. 359 ; Harv. in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 

 iii. 101. 



Distrib. — Calvinia through the Karroo to Prince Albert and 

 Mossel Bay : 



Calvinia ; Blauwkrantz Pass, December, Pearson, 4963 ! near 

 Schurkraal, December, Pearson, 3075 ! Ceres ; Gansfontein, December, 



