342 Annate of the South African Museum. 



COMPOSITAE. 



MAIRTA, Neis. 



M. pustulata, Phillips, sp. nov. Planla acaulescens. Folia radi- 

 calia, 3-6*5 cm. long, *9-2*2 cm. lata, elliptica, apice rotunda, basi 

 attenuata, integra, utrinque setosa. Pedunculi 3, 12-235 cm. longi, 

 pilosi, foliosi paucis linearibus foliis 1*2-2*5 cm. longis. Gapitula 

 1*2 cm. longa, 25 cm. lata. Bracteae involucri 2-seriatae, 1 cm. longae, 

 1*5-2 cm. latae. lineares, apice acutae, pilosae pilis basi bulbosis, 

 Flores radii feminei ; tubus corollae 4 mm. longus, teres, sparse 

 pilosus ; limbus 1*2 em. longus, 4 mm. latus, elliptico-oblongus, apice 

 acutus apiculatusque, 4-nervigerus, glaber. Pappus 5 mm. longus, 

 plumosus. Ovarium 3 mm. longum. "75 mm. latum, oblongo-lineare, 

 compressum, tenue pilosum ; stylus 2*75 mm. longus, teres, glaber ; 

 lobi 1*5 mm. longi, lineares, apice obtusi. Flores disci hermaphroditi ; 

 tubus corollae 5 mm. longus, infra teres et glanduloso-pilosus, supro 

 infundibuliformis ; lobi 1 mm. longi, *5 mm. lati, ovati, apice obtusi, 

 glabri. Filamenta 1*5 mm. longa, filiformia ; antherae, 2 - 5 mm. 

 longae, lineares, apice ovatae, basi rotundae. Pappus 5*5 mm. longus, 

 plumosus. Ovarium 35 mm. longum, 75 mm. latum, lineare, 

 pubescente ; stylus 4'5 mm. longus, teres, glaber; lobi 1*5 mm. longi, 

 lineares, apice acuti, supra breviter pilosi. 



Eastern Mountain Region : Basutoland. Thaba-Bosin Distr., 

 slopes of Macbache Mtn., November, Jacottet in Herb. Dieterlen, 

 1059. 



An acaulescent plant. Leaves radicle, 3-6*5 cm. long, *9-2*2 cm. 

 broad, elliptic, rounded at the apex, attenuate at the base, entire, 

 setose above and beneath with bulbous based hairs. Peduncles 3 to a 

 root-stock, 12-23*5 cm. long, terete, pilose, bearing a few linear leaves 

 1*2-2*5 cm. long. Head 1*2 cm. long, 2*5 cm. in diameter. Invulcral 

 bracts 2-seriate, 1 cm. long, 1*5-2 cm. broad, linear, acute, pilose with 

 bulbous based hairs. Bay florets female, purplish mauve in colour ; 

 corolla- tube 4 mm. long, terete, scantily pilose ; limb 1*2 cm. long, 

 4 mm. broad, elliptic-oblong, obtuse and shortly articulate at the 

 apex, 4-nerved, glabrous. Pappus 5 mm.' long, plumose. Ovary 

 3 mm. long, *75 mm. broad, oblong-linear, flattened, finely pilose ; 

 style 2*75 mm. long, terete, glabrous; style-lobes 1*5 mm. long, 

 linear, obtuse. Disc florets hermaphrodite; corolla-tube 5 mm. long, 

 terete and glandular pilose below, funnel-shaped in the upper half ; 



