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2. if. splendidum, Less., var. basuticum, Phillips, var. nov. Rami 

 lanati. Folia 1-2*5 cm. longa, 2-5 mm. lata, liuearia, raro oblonga, 

 apice obtusa, aliquando mucronata, superne lauata vel subglabra, 

 iuferue lanata, distiucte uervigera. " Capitula" 2-3 cm. lata. 



Eastern Mountain Region. — Slope of Machacbe Mtn., Thaba- 

 Bosin Distr., Miss Jacottet in Herb. Dieterlen, 1068. 



Stem woody, terete, prominently covered with the glabi*ous distinctly 

 veined leaf-bases, woolly. Leaves 1-2*5 cm. long, 25 mm. broad, 

 linear, more rarely oblong, obtuse, sometimes mucronate, woolly or 

 subglabrous above, woolly beneath, distinctly veined. Capitula arranged 

 in globose " heads " 2-3 era. in diameter. 



This plant has all the characters of H. splendidum, Less., but is of 

 a totally different habit to the typical form, and I think it is better to 

 regard it as a local variety rather than a distinct species. 



NESTLEEA, Spreng. 



N. Dieterlenii, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutex 1-1*6 m. altus. Rami 

 juniores lanato-tomentosi, demum glabri. Folia congesta, l-l - 6 cm. 

 longa, *6 mm. lata, liuearia, apice acuta, subtus sulcata ; junioria 

 super lanata, subtus dense lanata ; senioria demum araneosa. Capitula 

 terminalia, solitaria, circa 12 cm. longa 35 mm. lata, liuearia vel 

 lineari-oblonga. Bract eaeinvolucri circa 6-seriatae ; eximae 4-5 mm. 

 longae ; 2-2*5 mm. latae, ovatae, apice obtusae, membranaceaeque, 

 glabrae ; intimae 9 mm. longae, 1*5 mm. latae, lineares, apice obtusae, 

 membranaceaeque, glabrae. Receptaculum alveolatum. Flares radii 

 feminei ; tubus corollae 4 mm. longus, teres, glaber ; limbus 6 mm. 

 longus, 25 mm. latus, ellipticus, apice 3-dentatus, 6-nervigerus, 

 glaber. Squanudae pappi 1 mm. lougae, lineares. Ovarium 4*5 mm. 

 longum, *5 mm. latum, lineare, glabrum ; stylus 5 mm. longus, teres, 

 glaber; lobi 15 mm. longi, lineares, apice obtusi. Flores disci herm- 

 aphroditi ; tubus corollae 6b mm. longus, infra cylindratus, supra 

 campanulatus, glaber; lobi 75 mm. longi, -6 mm. lati, ovati, apice 

 obtusi. Filamenta 25 mm. longa; antherae 25 mm. longae, lineares, 

 apice ovatae obtusaeque, basi sagittatae. Squanudae pappi 1 mm. 

 longae, lineares. Ovarium 5'5 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum, lineare, 

 glabrum; stylus 6 mm. longus, teres, glaber; lobi 1 mm. longi, 

 lineares, apice obtusi. 



Eastern Mountain Region : Thaba-Bosin Distr., stony and sunny 

 spot on slopes of Roma Kloof, Miss Jacottet in Herb. Dieterlen, 1065. 



Bush 1-1-6 m. high. Young branchlets white woolly-tomentose, 

 becoming glabrous with age. Leaves crowded, 1-1*6 cm. long, 6 mm. 



