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broad, linear, acute, channelled beneath ; the youngest woolly above, 

 densely woolly beneath ; the older becoming cobwebby. Heads 

 terminal, solitary at the ends of short shoots, about 1*2 cm. long, 

 3*5 mm. in diameter, linear or oblong-linear in outline. Involucral 

 bracts about 6-seriate ; the outer 4-5 mm. long, 2-25 mm. broad, 

 ovate, obtuse, with a membranous appendage at the apex, glabrous ; 

 inner 9 mm. long, 1*5 mm. broad, linear, obtuse, with a rounded 

 membranous appendage at the apex, glabrous. Receptacle honey- 

 combed. Ray-florets female ; corolla-tube 4 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; 

 limb 6 mm. long, 2*5 mm. broad, elliptic, 3-toothed at the apex, 

 6-nerved, glabrous. Pappus 1 mm. long, composed of a number of 

 linear scales. Ovary 4*5 mm. long, '5 mm. broad, linear in outline, 

 glabrous; style 5 mm. long, terete, glabrous; style-lobes 1'5 mm. 

 long, linear, cylindric in the lower half, campanulate above, glabrous ; 

 lobes '75 mm. long, 6 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse. Filaments 2 - 5 mm. 

 long ; anthers 2*5 mm. long, linear, with a small ovate obtuse 

 appendage at the apex, tailed at the base. Pappus 1 mm. long, 

 composed of linear scales. Ovary 5 - 5 mm. long, - 5 mm. broad, linear 

 in outline, glabrous ; style 6 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; lobes 1 mm. 

 long, linear, flat wuthin, convex without, obtuse. 



ATHANASIA, Linn. 



A. Hameri, Phillips, sp. nov. Frutex l - 3 m. altus. Rami dense 

 foliosi, supra dense pubescentes vel subtomentosi, demum glabri. 

 Folia "9-2*5 cm. longa, profunde 3-5-secta ; junioria molle pilosa, 

 demum glabra ; infra 5-8 mm. longa, 1*5— 2 mm. lata, linearia ; 

 segmenta '3-1*5 cm. longa, -75 mm. lata, linearia, acute mucronata. 

 Fedunculus ad 1*5 cm. longus, teres, subtomentosus. Capitula 

 4*5-6 mm. longa, 4-5 mm. lata, urceolata vel subglobosa. Receptacuhim 

 paleaceum ; paleae 2 mm. longae, "75 mm. latae, oblongae. Bracteae 

 involucrae 3-seriatae, 3*5-4 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatae, apice obtusae, 

 membranaceaeque, sparse pilosae, ciliatae. Tubus corollae 2 mm. 

 longus, teres, glaber ; lobi 1 mm. longi, ovati, apice subobtusi, glabri. 

 Filamenta 1*5 mm. longa, linearia, glabra; antherae 1*25 mm. longae, 

 lineares, apice ovatae. Squamae pappi 1 mm. longae, lineares. 

 Ovarium 1*25 mm. longum, *75 mm. latum, oblongum, costatum, 

 glabrum ; stylus 2 mm. longus, teres, glaber; lobi *75 mm. longi, 

 lineares, apice truncati. 



South-Western Region : French Hoek, near the Waterfall above 

 the village, 1500 ft., October, Phillips, 1169, and Phillips in Herb. 

 Musei Au8tro-Afric. 8369. 



