Contributions to the Flora of South Africa. 347 



3-^-nata, pedunculata, terminal] a, 7 mm. louga, c. 8 mm. lata. 

 Pedunculus 6-8 mm. longus, teres, glaber. Bracteae involucr 6, 

 couuatae, campanulatae, glabrae ; lobi 45 mm. longi, 3-3 - 5 mm. lati, 

 elliptici, apice obtusi, supra marginibus paucis glandulosis pilis, 

 Beceptaculum 15 mm. latum, convexum, alveolatum. Flores radii 

 6*5 mm. longi ; corolla supra 2 mm. lata, apice obtusa, 3-fida, glabra, 

 basi cylindrata. Pappus 1*5 mm. lougus, tenue plumosus. Ovarium 

 1*5 mm. longum, oblongum, deuse pubescente ; stylus 3 mm. lougus, 

 linearis, basi bulbosus, glaber ; lobi 1 mm. longi, lineares, apice obtusi. 

 Flores disci 65 mm. longi ; infra tubulosi 2 mm. longi, '5 mm. lati, 

 glabri : supra campanulati, 2 - 5 mm. longi, 5-dentati, glabri ; dentes 

 •75 mm. longi, ovati, apice subobtusi. Filamenta 1 mm. longa, 

 filiformia, glabra ; antherae 2 mm. longae, lineares, apice ovatae 

 obtusaeque. Ovarium 1*75 mm. longum, lineari-oblongum, pubescente ; 

 stylus 45 mm. longus, tei'es, basi bulbosus, glaber; lobi "75 mm. 

 longi, lineares, truncati. 



Karroo Region : Matjesfontein, June, Pearson, 1572, Pearson in 

 Herb. Musei Austro-Afric. 1530. 



The upper branches usually arising trichotomously, closely leafy, 

 becoming naked below and rough with the remains of the petioles, 

 glabrous. Leaves "7-1 '6 cm. long, 3-6 mm. broad, elliptic or elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, narrowed at the base into a very short petiole, rugose 

 when dry, glabrous. Capitula peduncled, 3-4 at the end of the 

 branchlets, 7 mm. long, about 8 mm. in diameter. Peduncles 6-8 mm. 

 long, terete, glabrous. Involucre 6-lobed, broadly campanulate, 

 glabrous; lobes 4*5 mm. Ioiil;', 3-35 mm. broad, elliptic, obtuse, with 

 a few glandular hairs on the margin near the apex. Receptacle 15 mm. 

 in diameter, convex, honeycombed. Bay florets 6'5 mm. long; corolla 

 ligulate, 2 mm. broad above, obtuse, 3-fid, cylindric below, glabrous. 

 Pappus 15 mm. long, finely feathered. Ovary 1*5 mm. long, oblong 

 in outline, densely pubescent ; style 3 mm. long, linear, bulbous at the 

 base, glabrous ; style branches 1 mm. long, linear, obtuse. Disc 

 tiorets numerous, 65 mm long, tubular below, then suddenly cam- 

 panulate above ; the tubular portion 2 mm. long, - 5 mm. in diameter, 

 glabrous ; the campanulate portion 2'5 mm. long, 5-toothed, glabrous ; 

 teeth - 75 mm. long, ovate, subobtuse. Stamens situated in the throat 

 of the corolla; filaments 1 mm. long, filiform, glabrous; anthers 

 2 mm. long, linear, with an ovate obtuse gland at the apex, blunt at 

 the base. Ovary 1*75 mm. long, linear-oblong in outline, pubescent; 

 style 4'5 mm. long, terete, bulbous at the base, glabrous ; style 

 branches - 75 mm. long, linear, truncate. 



Kew reports on this specimen as follows : " This is undescribed, but 



