348 Annals of the South African Museum. 



is identical with specimens collected by Drege at Matjesfontein and 

 distributed as E. latifolius var. ? " 



UKSINIA, Gaertn. 



1. U. longiscapa, Phillips, sp nov. Rami pubescentes mox glabri 

 Folia 4*5-6 - 5 cm. longa, pinnatisecta vel bipinnatisecta ; lobi - 5-2 - 2 

 cm. longi, - 75 mm. lati, lineares apice acuti mucronatique, pilosi, ali- 

 quandro glabri. Pedunculus 7-26 - 5 cm. longus, teres, sulcatus, paullo 

 pilosi. Capitulum 2 5 cm. latum. Bract eae involucri 4-5 -seriate, 

 supra paullo pilosae. Corolla radii 11 -2 05 cm. longa ; limbus 

 7-l'65 cm. longus, 2-5 mm. latus, linearis vel lineari-oblanceo- 

 latus, apice rotundus. Corolla disci 3' 5 mm. longa ; tubus 3 mm. 

 longus, teres, glaber ; lobi - 5 mm. longi, oblongi, apice obtusi. Fila- 

 menia '5 mm. longa; antherae 2 mm. longae, lineares. Ovarium 1 mm. 

 longum, glabrum ; stylus 1*75 mm. longus, glaber: lobi 1 mm. longi. 

 South-Western Region : Mountain slopes round French Hoek, 

 1500 ft., October. A handsome bush, 1-3 ft. high ; rays dark reddish- 

 brown beneath, orange above and light yellow at the base. Phillips, 

 1387, Phillips in Herb. Musei Austro-Afric. 5108. 



Branches pubescent, becoming glabrescent. Leaves 4 - 5-6 - 5 cm. long, 

 pinnatisect or bipinnatisect ; lobes "5-2"2 cm. long, - 75 mm. broad, 

 linear, acutely mucronate, pilose, sometimes becoming glabrous. 

 Peduncle 7-26'5 cm. long, terete, furrowed, bearing 3-4 scattered 

 linear leaves, scantily pilose, sometimes almost glabrous. Capitulum 

 2-5 cm. in diameter. Involucral bracts 4-5 seriate, scantily pilose on 

 the upper half; the outermost 5 mm. long, 15 mm. broad, linear or 

 ovate-acuminate, with a membranous tip ; the inner 5 mm. long, 

 •3 mm. broad, oblong, with a large elliptic-ovate membranous tip 

 7 mm. long, 5'5 mm. broad ; the innermost similar with a slightly 

 membranous tip. Receptacle bearing paleae ; paleae 3*4 mm. long, 

 1-1 '5 mm. broad, oblong or linear-oblong, transparent, refuse and 

 mucronate at the apex. Ray florets neuter. Corolla-tube 4 mm. long, 

 cylindric ; lobes 7-l - 65 cm. long, 2-5 mm. broad, linear or linear- 

 oblanceolate, rounded above, entire or minutely refuse, 7-nerved, 

 glabrous, glandular when viewed by transmitted light. Disc florets 

 hermaphrodite. Corolla-tube 3 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; lobes - 5 mm. 

 long, oblong, obtuse. Stamens inserted near the base of the corolla- 

 tube : filaments '5 mm. long, filiform ; anthers 2 mm. long, linear, with 

 a quadrate membranous appendage at the apex. Ovary 1 mm. long, 

 cylindric, glabrous ; style 175 mm. long, terete, glabrous ; lobes 1 mm. 

 long. Pappus coroniform. 



