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Kew reported on this plant as follows : " Ursinia sp., closely allied 

 to U. anethifolia, KE.Br. and identical with Zeyher 2804, which was 

 wrongly included in Sphenogyne anethifolia by Harvey. 



2. U. tysoniana, Phillips, sp. nov. Herba simplex vel basi ramis 

 diffusa. Rami pubescentes. Folia 1*6-3 cm. longa, pinnatifida vel 

 bipinnatifida, basi paullo amplexata ; segmenta 3-9 mm. longa, -5 mm. 

 lata, linearia, acute mucronata, glabra. Pedunculus 67-10 cm. longus, 

 striatus, glaber vel tenue pilosus. Bracteae involucri 4-seriatae, glabrae ; 

 eximae 4 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, ovatae, apice obtusae ; marginibus 

 latis fuscis membranaceis ; intimae 6 mm. longae, 2 - 5 mm. latae, 

 oblongae, apice obtusae, marginibus membranaceis apice maximis latis. 

 Receptaculum paleaceum ; palae 5 mm. longae, 1-125 mm. latae, oblongae 

 vel lineari-oblongae, apice semiorbiculatae, membranaceae. Flores 

 radii neutrii ; tubus corollae 4 mm. longus, cylindratus ; lobi l'l cm. 

 longi, lineares, apice obtusi 3-fidique, 4-nervigeri. Flores disci herm- 

 aphrocliti; tubus corollae 275 mm. longus, infra cylindratus, supra 

 latus ; lobi 75-1 mm. longi, ovati, apice obtusi. Filamenta 1 mm. 

 longa, filiformia ; antheiae 2 mm. longae, lmeares, apice ovatae. 

 Ovarium 1 mm. longum, oblongum ; stylus 3 mm. longus, filiformis ; 

 lobi 1 mm. longi. Squamulae pappi 3 mm. longae, membranaceae. 



South-Eastern Region : Griqualand East. In montis Ingeli et 

 Zuurburg, October, Tyson, 1873. 



A subherbaceous plant with a woody rootstock, 13-15 cm. high, 

 simple or branched from the base. Branches pubescent. Leaves 

 1-6-3 cm. long, pinnatifid or bipinnatifid, slightly sheathing at the 

 the base ; leaf segments 3-9 mm. long, -5 mm. broad, linear, acutely 

 mucronate, glabrous. Peduncles 67-10 cm. long, striate, glabrous or 

 finely pilose with short scattered hairs. Involucral bracts 4-seriate, 

 glabrous ; the outer 4 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, ovate, obtuse, with a 

 wide brown membranous margin ; inner 6 mm. long, 2*5 mm. broad, 

 oblong, obtuse, with a membranous margin much widened round the 

 apex. Receptacle paleaceous ; paleae 5 mm. long, 1— 1"25 mm. broad, 

 oblong or linear-oblong, with a semiorbicular crest at the apex, 

 membranous. Ray-florets neuter ; corolla-tube 4 mm. long, cylindric ; 

 lobes 1-1 cm. long, linear, obtuse, 3-fid at the apex, 4-nerved. Disc 

 florets hermaphrodite; corolla-tube 275 mm. long, cylindric in the 

 lowermost third, widening above ; lobes 75-1 mm. long, ovate, obtuse. 

 Stamens inserted in the Avidened portion of the tube ; filaments 1 mm. 

 long, filiform ; anthers 2 mm. long, linear, with an ovate gland - at the 

 apex. Ovary 1 mm. long, oblong; style 3 mm. long, filiform; lobes 

 1 mm. long. Pappus scales 3 mm. long, membranous. 



