372 Annals of the South African Museum. 



no specimens have so far been gathered between the above and these 

 widely separated areas. 



2. B. gariepina, DC. Prodr. v. 448. 



Little Namaqualand : Sandy bank of the Orange River at Bethany 

 Drift, 2-3 ft. high, 6034. 



Great Namaqualand : Buchholzbrunn, in conglomerate of river 

 bank, bush 5 ft., 3667 ; river-bed at Dabaigabis, 4315 ; river-bed 

 below Railway Station, 3669. 



[Collected also at Haikamchab, near Swakopmund, by Galpin & 

 Pearson, 7657.] 



Distribution. — Griqualand West and in Angola and the Zambesi 

 basin. 



PLUCHEA, Cass. 



1. P. Leubnitziae, N. E. Br. in Kew Bull. 1909, 117. 

 Great Namaqualand: Sandy bed of the Schaf River at Seeheini, 

 2300 ft., bush 4-5 ft., 3735. 



Distribution. — Angola and Tropical Bechuanaland. 



IFLOGA, Cass. 



1. Ifloga setulosa, Hutchinson, sp. nov., species foliis acicularibus 

 prominenter setosis capitula circumdantibus et longioribus distincta. 



Suffrutex ramosus usque ad 20 cm. altus ; rami ascendentes, foliati, 

 cano - pubescentes. Folia acicularia vel subclavata, acuta, basi 

 angustata, leviter recurvata, 0*5-1 cm. longa, circiter 1'5 mm. crassa, 

 marginibus valde recurvatis, supra setuloso-pilosa, infra albo- 

 tomentella. Capitula sessilia, ad apices ramorum dense aggregata, 

 circiter 6 -8-nata, i'oliis superioribus involucrata, circiter 1 cm. longa, 

 3 mm. diametro. Involucri bracteae lanceolatae, membranaceae, 

 acutissimae, extra albo-pubescentes, leviter purpurascentes. Flores 

 pauci, tubulosi; corollae tubus cylindricus, glaber ; achaenia glabres- 

 centia, basi callosa ; pappi setae dense plumosae, corollis aequilongae. 



Cape: aiftberg, 1-2000 ft,, fls. white, E. P. Phillips, 7438. 



GNAPHALIUM, Linn. 

 1. G and ulatu in, Linn. Sp. PI. 1197. 



Khamiesberg: Among Phragmites in damp places on middle western 

 slopes of Sneeuwkop, third kloof above Bowesdorp, 5842; marshy 

 ground of Khamiesberg plateau, about 5000 ft., 6322. 



Distribution. — Throughout South Africa and in Angola. 



