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5. Metalasia speciosa, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ffig. 2) ; affinis M. 

 nitklulae, Harv., sed robustior, foliis fasciculatis, pedunculis multo 

 longioribus differt. 



Frutex circitor 0*75 m. altus ; rami ascendentes, dense foliati, 

 minute adpresse pubescentes. Folia hnbricata, patula, acicularia, 

 spiraliter torta, acutissima, 1 cm. longa, 15 mm. lata, supra glabra 

 et subnitida. infra cano-tomentosa, marginibus valde recurvatis, in 



Fig. 2.— Metalasia speciosa, Hutchinson, n. sp. A, upper portion of 

 flowering shoot, nat. size ; B, single flower head, x 7; (J. flower, x 11. 



axillis foliis minoribus fasciculatis instructa. Capitula circiter 5-flora, 

 terminalia, dense corymboso-glomerata, glomerulis breviter pedun- 

 culatis confertis ; pedunculi primarii 0-5-1 cm. longi, albo-tomentosi, 

 ultimi vix 1 mm. longi. Involucra anguste cylindrica, 5 mm. longa ; 

 bracteae inferiores cano-pubescentes, superiores glabrescentes, roseae. 

 Corollae tubus cylindricus, 2 mm. longus, glaber, vix lobatus, apice 

 truncatus. Achaenia glabra. Pappi setae albae, 2 mm. longae, 

 obtusae, planae, minute barbellatae. 



Cape : Southern side of slopes of mountain above Kradouw Krantz, 



