386 Annul* of the South African Must: ion. 



lineari-lanceolata, apice spinoso-acuminata, ad basin leviter angustata, 

 P5-4"5 cm. longa, 3-6 mm. lata, integra, rigide chartacea vel sub- 

 coriacea, utrinque arete punctata et puberula ; costa media utrinque 

 prominens ; nervi laterales suberecti, cum m'arginibus subparalleli, 

 infra conspicui. Capitula discoidea, terminalia, sessilia, depresso- 

 globosa, 1 cm. longa, 1—13 cm. diametro, in i'ructu depressissima et 

 dura. Involucri bracteae exteriores leviter foliosae, e basi late ovato 

 lanceolatae, spinoso-acuminatae, us<jue ad 8 mm. longae, interiores 

 late ovatae, spinoso-apiculatae, omnes marginibus puberulis. Flares 

 < mines tubulares ; corollae tubus basi contractus, 5 mm. longus, 

 glaber ; lobi 5, lineari-lanceolati, subacuti, P75.mm. longi, extra 

 setuloso-glandulosi ; styli rami acuti, semiexserti. Achaenia dense et 

 Longe villosa. Pappi squamae lanceolatae, acute acuminatae, 2*25 

 mm. longae, membranaceae, superne margine minute dentatae. 



Great Namaqualand : Banks of shallow stream course on stony plains 

 12 km. west of Sandverhaar, 3200 ft., straggling bush 3-4 ft., fls. 

 yellow, Pearson, 4609. 



ERIOCEPHALUS, Linn. 



1. E. punctulatus, DC. Prodr. vi. 140. 



Khamiesberg ; Naras Ravine, bush 2 ft., foliage fragrant, rays 

 white, common, 6708. 



Distribution. — Extends across the Kalahari and Central Regions to 

 Transkei. 



2. E. umbellalatus, DC. Prodr. vi. 147. 



Cape: Giftberg, 1-2000 ft., bush 0-12 in. hi^h, 4277, 7453. 

 Distribution. — Common throughout Cape Colony and Namaqua- 

 land. 



3. E. pubescent, DC. Prodr. vi. 148. 



Bushmanland : Granite knoll south of Kweekfontein water-holes 

 3200 ft,, bush 3 ft., 3804. 



Little Namaqualand : South of Pass between Grauwater and Klip 

 Plaat, 2 ft., 3279 ; common on kopjes at Rietfontein, 2500 ft., bush 

 2-3 ft., 3769. 



Bushmanland : Sand north of Raman's Drift, shrub 2-3 ft., 4047 ; 

 granite slopes 18 km. west of Aus, 4210 ; Schakalskuppe, 5600 ft., 

 4243 ; common on sandy plains 25 km. north of Warinbad, bush 

 12-l£ ft, 486 ; south of Dabaigabis, 4291 ; 20 km. north of Raman's 



