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This species was also collected by Prof. Pearson (No. 7927) on his 

 expedition to the Great Karasberg, where it was found at the Alt 

 Ravine Wasserfall and at Krai Kluft. 



I consider all the above specimens to be clearly distinct from 

 P. nana, Burchell (P. quinquefida, Less., var. nana, Harv.), the type 



Pig. 5. — Pentzia argentea, Hutchinson, n.sp. A, flowering shoot, 

 natural size; B, flower; C, achene and pappus. 



of which is at Kew. In the latter the leaves are considerably larger, 

 thick, and in outline quite truncate and regularly toothed only at the 

 top ; in P. argentea the leaves are always smaller, thinner, and much 

 more deeply and irregularly flabellately toothed. 



7. Pentzia Janata, Hutchinson, sp. nov. (fig. 6, c — e) ; affinis 

 P. globosae, Less., sed ramis dense albo-lanatis, bracteis valde mem- 

 branaceis, capitulis plerumque majoribus differt. 



