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superne fere glabri. Folia pinnatisecta, usque ad 2 cm. longa, 

 segmentis gracilibus acutissimis usque ad 8 cm. longis glabris vix 0.5 

 mm. crassis. Capitula discoidea, solitaria, terminalia, pedunculata; 

 pedunculi fere ad apicem laxe foliati, puberuli. Involucri bracteae 

 4-5-seriatae, haud membranaceae, 4-5 mm. longae, lineari-subulatae, 

 glabrae. Flores ut in P. lanato. 



Great Namaqualand : Bush 3 ft. high, in dry stream-beds between 

 Dabaigabis and Griindoorn, lis. yellow. Pearson, ^ 1 1 4 ; sandy river-bed 

 •25 km. north of Warmbad, fls. greenish white, Pearson, 4307 ; Akam 

 river-bed, Pearson, 47->!. 



HIPPIA, Linn. 



1. Hippia Bolusae, Hutchinson, sp. nov. (fig. 7) ; affinis IT. gracili, 

 Less., var. repenti, Harv., sed foliis petiolatis palmatim 3-5-partitis, 



Fig. 7. — Hipina Bolusse, Hutchinson, n.sp. A. flowering shoot, nat. size ; 

 H, involucre laid open, x 6; C, female flower, x 10: D, male 'lower, 

 x 11 ; E, stamens, x 18. 



lobis multo latioribus obovato-orbicularibus conspicue mucronatis facile 

 distinguenda. 



Herba e basi inulte ramosa, debilis, ramis elongatis dense foliatis 

 teretibus parce puberulis vel fere glabris. Folia petiolata, palmatim 

 3-5-partita, submembranacea, - 5-l*5 cm. longa. 3-1 cm. lata, lobis 

 obovato-orbicularibus vol oblongo-obovatis 1-nerviis mucronatis punc- 

 tatis et saepe leviter pilosis ; petioli 3-5 mm. longi, interdum alati. 

 Pedunculi terminales, plerumque geminati, graciles, usque ad 2 cm. 

 longi, folia superantes, breviter pubescentes. Capitula solitaria, 



