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subobtusa, petiolum includentia 4-5 - 5 cm. longa, 4-8 mm. lata, glabra, 

 margine recurvata, lobulis lateralibus oblongis vel triangulari-oblongis 

 obtusis. Pedunculi scapigeri, graciles, usque ad 12 cm. longi, glabri, 

 bracteis parvis subulatis parce induti. Gapitula radiata, tubuloso- 

 campanulata, 6 mm. longa, vix 1 cm. expansa. Involucri bracteae 

 circiter 12, ecalyculatae, lineares, subacutae, 35 mm. longae, - 6 mm. 

 latae, margine hyalinae, apice brevissime ciliatae. Flores radii pauci ; 

 corollae tubus cjlindricus, 15 mm. longus, glaber ; limbus lineari- 

 oblongus, apice tridentatus, 5 mm. longus, striatus ; pappus parvus. 

 Flares disci numerosi ; corollae tubus angustus, 3 mm. longus, striatus, 

 glaber; lobi 5, lanceolati. Achaenia angusta, glabra. Pappus copiosus, 

 albus. 



Khamiesberg : Beacon Hill (2) two miles south-east of Leliefontein, 

 in shade of rocks, middle slopes about 5200 ft., ray-fls. yellow. Pearson 

 6377. 



9. Senecio Pearsonii, Hutchinson, sp. nov. (fig. 9) ; species affinis 

 S. hypochoeridei, DC, sed foliis minus serratis, achaeniis striatim 

 papillosis nee omnino pubescentibus differt. 



Herba perennis usque ad 40 cm. alta ; caules subsimplici vel 

 superne parce ramosi, parce foliati, longitudinaliter sulcati, minutissime 

 puberuli, e rhizomate horitontali foliorum basibus persistentibus dense 

 induto orti. Folia radicalia erecta, linearia, basi vaginata, apice 

 indurato-obtusa, usque ad 17 cm. longa, 3-6 mm. lata, sicco rigide 

 coriacea et longitudinaliter rugulosa, marginibus revolutis repando- 

 denticulatis, utrinque glabra ; folia caulina bracteiformia, lineari- 

 lanceolata, acuta, circiter 15 cm. longa, minute puberula. Gapitula 

 5-9 in racemes vel subcorymbos disposita, disciformia, 15 cm. longa, 

 flava. Tnvolucrum campanulatum, 12 cm. longum, basi parce calicu- 

 latum ; bracteae circiter 20-25, lineares, subacutae, marginibus 

 membrauaceis hvalinis. extra minute scabrido-puberulae. Achaenia 

 angusta, 6 mm. longa, sicco nigra et costata, minute striatim albo- 

 papillosa. Pappus gracilis, corollae aequilongus, albus, minute barbel - 

 latus. Corollae tubus '.' mm. longus, glaber. 



Khamiesberg: Among rocks on granite kopje south-west of Lelie- 

 fontein Mission Station, subsucculent, rls. yellow, Pearson, 6310. 



10. >S'. erosus, Linn. f. Suppl. 370. 



Cape: Oliphant's Tiiver Mountains, 7709. 

 Distrirution. — Western and south-western Districts. 



