Plants Collected in the Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions. 409 



6. 0. amplexifolia, DC. Prodr. vi. 480. 



Cape : Olipliant's River Mountains, top of mountain behind Baths, 

 in clefts of rocks in shade, fls. yellow, 6976. 



Distkibution.— Tulbagh, Paarl and Worcester. 



7- 0. macrophylla, DC. Prodr. vi. 480. 

 Khamiesberg : Kharkams, damp shady places, 6584. 

 Distkibution.— Little Namaqualand and Van Rhynsdorp Division. 



8. O.floribunda, Schlechter in Engl. Jahrb. xxvii. 214. 



Khamiesberg: Hills above Twee Rivieren, bush with yellow fls., 



6806. 



Distribution. — Little Namaqualand and Van Rhynsdorp. 



9. Othonna ovalifolia, Hutchinson, sp. nov. (fig. 13) ; affinis 0. 

 macrophyllae, DC, sed foliis basi iu petiolum brevem atteuuatis, 

 involucri bracteis longe acuminatus differt. 



Planta usque ad 18 cm. alta ; caulis basi (vel rhizoma apice?) 

 arachnoideo-tomentosus, tricephalus. Folia fere omnia radicalia, 

 ovato-elliptica, basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, apice acuta, 4-8 cm. 

 longa, 1-5-5 cm. lata, distante repando-denticulata, coriacea, utrinque 

 glabra, infra subglauca ; costa utrinque prominens, ad apicem laminae 

 sensiin angustata ; nervi laterales utrinsecus circiter 4, a costa sub 

 angulo 45° abeuntes, utrinque prominuli, ramosi ; petioli ad 1 cm. 

 longi ; folia caulina pauca, bracteiformia, ovato-lanceolata, ad 2 cm. 

 longa! denticulata. Pedunculi laterales 1-4 cm. longi, striati, glauci, 

 glabri. Involucri bracteae circiter 14, oblongo-lanceolatae, subacute 

 acuminatae, 8 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, coriaceae, margine anguste 

 membranaceae, apice puberulae, ceterum glabrae. Florts radii circiter 

 14, conspicui; corollae tubus cylindricus, 3 mm. longus, glaber; 

 limbus lineari-oblongus, 1 cm. longus, 3 mm. latus, conspicue4-nervius, 

 apice trifidus ; achaenia brevissima, angularia, fere glabra ; pappus 

 copiosissimus, albus, setis 5 mm. longis barbellatis. Flores disci 

 numerosi ; corollae tubus 4 mm. longus, glaber ; lobi ovati, obtusi ; 

 achaenia sterilia, linearia, complanata, glabra; pappi setae paucae, 

 4 mm. longae, albae, minutissime barbellatae. 



Khamiesberg: Among rocks near summit of Beacon Hill 2, fls. 

 yellow, Pearson, 6670. 



9. 0. cneorifolia, Sch. Bip. in Flora, xxvii. 769. 



Khamiesberg : Granite crevices of kopje, south-west of Leliefontem 

 Mission Station, bush 3-4 ft., 6316; among rocks above streams 

 G-roenkloof, fls. white, 6616 ; near summit of Beacon Hill (2), fls. 



