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brevior. Corolla 4 mm. longa, glabra. Achaenia radii 1 mm. louga 

 glabra, disci liriearia, 2 mm. louga. 



Khamiesberg : Twee Bivieren, 500 ft. above settlement facing west, 

 spreading bush 3-5 ft., not common, fls. scarce, Pearson, 6829. 



13. Othonna euphorbioides, Hutchinson, sp. nov. (fig. 15) ; species 

 insignis habitu Euphorbiae, foliis multo reductis, pedunculis bifurcatis 

 demum spinescentibus valde distincta. 



Gaules robusti, crassi, breves, duri, pedunculis bifurcatis persisten- 

 tibus spinosi, cortice laeve glabro obtecti. Folia reducta, pauca, 



Fig. 14. — Othonna divaricaia, Hutchinson, n. sp. A, flowering shoot, 

 nat. size ; B, flower ; 0, pappus bristle, both enlarged. 



circum bases pedunculorum subverticillata, anguste oblanceolata, vel 

 spatulato-oblanceolata, I— 1*3 cm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, crassa et pro- 

 babiliter carnosa, glabra, e pulvino cano-tomentoso orta. Pedunculi 

 rigidi, superne plerumque bifurcati, ad 2- 5 cm. longi, glabri. Gaoitula 

 minima, turbinato-campauulata, discoidea, circiter 5 mm. diametro. 

 Involucrum 3 mm. longum, 5-lobatum, lobis ovato-triangularibus sub- 

 acutis 1 mm. longis glabris. Flores radii breviter ligulati ; corolla 

 pappo brevior, apice bifida. Achaenia brevia, 1 mm. longa, crassa, 

 glabra. Pappus copiosissimus, allms, plerumque 2*5 mm. longus, 

 minute barbellatus. Flores disci steriles ; corollae tubus 2 mm. 

 longus, glaber ; lobi oblongi, obtusi, 1 mm longi. Achaenia angusta, 



