Plants Collected in the Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions. 415 



Little Namaqualand : Battel Poort Mountain, straggling bush 

 4 ft. high, ray fls. yellow, 2968; veld between Klipplaat and a point 

 about 10 miles to the north-east, 1600-1700 ft, 3306; sandy river-bed 

 at Brakrivier, 1600 ft., fls. yellow, 3906; Modderfontein Pass 

 (Richtersveld), 5992; TcAlee Mountains (Richtersveld), 6141. 



Distribution. — Also in Carnarvon Division. 



5. D. Dregei, DC. Prodr. vi. 72. 



Cape: Giflberg, 1-2000 ft, near stream, not common, fls. dirty 

 white with a light purple streak on the outside of the ray-florets, 7421. 

 Oliphant's River Mountains; top of mountains behind Baths, heads 

 yellow, 6980. 



Distribution. — Clanwilliam. 



6. D.pinnata, Harv. in Harv. et Sond. PL Cap. iii. 423. 

 Khamiesberg : Stinkfontein, ray fls. deep orange, purple at the base. 



disk yellow, 6568. 



Distribution. — Western districts. 



7. Dimorphotheca acutifolia, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ; affinis D. 

 aurantiacae, DC, sed foliis acutis uon scabrido-ciliatis differt. 



Herba (annua ?) basi lignosa ; caulis parce vel vix ramosus, usque 

 ad 30 cm. longus, anguste alatus, glaber. Folia linearia, acuta, basi in 

 caule decurrentia, 35-5 cm. longa, 2-4 mm. lata, parce denticulala vel 

 inteo-ra, glabra, 1-nervia. Capxtula solitaria. pedunculata, circiter 

 4 cm. expansa ; pedunculus 3-4" 5 cm. longus, nudus vel subnudus, 

 apicem versus scabrido-puberulus. Involucri bracteae circiter 12, 

 •1-seriatae, lineari-lanceolatae, sensim et acute acuminatae, 1-2 cm. 

 longae, 2-5 mm. latae, extra scabrido-puberulae, superne ciliatae, 

 margine membranaceae. Flores radii 12, supra " flavi vel albi," infra 

 rubro-brunnei vel virides ; corollae tubus anguste cylindricus, 3 mm. 

 longus, subvillosus; limbus 2-25 cm. longus, 6 mm. latus, 4-nervius, 

 apice trifidus. Achienia matura non visa. 



Cape: Cit'tberg, 1-2000 ft, locally frequent, bush 9-12 in. high, 

 Phillips, 7434; alluvial sand of Oliphant's River Valley; ray fls. 

 vellow with two green stripes down the back of each, Stephens, 6901 ; 

 top of mountains behind Baths, ray fls. yellow inside, brown-striped 

 outside, Stephens, 6952 ; same locality, ray fls. yellow, purple- veined 

 outside, Stephens, 6957 ; heads white, reddish-brown below, Stephens, 

 6965 



