Plants Collected in the Percy Sladen Memorial Expeditions. 417 



5. T. petiolata, DC. Prodr. vi. 457. 



Cape : Olipbant's River Mountains, kloof below Baths, bush 2-3 ft. 

 high, fis. yellow, 6963. 



Kharaiesberg : Khoni's Ravine, dry slopes, 4500 ft., bush 2£ ft., 

 6481 ; Namaroep, diffuse bush, straggling over rocks and growing in 

 large masses, fls. yellow, 6580. 



Distribution.— Malmesbury and Little Namaqualand. 



6. T. spinescens, Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. hi. 431. 



Bushmanland : Sandy bed of Daweep River at Rietfoutein, bush 



8-10 ft., fls. yellow, 6231. 



Distribution.— Murraysburg, G-raaff Reiuet, and Albert Divisions. 



7. T. karroica, Bolus in Trans. S. Afr. Phil. Soc. xvi. 394. 



Great Namaqualand : Crevices in kopje between Dabaigabis and 

 Grundoorn, 4200 ft,, aromatic bush, fls. yellow, 3157 ; Schakalskuppe, 

 upper slopes, 5500 ft., bush 3-4 ft., 4232. 



Distribution. — Prince Albert Division. 



8. T. crassifolia, O. Hoffm. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. x. 280. 



Great Namaqualand : Tschauchab, 4149 ; upper slopes of mountain 

 north of Rotkuppe Station, bush 2 ft,, fls. yellow, 4193 ; Rotkuppe 



4464 



Distribution.— Collected at Angra Pequena by Schenck. 



9. Tripteris gracilis, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ; species ramulis gracilibus 

 dense glanduloso-pubescentibus, foliis basi late auriculatis, capitulis 

 minoribus distincta. 



Herba 0"35 m. alta ; caulis circiter 4 mm. crassus, glanduloso- 

 pubescens ; ramuli patuli, gracillimi, parce foliati, glanduloso-pube- 

 scentes. Folia alternata, oblanceolata, acuta, basi auriculata, circiter 

 4 cm. longa et 8 mm. lata, membranacea, crasse et parce dentata, 

 utrinque pilis albis brevibus puberula ; nervi laterales ascendentes, 

 conspicui. Capitula parva, laxe racemosa ; pedunculi basi bracteati, 

 graciles, plerumque circiter 1 cm. lungi, puberuli. Involcri bracteae 

 1-seriatae, lineari-lanceolatae, acutae, dorso puberulae, marginibus latis 

 hyalinis membranaceis, circiter 3"5 mm. longae. Flores radii flavi ; 

 corollae tubus brevis, villoso-pubescens ; limbus 4-nervius, circiter 

 0-5 mm. longus. Styli rami graciles, longe exserti ; achaenia ambitu 

 ellipsoidea, 3 mm. longa, complanata, marginibus membranaceis 

 trialata. Flores disci : corollae tubus inferne cylindricus, superne 

 ampliatus et pubescens, 2"5 mm. longus; lobi acute h.nceolati ; 

 achaenia abortiva. 



