418 Annals of the South African. Museum. 



Little Namaqualand : Deserted sheep kraal, Koets, Pillans, 5730 ; 

 shade of rocks near stream on south side of pass between Bowesdorp 

 and Grootgaas, Pearson, 5885. 



Khamiesberg : Among grasses in river-bed on Khamiesberg Plateau 

 at 3000 ft., Pearson, 6241. 



10. Tripteris nervosa, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ; affinis T. amplectenti, 

 Harv., ^ed foliis basi haud auriculatis differt. 



Herba circiter 07 m. alta ; caulis simplex, crispato-puberulus. 

 Folia obovato-oblanceolata, subacuta, basi cuneato-attenuata, 5-7 cm. 

 longa, 2-2-5 cm. lata, subchartacea, crasse repaudo-dentata, prominenter 

 trinervia, nervis parallelis, infra et margine puberula. Capitula laxe 

 paniculata; pedunculi graciles, ad 2 cm. longi, tomentelli. Involucri 

 bracteae 1-2-seriatae, lineares, acutae, 4-5 mm. longae, extra puberulae. 

 Flores radii circiter 12, 1 em. longi. fiavi. Flores disci numerosi, 

 glabri. Achaenia radii ambitu obovoidea, 15 cm. longa, latissime 

 trialata, glabra. 



Great Namaqualand : Kopje 12 km. west from Sandverhaar, 3000 ft., 

 fls. yellow, Pearson, 4614 ; among quartzite blocks, Akam Eiver Basin, 

 Pearson, 4751. 



11. Tripteris microtis, Hutchinson, sp. nov.; affinis T. microcarpae, 

 Harv., sed caulibus glabris, foliis non glandulosis, pedunculis longi- 

 oribus differt. 



Suffrutex; caulis sublignosus, sulcatus, glaber, superne parce ra- 

 mosus. Folia ambitu oblanceolata, obtusa, ad basin in petiolum 

 sensim attenuata, 4-6 cm. longa, 0-5-1-5 cm. lata, crasse repando- 

 lobulata vel dentata, clentibus lanceolatis obtusis, glabra, prominenter 

 trinervia. Gapitula laxe corymbosa, pedunculata ; pedunculi graciles, 

 usque ad 3 cm. longi, parce puberuli. Involucri bracteae 2-3-seriatae, 

 lineares, acute acuminatae, glabrae, marginibus anguste membranaceae, 

 ad 4 mm. longae. Flores radii parvi. Achaenia radii triangularis , 

 anguste vel vix alata, glabra, circiter 5 mm. longa. 



Little Namaqualand : With Arundo at edge of pools at Brakwater, 

 Pearson, 6073. 



Identical with a plant distributed by Drege as "T? microtis" 

 without definite locality. 



OSTEOSPEKMUM, L. 



1 0. rnoniliferum, Linn. Sp. PL 1308. 



Khamiesberg: Upper slopes of Zuurberg (Anegas), bush 4 ft., 

 6250 ; Wilgehout Ravine, common near top, bush 5 ft. high, 6798 ; 

 near summit of Vogelklip, bush 3-4 ft., 5926. 



