422 Annals of the South African Museum. 



4. A. arborescens, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. ii. 23. 



Cape : Oliphant's Eiver Mountains, side of mountain behind Baths, 

 li ft., fls. vieux rose, 6878 ; 6977 ; foothills of Cold Bokkeveld, oppo- 

 site Baths, heads purplish red, 6998. 



Distribution. — Uncertain. 



5. A revoluta, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. ii. 24. 



Khamiesberg : Roadside between Arkoep and Mesklip, 5914; 

 middle south-eastern slopes of Zuurberg (Anegas), bush 2 ft., 6262. 

 Distribution. — Uncertain. 



6. Arctotis Stephensae, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ; affinis A. stoechadi- 

 foliae, Berg., sed fere acaulis, pedunculis brevioribus, foliis undulatis 

 nee lobatis differt. 



Caulis brevissimus, apice dense foliatus. Folia spathulato-obovata, 

 apice rotundata, basin versus in petiolum alatum attenuata, 4-9 cm. 

 longa, 1-3 cm. lata, obscure repando-denticulata, coriacea, utrinque 

 dense albo-lanata, vix nervosa. Pedunculus breviter scapigerus, 3'5 

 cm. longus, adpresse lanatus. Gapitulum circiter 4 cm. expansum. 

 Involucrnm late campanulatum, 1*8 cm. longum ; bracteae circiter 5- 

 seriatae, exteriores lineares, acutae, 6-8 mm. longae, albo-lanatae, 

 mtermediae ovatae, acuminatae, interiores late oblongae, apice rotun- 

 datae, extra puberulae, superne membranaceae. Flores radii flavi, 

 circiter 1*5 cm. longi ; corollae tubus glaber, 3 mm. longus; limbus 

 1-2 cm. longus, 2 - 5-3 mm. latus, striatus ; achaenia dense et longe 

 villosa ; pappi squamae oblongo-obovatae, 4 mm. longae, mem- 

 branaceae, glabrae. Flores disci numerosi ; achaenia pappusque ut in 

 floribus radii sed multo minor. 



Cape-. Olipliant's River Mountains; road to Modderfontein, fls. 

 yellow, Stephens, 6990 



7. A. namuquana, Schltr. 



Khamiesberg : Summit of pass between Garies and Middelkraal, 

 bush 2| ft., 5612 ; upper middle northern slopes, Reitkloof Mountain, 

 5697. 



Distribution. — As above 



8. A. $p. 



Cape : Giftberg, 1-2000 ft., 7404 ; low creeping herb, ray fls. bright 

 vellow, reddish outside, 7633. 



I have hesitated to describe this species until the genus Arctotis is 

 thoroughly revised, a work which is much needed. 



