428 Annals of the South African Museum. 



9. Berjcheya Tysoni, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ; species fruticosa, caulibus 

 lignosis dense pilosotomentosis, foliis semiamplexicaulibus glanduloso- 

 puberulis distincta. 



Frutex robustus, ramosus ; rami et ramuli dense piloso-tomentosi, 

 teretes, dense foliati. Folia alterna, sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, 

 oblongo-oblanceolata, spinoso-acuminata, ad basin paulum attenuata, 

 4-8 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, spinoso-pinnatifida vel pinna tilobulata, 

 spinis usque ad 8 mm. longis, utrinque subglanduloso-puberula ; 

 costa supra plana, infra prominens, basi lata ; nervi laterales utrinsecus 

 6—7, a costa media sub angulo 45-70° abeuntes, ramosi ; venae utrinque 

 prominentes. Capitula pauca, solitaria, terminalia vel ramulos termi- 

 natia, usque ad 4 - 5 cm. diametro. Invohicri bracteae 6-7-seriatae, 

 lanceolatae, spinoso-acuminatae, 1-2 cm. longae, spinoso-dentatae, 

 coriaceae, utrinque puberulae. Flares radii circiter 2 cm. longi ; 

 corollae tubus 4 mm. longus, extra pubescens ; achaenia abortiva 

 1 mm. longa, pubescentia ; pappus 1 mm. longus. Flores <lisci 

 numerosissimi ; corollae tubus 6 mm. longus, parce pubescens ; lobi 

 5, oblongo-lineares, obtusi, glabri. Achaenia subcylindrica, adpresse 

 pubescentia, 1*5 mm longa. Pa/'pi setae subulatae, inaequales, usque 

 ad 2 mm longae. 



Cape : Kradouw Krantz, first plateau facing West, on sides of large 

 sandstone block, fis. yellow, Pearson, 5281 [Hex River Valley, in fissures 

 of the rocks, 2000 ft., January, Tyson, 772 ; 759]. 



BERKHEYOPS1S, 0. Hoffm. 



1. B. gorterioides, Hutchinson, comb. nov. 



Berkheya gorterioides, Oliv. et Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 

 429. 



Berkheyopsis Pechuelii, O. Hoffm. in Bolet. Soc. Brot. x. 181. 



Great Namaqualand : Among quartzite in Akam river bed, rays 

 yellow, 4750. 



Distribution. — Occurs also in Neramiland. 



DIDELTA, L'Herit. 



1. D. spinosum, Ait. Hort. Kew. iii. 256. 



Little Namaqualand : Common on sandy road between Nieuwe 

 Rust and Brakdam, bush 4-6 ft. ; leaves a little succulent ; fls. yellow, 

 September, 6571. 



Distribution. — Western districts and Clanwilliam. 



