152 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



rigid, usually unbranched, 4-12 in. long, terete or angulate towards 

 their extremities, dull brown, spinulose and sparingly pilose, 

 densely leafy. Leaves ascending and subimbricate, or eventually 

 spreading, borne on broad flattened petioles scarcely exceeding 

 ■J-^ in. long, the blade linear, obtuse or truncate at both ends, 

 i~l in. long, averaging J^ in. in breadth, thickly coriaceous, 

 minutely and sparingly spinulose, the upper surface with a median 

 groove, decidedly convex on account of the revolute thickened and 

 entire margins, the lower surface sparingly pilose and spinulose 

 with a broadened and conspicuous midrib. Flowers solitary in the 

 axils of the upper leaves, arranged racemosely, the inflorescences 

 up to 2f in. long. Male flowers when unopened broadly ovoid, 

 when mature cylindric and l-j% in. long, shortly pedicellate, sub- 

 tended by ten imbricate persistent bracts, the lower six small 

 oblong or triangular and thickened, the upper four thinner in 

 texture and larger, ovate to oblong, rounded or subacute, and up 

 to Jjj in. long ; anthers crowded and spinally arranged on a 

 thickened ascending axis. 



Bertya neglecta, sp. nov. B. rosmarinifolicB Planchon affinis 

 sed ramulis foliisque minute spinulosis glabrioribus, floribus $ 

 majoribus, bracteis 10, difTert. 



A NEW ARCTOTIS. 

 By R. A. DiJMMER. 



Arctotis Scullyi, sp. nov. Fruticosa, sparsim ramosa, ramis 

 validis dein breviter subhispidulis, foliis sessilibus planis lanceo- 

 latis vel lineari-oblongis acutis nisi acuminatis integris vel rari- 

 dentatis lobatisve crasse coriaceis utrinque (ut scapus) arete 

 subhispidulo-pubescentibus, scapo terminali monocephalo, in- 

 volucri phyllis exterioribus parvis triangularibus caudato- 

 acuminatis interioribus multo majoribus oblongis obtusis cite 

 glabris. 



A shrubby plant of unrecorded height, sHghtly hispid all 

 over and with stout angled sordid brown scabrous shortly 

 harsh-haired current year's twigs, the internodes being i-l in. 

 long. The leaves are ascending and often overlap, have a 

 broad insertion but do not clasp the axis, are flat, lanceolate or 

 linear oblong, acute or acuminate, usually broadest about or 

 below the middle, 1^-2* in. long, i-^ in. broad, thickly leathery, 

 and thickly clothed on both sides with a brownish or whitish 

 short harsh pubescence, penninerved ; the margin is entire or 

 possesses two obscure teeth or lobed about or above the middle. 

 Scape terminal, short, 1-3 in. long, bearing one flower-head, terete, 

 harsh-haired, nude or with a few small leaf-like bracts towards its 

 base. Flower-head averaging 1| in. across, the lower involucral 

 scales small, triangular and tipped with a hairy caudate acumen, 

 the upper much larger, oblong, scarious, concave, obtuse or 

 rounded at their apices, glabrous at maturity, up to ^^ in. long, 



