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leaves of this specimen are longer than those of Archdeacon Rogers's, 

 being up to 9 x 10 cm. and never more than 3-lohed. 



in all ])rohability to be referred here, too, are Victoria Tails; 

 jRogers, 5389 and Allen, 277, both at Kew. 



Scabiosa transvaalensis, sp. nov. Herba perennis ; caule elate 

 ereoto simpliei vel sursinn rariramoso puberulo ; foliis basin caulis 

 versus baud vel summum leviter confertis oblongo-oblanceolatis vel 

 oblongo-obovatis obtusis sessilibus basi plane vel minime angustatis 

 margine subieqiialiter dentato-serratis suj)erioribus basi jjinnatilidis 

 segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis summis perpaucis integris vel sub- 

 integris omnibus membranaceis utrobique puberulis ; cajjifulis parvis 

 depresse globosis in corymbum longum laxum oligocephalum dis- 

 positis ; iniwli(cri phyllis inter se liberis subuniserialibus lineari- 

 lanceolatis obtusivisculis subtil iter appresse sericeis ; reccjiiacxdi paleis 

 linearibus involucello longioribus ; invohtcelli setosi limbo undulato ; 

 calyce obscure denticulate setis 5 fuscis scabriusculis multoties breviore ; 

 coroUcE tubo subeylindrico extus pidiescente limbo intequaliter 4-lobo ; 

 statiriiiibus 4 exsertis. 



Transvaal, Pilgrim's Rest; nn. 14361, 14999; also Spitzkop ; 

 Wilms, (319. 



Folia pleraque 7-8 x 1*5-2 cm., superiora 4-6 x '5-l"5 cm., summa 

 tantum usque 2'5 cm. long., omnia in sicco viridia subtus pallidiora. 

 Inflorescentia profecto evoluta summum 35 cm. long, sed ssepe brevior. 

 Capitula 8 X 12 mm. Involucrum 6 mm, long. ; receptaculi paleaj 

 2-2-5 mm. Cal^'x (limbus) -2 mm. long, ; seta 3 mm. Corolla 

 6 ram. long. Ovarium anguste turbinatum, 1 mm. long. 



The almost evenly only toothed and scattered (not rosulate) leaves 

 enable this to be recognised easily. 



Helichrysnm (Un-Hel/chiysum § OhvaUata) laneum, sp. nov. 

 Yerisimiliter perennis ; cavlihtis ascendentibus copiose foliosis uti 

 folia tegmento lanato-tomentoso ohtectis ; foliis sessilibus spathulatis 

 obtusis caulem fere vel omnino obtegentibus ; cajntulis heterogamis 

 circiter 60-flosculosis ad apicem ramidorum brevium solitariis paucisve 

 confertis; involiicri campanulati phvllis 5-serialibus extimis lineari- 

 lanceolatis ceteris lanceolatis ajjpendice ovata acuta demum radiante 

 rosea apice equidem cassia onustis ; receptaculo piano : Jloscvlis in- 

 clusis paucis extimis femineis ; corolla superne levissime ampliata 

 limbo breviter 5-lobo ; anfJieris breviter caudatis ; sfi/li ramis truncato- 

 capitellatis ; acJiceniis cylindricis pa])illosis ; pnppi setis pau^cis 

 scabriusculis albis. 



S. Africa, Laingsburg ; n. 16760. 



Folia plerumque 5-8 x l'5-2 mm. Capitula 6x5 mm. Involucri 

 phylla extima 2'5-3 mm., cetera 4-4"5 mm. long. Styli rami 1 mm. 

 long. Acha}nia adhuc valde cnula '7 mm. long., pappus 4 mm. 



Near H. le^jiolepis DC. but different, inter alia, in the hetero- 

 gamous heads with a much greater niunber of florets. 



Senecio (§ Annid) latilobus, sp. nov. Caxde ascendente sat 

 tenero pi"olixo bispithameo suj^ei-ne rariramoso a basi subs])arsim 

 folioso leviter scabriusculo ; J'oliis ambitu late oblongis obtusis pinna- 



