220 DECADKS PLANTAEUM NOVAEUM AUSTRO-AFRICANAKUM. 



Matroosberg, in saxosis, alfc. 7300 pecL, Dec. 1895 ; Dr. 7?. Marloth, 

 No. 2267. 



The characters of the habit bring this plant nearer to F. natal- 

 ensis Schltr. (Aster natalensis Harv.) and F. Imjulata Klatt, both 

 inhabitants of the south-eastern region. From the former it is well 

 distinguished by the leaves and the flower-heads ; the latter has 

 filiform leaves and white flowers. In habit the plant resembles 

 some species of Bellis. 



The ray-flowers are blue ; the disc yellow. 



25. Dimorphotheca spectabilis, sp. n. Herba perennis 

 simplex vel e basi parum ramosa, erecta, 30-45 cm. alta ; caule 

 stricto vel subflexuoso exsiccatione striato, foliato, apicem versus 

 in pedunculum scabrido-puberulum denudato tenuissime scabrido, 

 demum glabrescente ; foliis erectis lanceolato-elhpticis vel lineari- 

 lanceolatis acutis vel subacutis, integris, scabridiusculis, 3-5-5 cm. 

 longis, medio fere 0-7-1 cm. latis ; capitulo in genere inter majores ; 

 involucro 20-25-foliolato, foliolis lineari-lanceolatis acutis dorso 

 scabrido-glandulosis, disco a-quilongis, 1-2-1-4 cm. longis; floribus 

 radii speciose purpureis ligulatis apice breviter 3-dentatis, 4-nervis, 

 4-lineatis, involucro daplo longioribus basin versus extus hispidis ; 

 floribus disci alte tubulosis, extus sparsim hispidulis, 0-7 cm. 

 lougis, lobis erectis ovato-deltoideis subacutis ; antheris exsertis, 

 filamentis glabris fequilongis ; stylo subfiliformi in tubo antherarum 

 omnino incluso ; acheniis radii anguste 3-alatis, acheniis disci sub- 

 orbicularibus, apice breviter truncatis, 1-3 cm. diametientibus, alls 

 crassiusculis. 



Habitat in regione austro-orientali : In collibus graminosis 

 prope Barberton, alt. 4000-4500 ped., Sept., Oct. 1887; E. E. 

 Galpin, No. 555. 



The most beautiful species of the genus, with bright purple rays 

 and brown disc. Distinguished from IK Barberim Harv. by the 

 uniform rays and the achenes. D. Barberict has also smaller heads, 

 and is a much weaker-growing plant, 



26. Phyllopodium glutinosum, sp. u. SuflVutex spithamaeus 

 ramosus, glutinoso-puberulus ; ramulis teretibus foliatis ; foliis 

 inferioribus oppositis, superioribus alternantibus e basi cuneato- 

 angustata circuitu obovatis, acutis, margine parum grosse dentatis, 

 1-1-7 cm. longis, supra medium 0-4-07 cm. latis ; spicis cylin- 

 dricis dense multifloris, elongatis ; bracteis foliaceis linearibus 

 pedicello adnatis nunc integris nunc 1-2 dentatis, obtusiusculis 

 calycem paulo excedentibus a^quantibusve, utrinque glutinoso- 

 velutiuis ; calyce subvelutino 0-3 cm. longo, alte 5-fido, segmentis 

 subciequalibus lineari-subulatis ; corolla calycem plus duplo exce- 

 dente, glabra, tubo 06 cm. longo, e basi cylindrica fauce versus 

 paulo dilatato, lobis patentibus rotundatis, superioribus inferioribus 

 paulo majoribus ; filamentis filiformibus glabris, antheris oblongis 

 parvulis, brevioribus, corolla tubum fequautibus, superioribus paulo 

 excedentibus ; stylo filiformi glabro, stamina longiora paulo su- 

 perante ; capsula ovoideo-oblonga obtusiuscula glabra, calycem 

 post anthesin paulo ampliatam requante. 



Habitat in regione austro-occidentali : In saxosis in summo 



