AFRICAN COMPOSITE 105 



losoque ; rctmulis teneris puberulis ; foliis sessllibus linearibus acutis 

 jnargiiie microscopice denticulatis membranaceis puberulis ; capitulis 

 heterogamis xi - liosculosis flo.sculis j^aucis extimis $ ceteris \ 

 involucri late eampanulati phyllis ^-serialibus lanceolatis acutis 

 margine membranaceis necnon microscopice ciliolatis aliter fere 

 glabris ; receptaculo eonvexiusculo ; corollis flL $ inclusis linearibus 

 apice bifidis quam stylus plane brevioribus ; corollis fll. § breviter 

 exsertis inf undibularibus ; stylo fll. ^ subincluso ramis appendicibus 

 lanceolatis onustis ; achcBiiiis fll. $ subcjdindricis fll. compressis 

 anguste-obovoideis omnibus microscopice hispidulis ; pappi setis 

 caducis scabriusculis albis. 



Victoria Falls ; n. 13299. 



Planta verisimiliter circa bispithamea. Folia summum 3 '5 cm. 

 long., pleraque vero minora, sc. + 1-5 cm. long., 1-2 mm. lat. 

 Capitula pansa 7 mm. diam. Involucrum 4 mm. long. Corolla 

 fll. 9 1 mm. long. ; liujus stylus (ramis inclusis) 2 mm. long. 

 Corolla fll. § flava, 3 mm. long. Antherze 1-5 mm. long. Styli rami 

 (inclusa appendice "2 mm.) segre 1 mm. long. Achienia 1*5 mm. 

 long. ; fll. $ -3 mm. lat., fll. ^ '75 mm. lat. Pappus 3 mm. long. 



Very like the S.W. African N. araneosa O. Hoffm. ; differing 

 from it in the more frequent branching of the new species in its 

 upper parts, which gives a corymbose look to the inflorescence ; the 

 nearly glabrous foliage and involucres ; the glabrous (not pilose) 

 corollas of which tlie $ have a bifid and not an entire limb, and the 

 larger, broader, more markedly hispidulous achenes. 



Nestlera consimilis, sp. nov. Fruticulus ramosus ; ramis tenu- 

 ibus crebro foliatis mox glabris ; foliis sessilibus linearibus obtusis 

 margine arete revolutis supra glanduloso-viscidis subtus albo-tomen- 

 tosi^ ; capitulis pro rata parvis terminalibus solitariis sessilibus 

 GO - flosculosis ; involucri eampanulati ph^dlis 6-serialibus exterioribus 

 ovatis interioribus oblongis (intimis anguste oblongis) omnibus ap- 

 pendice late i-otundata phyllorum interiorum suborbiculari scariosa 

 onustis ; receptaculo alveolato alveolis fimbriatis ; ligulis numerosis 

 breviter exsertis oblongis apice minutissime denticulatis ; corollis 

 disci inclusis superne leviter ampliatis ; acJicBuiis (immaturis) radii 

 ovoideis setosis disci anguste cylindricis glabris ; pappi squamis inter 

 se liberis ovatis laceratis. 



Cape, Worcester Division, Pieter Meintjis, alt. 3585 ft. ; n. 16367. 



Folia + 10 mm. long., 1-1 '5 mm. lat., in sicco olivaceo-fusca. 

 Capitula pansa circa 8 mm. diam. Involucri phylla extima 2-2 '5 mm., 

 intermedia 4'5-5 mm., intima 5'5 mm. long. Ligulae fere 5 mm. long. 

 Corolla? disci 3 mm. long. Anthera? 2 mm. long. Achsenia vix 1 mm. 

 long. ; pappi squamaj alb^e, "5 mm. long. 



General appearance much that of BelJiania paleacea L'Herit. 

 (X. ericoides Cass.). Very close to N. relhanioicles Schlechter with 

 which it can scarcely'' be conspecific on account of the flatter (less 

 revolute) leaves, the broader ends to the innermost leaves of the 

 involucre, and the well-marked receptacular flmbrite which are absent 

 apparent^ from the receptacle of N. relhanioicles. 



Anaglypha latifolia, sp. nov. Caule erecto verisimiliter simplici 

 gracili crebro folioso pubescente ; foliis laxe imbricatis inferioribus 

 JOUEXAL OF BOTAXX. — VoL, 55. [Ap^iL, 1917,] I 



