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Cape, Worcester Division, Orchard Siding ; n. 16-591. 



Folia +1-2 cm. long., lobulis neglectis 1-1'5 mm. lat. ; lobuli 

 ipsi circa 1 mm. long. Pedunculi graciles, fere usque ad 3 cm. long., 

 saepe vero breviores ; horum bracteae anguste lineares, circa 5 mm. 

 long. Capitula pansa fere 2 cm. diam. Involucrum 6x6 mm. ; 

 phylla apice dilute purpurea. Liguke oblongo-obovatie, apice minute 

 3-denticulatie, 4-nervos'.e, 1 cm. long. Corollas disci campanulato- 

 infundibulares, 4 mm. long. Anthera? fere 2 mm. long. Achajnia 

 radii (baud matura) circa 3-5 mm. long., nonnunquam bialata vel 

 exalata ; ala undulata, crassiuscula, modo 2 mm. lat. 



The cm-ious achenes combined with the indumentum and foliage 

 easily serve as marks of this species. 



Arctotis (§ Euarctotis) microcephala, sp. nov. CauUbus csespi- 

 tosis subspithameis gracilibus paucifoliis leviter araneosis ex rhizomate 

 sat valido emissis ; capitulis x -liosculosis longipedunculatis pedun- 

 culis bracteatis leviter araneosis ; involucri subhemispha^rici araneosi 

 -1-serialis phyllis exterioribus lineari-lanceolatis (ser. ii. lanceolatis) 

 acuminatis apice obtusis quam interiora late oblonga appendice 

 ovata rotundata obtusave scariosa dilutissime punicea praedita plane 

 minoribus ; receptaculo subplano alveolis timbrilliferis insperso ; 

 ligulis circa 20 oblongis apice microscopice 3-denticulatis 4-nervibus 

 verisimiliter dilutissime cceruleis ; achcsniis disci parvis basi villosis 

 paleis paucis oblongo-obovatis apice rotundatis coronatis. 



S.W. Africa; M. T. Jones {Rb. Bo(/ers, n. 15103). 



Caules inferne sat validi (usque 3 mm. diam.), proj^e basin pauci- 

 ramosi aliter simplices, superne attenuati (1 mm. diam.). Folia 

 saepius 2*5-4 cm. long., cujus dimidium fere inferius petioliformi- 

 coartatum, in sicco viridi-brunnea. Pedunculi 5 mm. long, vel ultra ; 

 hujus bracteae lineares, ib 5 mm. long. Capitula pansa 2-5 cm.' diam. 

 Involucrum circa 11 X 12 mm. ; phvUa extima 3*5 mm. long., ser. ii. 

 4'5 mm., ser. iii. 7 mm., intima 9 mm. long. Eeceptaculum 5 mm. 

 diam. Ligulse 11 mm. long. ; disci corollae 4 mm. Acha'nia 1*25 mm. 

 long. ; horum costse parum eminentes. Pappi squamse exteriores 

 1 mm. long., interiores longit. 3 mm. paullulum excedens. 



This has much the apj)earance of A. venidioides DC. which is a 

 member of § Fseudarctofis. 



Venidium serpens, sp. nov. Caule repente crebro radicante apice 

 ramulos perpaucos incanos emittente pennae corvinae crassitie grosse 

 striato cito glabro ; foliis partim sparsis rhizomati insidentibus partim 

 minoribus ex ramulis oriundis Ivrato-pinnatitidis lobatisve apice obtusis 

 petiolis latis basi dilatatis levissime amplexicaulibus f ultis supra scabri- 

 usculis subtus subtiliter cano-toinentosis ; capitulis x - flosculosis 

 scaposis sub apice caulis genitis pedunculum elongatum cano-tomen- 

 tosum coronantibus ; involucri subhemis])haerici 5-serialis phyllis 

 exterioribus lanceolatis acuminatis (ser. iii. obtusis) interioribus 

 oblongo-ovatis et membrana rotundata dilute punicea praeditis ; 

 receptaculo piano ; ligulis pluribus longe exsertis oblongis 4-nervibus 

 apice 3-denticulatis ; antheris basi brevissime auriculatis ; stylo leviter 

 exserto biramoso ; acliceniis ovoideis calvis glabris. 



South Africa ; sine no. ncc loc. 



