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Folia usque ad 20 cm. long, (incluso petiolo 5-8 cm. long.), 

 summum 4 cm. lat. ; folia ramulorum ssepius 5-10 cm. long., sum^ 

 mum l'5-2 cm. lat. ; omnium costae pag. inf. optime eminentes, 

 Pedunculi 25 cm. long., 1-2 mm, crass. Capitula pansa circa 8 cm. 

 diam. Involucri pliylla extima 5 mm., intermedia 8 mm., intima 

 9 mm. long. Ligulse 13 mm., corollse disci 5 mm. long. Antherse 

 2 mm., stylus 6 mm., acha^nia cruda 1 mm. long. 



The repent habit together with the long and lengthily stalked 

 leaves afford good means for identifying the species. 



Venidium Rogersii, sp. nov. Herba perennis: cmde repente 

 radices crebros emittente hac atque iliac caules foliaceos sese sa^pe 

 radicantes gignente ; foliis juxta apicem caulimii confertis longi- 

 petiolatis ovatis obtusis basi coartatis margine argute dentatis 

 membranaceis primo tomento cano indutis supra mox glabrescentibus ; 

 capituUs solitariis pedunculis elongatis cano-tomentosis fultis go -flosr 

 culosis flosculis radii fere 20; involucri late campanulati cano- 

 tomentosi phyllis 5rserialibus extimis intermediisque deltoideo- 

 triangularibus obtusis vel obtuse aeutis interioribus ovato-oblongis 

 menibrana brevi apice rotundata vel leviter emarginata sai2)e denticur 

 lata dilute punicea onustis ; receptaculo piano ; ligiilis bene exsertis 

 oblongis a])ice minute 3-denticulatis ; arifheris basi leviter sagittu- 

 latis ; stjjli ramis vix apicem usque connatis ; aoTiceniis ealvis glabris. 

 Bech'uanaland, Ivlochudi ; C. C. Harbor (Hb. Bof/ers, n. 6603). 

 Foliorum lamina sa^pissime 5-8 cm. long., 2-5-3-5 (raro 4*5) cm. 

 lat., supra in sicco dilute viridis ; petioli fere 10 cm. raro attingentes, 

 plerique + 5 cm. long., cano-tomentosi. Pedunculi circa 6-8 cm. 

 long. Capitula pansa diam. circiter 2 cm. Involucrum 9 x 12 mm. ; 

 ])hvlla extima 4 mm. long., intermedia 5-5 mm., interiora Qo mm., 

 intima 5'5 mm. long. Ligulse 8*5 mm. long. Disci corolhe infundir 

 bulares, 3 mm. long., exemptis lobis oblongis 1*5 mm. long. Antheraj 

 2 mm., stvlus 2 mm. long. Achaenia maxime cruda obovoidea, 

 1 mm. long. 



In habit somewhat resembling V. microceplialum DC. and 

 V. eromm Harv., but entirely different in foliage. 



Venidium Bellidiastriim, sp. nov. Acaulescens ; rliizomate 

 valido lignoso sparsini radicante ; foliis rosulatis parvis sessilibus 

 s])athulatis margine dentato-crenatis hrme membranaceis cano- 

 tomentosis supra cito glabrescentibus ; scapo monocephalo foliis 

 longiore pedunculo gracili incano insidente ; capitulis pro rata parvis 

 X - riosculosis ; involxcri subhemisphserici cano-tomentosi 4-serialis 

 jjhyllis exterioribus lanceolatis sursum acuminatis a})ice obtusis vel 

 obtusiusculis interioribus ovato-oblongis et membrana parva scanosa 

 dilute punicea apice rotundata prseditis ; ligulis fere 20 longe exsertis 

 lineari-oblongis 4-nervibus apice 3-dentatis ; antheris basi sagittu-r 

 latis ; stylo ex andrcecip breviter eminente apice bilido ; achceniis 

 ovoideis glabris, ealvis. 



Transvaal, Standerton ; n. 18758. 



Folia profecto evoluta 3 cm. long., summum (in triente superiori) 

 1 cm. lat., supra in sicco pallide viridia. Scapus 4-5 cm. alt. Capitur 

 liun ])ansum circa 2-5 cm. diam. Involucrum 7 mm. long. ; phylla 



