12S THE JOUHXAL OF BOTANr 



bispatliamea ; canJe valido erecto simplici strigoso-piloso prominenter 

 aiato alls undulato-lobulatis spinis longitudine varia munitis ; foliis 

 radiealibus eloiigatis ambitu aiiguste oblongo-obovatis dimidio inferiori 

 atteiuiatis apice spinosis margine lobato-pinnatifidis lobis (uti rhaeheos 

 inai gines) dentatis vel denticulatis spinit'erisque supra scabridis subtus 

 (iiervis piloso-pubesceiitibiis exclusis) subtiliter albo-tomentosis -, foliis 

 cauliiiis alternis radiealibus similibus nisi minoribus et decurrentibus 

 et Ijasin versus baud augustatis junioribus gradatim imminutis tandem 

 in ])racteas transeuntibus; capiiulis magnis heterogamis radiatis go -flos- 

 t'ulosis brevipedunculatis perpaueis (circa 3) ad apieem caulis 

 glonieratis; involucri phvllis anguste oblongis ajDice rigide marginibus 

 debilius spinosis utrobique minute puberulis ; lixjulis paullo ultm 20, 

 exsei'tis ; antheris basi breviter caudatis ; sfiilo exserto ; acliceniis 

 turbinatis glabris ; pappi paleis acha3nio paullo brevioribus oblongo- 

 obovatis apice ciliolato-denticulatis. * 



Transvaal, Standerton ; n. 18459, 



Alae caulis circa 2 mm. lat. Folia radicalia 20 cm. long., sum- 

 mum (spinis exemptis) 3*5 cm. lat.; rbacliis ± I'o cm. lat., horum 

 spinas longiores 6-8 mm. long,, ceterse breviores. Folia caulina pauca 

 inferiora 11-13 cm, long,, summum 3 cm. lat. ; rliacbis circa 1 cm. 

 lat., superiora 3-8 cm. long., summa linearia, 2 cm, long. Bracteae 

 2 cm. long. Pedunculi scabridi, circa 2-5 cm. long. Capitula pansa 

 circiter 5 cm. diam. Involucri phylla 13-15 mm. long., inclusa spina 

 terminali 5-6 mm. Liguke oblonga?, 4-nervosse, 3-dentat8e, fere 2 cm, 

 long. CoroUae disci aegre 7 mm, long. Acbaenia 175 mm., pappus 

 1-5 mm. long. 



The description of IB. Kuntzei O. Hoffm. reads much like that of 

 til is plant and there is doubtless affinit}^ between the two. Hoffmann 

 says nothing about radical leaves, hence it is to be presumed that the 

 leaves he describes are all cauline, which makes them to be much 

 larger than those of the new species, besides Avhich the}" are said to be 

 glabrous above. Moreover the stem wings of B. Kuntzei are broader, 

 the heads are panicled and their involucral leaves linear, 



Gerbera (§ Lasiopus) speciosa, sp. nov. Foliis e coUo lanoso 

 elongatis oblongo-obovatis obtusis vel obtusissimis dimidio proximali 

 in petiolum baud long\mi gradatim attenuatis margine integris vel 

 summum undulatis nisi minute denticulatis chartaceis utrinque 

 vt'lutinis ; scapo valido folia facile superante monocephalo dense 

 f ulvo-tomentoso ; capiiulis magnis heterogamis oo - llosculosis ; invo- 

 lucri subhemisphairici phyllis 3-serialibus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis 

 extimis dorso pubescentibus ceteris fere glabris ; ligulis oo extimis 

 idtra 30 longe exsertis anguste lineari-oblongis obscure 3-denticulatis 

 ])uniceis interioribus quam extimae mvdto minoribus inclusis ; disci 

 tlosculorum lab. ext. ovato-oblongo apice 3-dentato labio int. 2-partito 

 afjuilongo ; antheris basi simpliciter caudatis ; stylo fll. § incluso 

 lamis brevibus obtusis ; achceniis linearibus compressis breviter 

 rostratis sericeis ; pappi setis scabriusculis inferne stramineis superne 

 rubiginosis, 



Transvaal, Pilgrim's Pest; i?, Fott {Hh. Foyers, n. 14322). 



Foliorum lamina 15-25 em. long., paullo supra medium 6*5-7 cm. 



