374 DECADES PLANTARUM NOVARUM AUSTRO-AFRICANARUM. 



pilosis, pedicello piloso paulo longioribus; floribus aiireis pro genere 

 magnis ; calyce campanulato-piloso, fere 0*8 cm. longo, segmentis 

 lineari-lanceolatis tnbo longioribus ; vexillo unguiculato, lamina 

 suborbiculari, imgue incluso 1-6 cm. longo, 1 cm. lato, extus medio 

 apicem versus pilosulo cnsterum giabro, alis carinae paulo longiori- 

 bus, ungue lineari lamina oblique falcato-oblonga obtusa glaberrima, 

 basi margine superiore breviter auriculata, 1-8 cm. longis ; carina 

 glaberruiia, obtusa, apice breviter excisa 1-6 cm. longa ; ovario 

 sericeo-piloso, pluriovulato, stylo filiformi glaberrimo. 



In regione austro-occidentali : In clivo argillaceo prope Wup- 

 perthal, in ditione Clanwilliam, alt. c. 3500 ped., Sept. 1896; 

 R. Schlechter. 



This belongs to the section Telina in the neighbourhood of 

 J J. varia Steud., and L. macrocarpa E. & Z. It is easily dis- 

 tinguished by the habit, the narrow pilose leaves, the stipules, and 

 the pilose vexiUum and ovary. It is evidently a rare plant, as I 

 could only find two specimens, in spite of careful searching. It 

 was growmg in clayey soil amongst Ehjtropappus Rhinocerotis Less. 



83. Vernonia collina, sp. n. Herba perennis plantaginea, c. 

 10 cm. alta ; I'oliis radicalibus, rosulatis obovato-spathulatis obtusis, 

 dimidio inferiore integris, dimidio superiore irregulariter crenulato- 

 dentatis, subcoriaceis, superne glabris, subtus minute (tamen dense) 

 impresso-punctatis, 1-5-2-5 cm. longis, supra medium 1-1-6 cm. 

 latis; scapo (si licet appellare) stricto puberulo, apice pauci-capitato; 

 capitulis 1-2-1 -3 cm. diametientibus, breviter pedunculatis, pedun- 

 culis puberulis, involucre vix sequilongis ; involucro campanulato, 

 0-8 cm. alto, foliolis linearibus vel lineari-lanceolatis acutis vel 

 acuminatis, dorso puberulis ; floribus tubulosis e basi anguste 

 cylindrica dimidio superiore dilatatis, extus granulis albidis ornatis, 

 segmentis oblongis vel Inieari-oblongis obtusis, erecto-patentibus 

 in^quilougis, involucrum superantibus ; antheris anguste linearibus 

 glabris, basi breviter sagittatis, 0-3 cm. longis, stylo filiformi giabro, 

 brachiis hispidulis filiformibus tubum antherarum bene exceden- 

 tibus, divaricatis, acheniis cylindrico-oblongis hispidulis, pappo 

 biseriato, serie interiore pilorum asperum, serie exteriore squamel- 

 larum minutarum subpiliformium. 



In regione austro-orientali : In clivo graminoso in sum.mo monte 

 "Little Noodsberg" (Nataliae), alt. c. 3800 ped., Oct. 1894; J. 

 T/iode, No. 150. 



This rare little plant should be placed next to V. Dregeana 

 Schulz Bip., of which it has the habit, differing from it, however, 

 by its stouter growth, larger heads on short pedicels, the different 

 indument, and the achenes. I have seen it as yet only in Mr. 

 Thode's collection, who kindly gave me a specimen. 



84. Felicia amelloides, sp. n. Fruticulus erectus ramosus, 

 20-30 cm. altus, ramulis teretibus, dense foliatis, demum glabres- 

 centibus ; foliis oppositis erectis anguste linearibus obtusis hispid- 

 uUs, crassiusculis, 0-5-1 cm. longis ; pedunculis terminalibus medio 

 bracteolatis vel subnudis, hispidulis, 1*5-2 cm. longis ; capitulis c. 

 2-5 cm. diametientibus, singulis ; involucri foliolis subuniseriatis c. 12 



