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linearibiis lanceolatisve acntis, hispidulis, 0*6 cm. longis ; floribus 

 radii c. 12 cyaneis ligulatis anguste oblongis glabris, involucrum 

 duplo excedeiitibus, apice minute S-dentatis, 5-nerviis, stylo fiiiformi 

 brachiis filiformibus exsertis, acheniis oblongis compressis, hispid- 

 ulis, pappi setis asperis ; floribas disci tubulosis, 0-4 cm. longis, 

 subcylindricis, dimidio superiore paulo ampliato, medio fere extus 

 setis sparsis hispidulis, segmentis ovatis obtusiusculis extus setis 

 sparsis ornatis, intus glabris ; antheris anguste linearibus sub- 

 acutis, vix 0*2 cm. longis, filamentis filiformibus, antheris breviori- 

 bus ; stylo fiiiformi glabro, brachiis filiformibus antherarum apices 

 paulo excedentibus ; acheniis hispidulis compressis, pappi setis 

 asperis coroUse asquilongis. 



In regione austro-orientali : In clivis arenosis lapidosisque in 

 cacumine montium Drakensbergen, " Mont aux Sources," alt. c. 

 10,000 ped., Jan. 1896; J. Thode. 



This must be a fine plant with its large blue rays. It is allied 

 to F. harbata Schltr. [Aster harbatus Harv.) from the south-western 

 region of the Cape Colony, but has larger flower heads and smaller 

 leaves with a different iiidument. 



85. Senecio subcoriaceus, sp. n. Herba perennis, erecta, 

 25-30 cm. alta ; foliis radicahbus rosulatis subcoriaceis obovatis 

 obtusissimis, basi valde angustatis superne sparsim hispidulis, 

 subtus glabris, 4-5 cm. longis, supra medium 2-5-8 cm. latis, 

 margine nunc integris, nunc obscure creuulato-dentatis ; caule 

 erecto e basi adscendente dense gianduloso-puberule, parum ramoso, 

 dimidio inferiore simplici foliis parvulis 3-4, linearibus ^landuloso- 

 puberulis ornato, ramulis paucis filiformibus erectis infra capitulum 

 squamulis minutis laxis donatis, laxe glauduloso puberulis ; involucro 

 campanulato, 0-8 cm. diametiente, foliis 12-15 subuniseriatis 

 linearibus acutis, margine hyalinis, c. 0*6 cm. longis, dorso sparsim 

 hispidulis, apice breviter subbarbato-ciliatis ; capitulis ad apicem 

 ramulorum singulis, laxe subcorymbosis, discoideis ; floribus tubu- 

 losis, 0-7 cm. longis, tubi dimidio inferiore cylindrico glaberrimo, 

 dimidio superiore ampliato, segmentis ovatis, erectis, apice incras- 

 sata subincurvis ; antheris anguste linearibus obtusis, 0*2 cm. 

 longis, filamentis filiformibus glabris, antheris brevioribus ; stylo 

 fiiiformi glabro, brachiis apice truncatis, antherarum apices exce- 

 dentibus ; acheniis cylindricis glabris, apice margine ampliatis 

 subhyalinis, quasi pappum exteriorem annularem formantibus ; 

 pappi setis tenuibus corollae fere sequilongis. 



In regione austro-orientali : In collibus prope Newcastle 

 (Natalia), alt. c. 3900 ped., 17 Dec. 1895 ; J. M, Wood, No. 5980. 



In the section '^ FlantaglneV our plant should rank next to 

 S. petiolaris Thbg., from the Bockland, from which it is easily to be 

 recognized by the branched stem, the leaves, and the glabrous 

 achenes. The colour of the flowers is light yellow, often with 

 reddish tips to the lobes. I remember having collected S. sub- 

 coriaceus at Volksrust, in the Transvaal, in October, 1893. 



86. Hemimeris gracilis, sp. n. Herba annua, erecta, tenuis, 

 simplex vel parum ramosa; caule stricto vel subflexuoso, 15-25 cm. 



