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longi, glabri, supra canaliculati. Inflorescentia paniculata, 
pedunculis lanato-pubescentibus demum glabrescentibus, pedi- 
cellis hirsutis usque ad 3 mm. longis. Receptaculum turbinatum, 
extra tomentosum, intra glabrum, circiter 2mm. longum. Sepala 
oblonga, obtusa, circiter 2-5 mm. longa, extra tomentosa, 
marginibus dense pilosa. Petala oblanceolato-spathulata, apice 
rotundata, 4 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, extra lanato-tomentosa. 
Stamina 10, cum petalis inserta; filamenta inaequalia, dense 
lanato-pilosa, circiter 5 mm. petalis longiora; antherae parvae, 
ovatae, dorso affixae. Ovarium stipitatum, circiter 7 mm. longum 
et 1 mm. latum, fusiforme, dense lanatum, in stylum brevissimum 
glabrum contractum. Fructus non visus. 
SoutH Arrica. Natal: Ingwavuma, Nov. 1919, Magistrate 
of District, National Herb. Pretoria 1228. 
1664. Pteronia Foleyi, Hutchinson et Phillips (Compositae- 
Asteroideae), affinis P. sordidae, N.E.Br., sed foliis majoribus 
bracteis inferioribus minoribus numerosis minus membranaceis 
differt. 
circiter 10 seriatae, minute ciliatae ; extimae elliptico-lanceolatae, 
marginibus vix membranaceis; intimae oblanceolatae, apice . 
obtusae. Corollae tubus 9 mm. longus, cylindricus, glaber; lobi 
3mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, oblongi, apice obtusi. Filamenta 2-5 mm. 
longa, linearia; antherae 5-5 mm. longae, lineares. Pappus 
1 cm. longus, setis basi connatis, Achaenia 5-5 mm. longa, 
obovata, villosa; stylus 7 mm. longus, teres, glaber; lobi 4 mm. 
longi, lineares, apice angustati, obtusi. : 
Soutu Arrica. Wittebergen; Matjesfontein, Rehmann 2923; 
common on flats and stony Kopjes at Matjesfontein, October 
1921, W. J. Foley in S. Afr. National Herbarium 1516. 
Near P. sordida, N.E.Br. but differs by its larger leaves which 
are usually recurved, bracts much narrower and with less 
membranous margins, and usually less densely villous achenes. 
1665. Acocanthera longiflora, Stapf {[Apocynaceae-Carisseae] ; 
affinis A. venenatae, G. Don, sed floribus fructibusque omnibus 
partibus majoribus. 
Arbuscula, 5-6 m. alta, glaberrima inflorescentiis exceptis; 
ramuli novelli magis minusve compressi, laeves. Folia elliptica 
vel elliptico-oblonga, apice mucronato-acuta, basi acuta vel 
subcuneata, plerumque 6-9 cm. longa, 3-5-4 cm. lata, rarius 
ampliora (ad 11 em. longa, 6-5 em. lata), coriacea, exsiccando 
olivaceo-viridia, subtus pallidiora, nitida, nervis secondariis 
utrinque 7-9, tertiariis similibus saepe interjectis, obliquis 
parallelis utrinque prominentibus, venis distinctis prominulis ; 
‘petiolus crassiusculus, 2-3 mm. longus. Inflorescentiae sub- 
glomeruliformes, plerumque ubique puberulae, multiflorae, sessiles 
