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Care Province: without precise locality Dr. Pappe in 
herb. Hook,! ; Barkly East Div., Wittebergen Range, summit of 
Ben McDhui, 3000 m. alt. Galpin 6581!; Queenstown Div., mts. 
near Queenstown, 1200 m. alt. Galpin 1671!, Shiloh Baur 954 t 
without precise locality Drége b.! sub nom. D. micropetalus, 
Sering *; Fort Beaufort Div., and “ British Kaffraria ’ without 
precise locality Cooper 451 pro parte !, 395 pro parte!; Uitenhage 
Div., Winterhoek Mts. Zeyher 80!, between Coega and Sundays 
River Drége c.! sub nom. D. albus, Ait. (non Sering.) 
Baur no. 141 from Grasrug, Kaffraria, may belong here, but 
the calyx is only 1-3-1-5 em. long; it does not match any other 
plant at Kew, and the specimen is too scrappy for precise deter- 
mination. 
2. D. Pearsonii, Burtt Davy, sp. nov., D. caespitoso, Thunb., 
affinis sed calycibus petiolisque brevioribus, petalorum fimbriis 
brevioribus, bracteis breviter acuminatis nec subulato-acuminatis, 
differt. 
Stems woody, usually with short, woody branches above : 
flowering stems 5-20 cm. high, very slender, simple or branched 
above. Basal leaves forming rosettes, 0-5-3 cm. long, 0-5-1 mm. 
broad, flat; with a prominent midrib beneath; margins scaberu- 
lous. Cauline leaves 0-3-2-5 cm. long. Bracts 0-4-1-2 em. long, 
‘ovate, acute; margins scarious. Calyx 3 cm. long over all. 
Petals exserted 1-1-5 cm., lacerate fimbriate, pink ?. 
Rance: South West Protectorate, through Little Namaqua- 
land to Sutherland Div. — 
South West Protectorate: Great Karasberg Pearson 
7856 ! type, river bed near K:ai Kluft, in crevices in sandstone, 
1650 m. alt. Pearson 7854 !. 
Care Province: Little Namaqualand, hills at Karoechas, 
3000 m. Schlechter 11392!; Little Namaqualand? Drége, 
“a”? sub nom. D. micropetalus var. B subimbricatus, EM. !; 
Sutherland Div., Great Riet River Burchell 1375? (incomplete, 
and of doubtful identity). 
3. D.scaber, Thunb., Prod. 81 (1794)! 
Rance: Eastern Cape Province, between the Bashee and 
Gauritz Rivers. 
Carr Province: Without precise locality, “ e Cap. b. Spei ” 
Dr. Giil!; Transkei, between 
ead! ; Uitenhage Div., 
? 
flat town 8. ; 
ats near Grahams Div., Gauritz River 
Zwartkops Riv. Dr. Pappe! ; Riversdale 
Dr. Pappe!. 
transvaalensis, Burtt Davy sp. nov.; 
Dz lo 
*. = oe fy * . * 
var. Galpinio, Burtt Davy, affinis, sed foliis longioribus glabris 
i Is Rehmann 457 
* A mss. note by Mr. Brown states that this equa 
from Belvedere, Knysna Div hich have not seen, but which 
ep. 
Szyszylowicz referred to D. scaber, Thunb. 
