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lineari-lanceolatis 4-5 mm. longis. Corolla viridi-lutescens, 

 1U-11 mm. longa, tubo 4-4| mm. longo, lobis oblongo-triangnlari- 

 bua i caudatis extus hispidulis vel glabris intus praeter basin parce 

 barbatam glabris. Stylus antheras aequans ; stigma breviter 

 cylmdncum, medio paulo constrictum, sulcatum. Fructns 

 depresso-pynformis, parce puberulus vel glaber, 15-17 mm. 

 diametro. 



Transvaal. Modderf ontein, Conrath, 339. An almost glabrous 

 state occurs along with the typical form. 



[This species is also represented at Kew by a specimen collected 

 by Burtt Davy (No. 1475) near Krekemoor Station, Transvaal and 

 another gathered by Holub in the Batlapin Territory, Bechuana 

 Country.— Otto Stapf .] 



934. Helichrysum polyphyllum, Conrath [Compositae] ; affinis 

 H. cephaloideo (imprimis var. polycephalo), sed foliis brevioribus, 

 • capitulis minoribus, involucri bractois obtusis extus longe pubes- 

 centibus differt. 



Herba annua, e basi pluricaulis, 20-30 cm. alta ; caules breviter 

 ascendentes, erecti, simplices, usque ad capitulorum glomerulum 

 termmalem dense foliati et uti folia adpresse sericeo-lanati. Folia 

 basalia congesta, oblongo-elliptica, lanceolate, 12 mm. longa, 

 5-6 mm. lata ; caulina quam internodia longiora, oblongo-lance- 

 olata e basi lata semiamplexicauli, subacuta, 10-18 mm. longa, 

 l'0-2'5 mm. lata, inferiora oblique erecta, superiora adpr< ia 

 apicibus saepe patulis glabris membranaceis. Capi/ulorwn 

 glomerulus circa 10 mm. diametro ; capitula obovoidea, 5-6 mm. 

 longa, phyllis 5-seriatis glabris infimis albo-luteis late oblongo- 

 ovatis obtusis superioribus Juteis vel subfuscatis oblongis magis 

 rainusve acutis. Flores circiter 15, lutei, in receptaculo fimbriate 

 Pappi setae circiter 15, corolla paulo breviores, hiferne breviter, 

 superne longius plumosae. 



Transvaal. Modderfontein, Conrath, 444. 



035. Wahlenberg 



W. viraatrip 'tfna'l 



] 



Herba perennis, pluricaulis, ad 25 cm. aita, tota glabra ; caules 

 infra medium et supra iterum furcati, erecti, obtuse angulati, 

 ramis virgati3 unifloris. Folia remota, squamiformia, triaugularia 

 vel lanceolata, integra, 2-3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata. Flores erecti, 

 pedicellis 3-5 cm. longis suffulti. Receptaculum elongato-obconi- 

 cum, 3-3*5 mm. longum. Sepala triangularia, obtusiuscula, 

 integra, 2-2'5 mm. longa. Corolla late infundibuliformis, ultra 

 medium 5-fida, 5-6 mm. longa. Antherae coroilae sinus paulo 

 superantes. Stylus superne incrassatus et parce puberulus, ad 

 stigmatum bases utrinque glandula notatus, e corolla breviter 

 exsertus. Capsula elongato-obconica, 2 locularis. 



Transvaal. Modderfontein, Conrath, 557. 



936. Manulea limonioides, Conrath ; [Scrophulariaceae], a M. 

 obovata differt caulibus glabris glaucis, foliis praeter nonnulla 

 caulina parva late Linearis in rosulam congestis, coroilae lobis 

 brevioribus Jfttioribus, ; 



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