245 
2. P. quinquefida, Less. Synop. Comp. 266 (1832); Harv. in 
Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 173, partim. 
Cotula quinguefida, Thunb. Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 695 (1823). 
Pentzia macrophylia, DC. Prodr. vi. 137 (1837). 
Sourn Arrica.—Upper Region: Philipstown; near Riet Fon- 
tein, Waschbanks River, Mar., Burchell 2723. Colesberg; 
between Riet Fontein and Plettenberg’s Beacon, Mar., Burchell 
2745. ‘South Africa,’ Thunberg (type). 
Kalahari Region: Orange River Colony; Bloemfontein, 
Rehmann 3783 (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
Fig. 2, leaf x 4, flower much enlarged. 
3. P. argentea, Hutchinson, sp. nov. in Ann. S. Afr. Mus., 
cum icon., ined. 
Soutnu AFrica.— Western Region: Great Namaqualand; Great 
Karasberg, dry stream slopes (quartz) 65 m. above Wasserfall 
Alt Ravine (also at Krai Kluft), Jan., Pearson 7927; common in 
rock crevices between Dabaigabis and Gueindoorn, 1400 m., Feb., 
‘ig. 3, leaves showing the variation x 3, achene and ear- 
shaped pappus enlarged. 
4. P. nana, Burchell, Trav. in 8. Afr. 400 (1822). 
_ P. quinquefida, var. nana, Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. 
11. 173 (1865). 
Descr. ampl.—Suffrutex, basi lignosus; rami abbreviati, in- 
us instructi, dense appresse 
Folia late cuneato-flabelli- 
sse dentata, basi in petiolum 
m. longa, 0-5-1°5 cm. lata, 
carinatae, oblongae, apice submembranaceae, obtusae, extra 
oblongo- 
Griqualand West; right 
Soutn Arrica.—Kalahari Region: h Drift, Oct., Burchell 
bank of the Vaal River at Blaauwbosc 
1731 (type). 
A very distinct species 
discovery by Burchell. 
Fig. 4, leaf x 2, achene and pappus enlarged. 
which has not been gathered since its 
