248 
Fig. 10, achene, pappus and flower much enlarged. 
Var. microcephala, Hutchinson. Pentzia virgata, var. micro- 
cephala, Harv. |.c. 174. 
Suffrutex diffusus, ramis plerumque procumbentibus, capitulis 
subcorymbosis parvis. 
Sourn Arrica.—Karroo Region: Rhenoster Kop, April, Burke 
528; Zeyher 854. 
Schlechter 10498 from Bredasdorp Diy., distributed under the 
name Pentzia rupestris, Schltr., probably belongs here; it is of 
more erect habit and with slightly larger heads than the variety. 
11. P. Galpinii, Hutchinson, sp. nov. 
Suffrutex e basi lignoso multe ramosus, ramulis erectis vel 
ascendentibus apicem versus foliatis gracilibus stramineis parce 
puberulis. Folia e basi divisa, pinnatisecta, 0°5-1 cm. longa, 
segmentis lineari-lanceolatis subteretibus sicco punctatis vel parce 
puberulis subcarnosis. Capitula solitaria, breviter pedunculata, 
cireiter 7 mm. diametro, Involucri bracteae 2-3-seriatae, 
lineares, subacutae, 3-4 mm, longae, superne margine mem- 
branaceae, parce pubescentes. Receptaculum conicum, acutum, 
emum 4 mm, longum, minute foveolatum. Flores numerosi. 
Corollae tubus 175 mm. longus, inferne cylindricus, parce glan- 
dulosus, superne subeampanulatus, glaber; L ovato- 
rotundati, 0°4 mm. longi, glabri. chaenia crasse costata, 1m 
coronat 
TRopicaL AFRICA.—Damaraland : Welwitsch, Jan., Galpin § 
Pearson 7672. 
12. P. globosa, Less. Synop. Comp. 266 (1832); DC. 
Prodr. vi. 137; Harv. in Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. ii. 174. 
Pentzia globifera, Lichtenst. ex Less. l.c., nomen. 
South Arrica.—Karroo Region: Prince Albert; Gamka 
River, May, Burke. Graaff Reinet; Bolus (plant covered with 
insect galls), 
Upper Region : Fraserburg; Zak River, Aug., Burchell 1492. 
Murraysburg ; apes places around Murraysburg, 1300 m., Mat., 
Tyson 333. Co not. . 
Kalahari Region : Basutoland, Hort. Sprenger 16. Griqua- 
land West; Blaauwbosch Drift, Oct., Burchell 1747. 
a ion: Albany; near Grahamstown, MacOwan. 
Queenstown ; Klaas Smits River, Jan., Baur 984; Bradford 
Drift, 1100m., Nov., Galpin 2631. 
‘South Africa,’ Zeyher 850, 851, 853. 
Known as the “ Karroo Bosch.”’ 
13, P. pinnatisecta, Hutchinson, sp. nov. in Ann. S. Afr. 
Mus, ined. 
Soura Arrica.— Western Region: Great Namaqualand; dry 
he beds between Dabaigabis and Griindoorn, bush 1 ™.; 
8. yellow, Feb., Pearson 3114; sandy river bed 25 km. north 
