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■ SouTPi Africa- Transvaal : rocks near Irene, Conrath 432. 



1493, Senecio urophyllus, Conrath [Compositae - Sene- 



cionideae] ; affinis S. bupleuroidi, DC, a quo foliis non 



aiiriculatis differt. 



Herha rigide erecta, 9-10 dm, alta. Caulis basi collo lanato, 

 ramosiis, valde sulcatus, glaber. ^Folia sessilia, firma, versus 

 basin caulis congesta, superna distantia, inferiora oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, sensim acuminata, basi semi-amplexicaulia, usque ad 17 cm. 

 Tonga, 1"5 cm. lata, maxgine subrellexo, integra vel incon- 

 spicue remote denticulata, subtus nervo medio prominente 

 lateralibua prominulis; folia intermedia basalibus similia sed 

 basi breviter decurrente ; folia supe'riora oblongo-elliptica, in 

 acumen longum angustum abrupte contracta, basi rotundata vel 

 subdecurrentia. Inflorescentia corjmbosa, ram is elongatis 

 iterum ramosis; bracteae parvae^ acuminataej pedunculi proprii 

 capitulorum 0'5-4 cm. longi. Capitula mediocria, 5-7 mm. 

 dinmetro, radiata, multiflora. Involucrl hracteae biseriatae, 

 exteriores paucae lineares interioribus multo breviores, interiores 

 12-14, oblongo-cuneatae, 4^5 mm. longae, glabrae, apice brevi 

 cuspidato recurvo. Flares disci involucrum superantes, ei radii 

 involucro altero tanto longiores. Corolla florum radii limbo late 

 ligulari 5 mm. longo 2 mm, lato. Achaenia glabra. 



South Africa. Transvaal: Modderfontein, Conrath 1202. 



1494. Wahlenbergia multiflora, Conrath [Campanulaceae- 



Campanuleae] ; affinis W. ramulosae, E. Mey., a quo babitu 

 elatiore, ramis sparsius indutis minus divergentibus, floribus 



majoribus recedit 



ramosissima. 3-5 dm. alta. Rami 



supra ^ trientem inferiorem valde ramosi, plerumque undulati, 

 graciliusculi, teretes, sparse pubescentes vel subglabri, multi- 

 foliati. Folia alterna, sessilia, suberecta, linearia, obtusiuscula, 

 ^7 mm. lon^a, 0*5-1 mm. lata, sparse denticulata vel integra, 

 margine leviter incrassato, inferiora internodia aequantia, 

 8uperiora breviora. ^-"--.-^ 



mm 



graciles, Receptaculum fere bemispbaericum, glabrum, vis 



1 mm. longum, cum calycis segmentis 3-4 mm. metiens. Calycis 



segmenta e basi triangulari lineari-subulata, obtusiuscula, 



marginibus saepius inconspicue remote denticulata, glabra. 



Corolla anguste mfundibuliformisj 6-7 mm. longa, quinqueloba; 



tubus 4-5 mm. longus; lobi triangulares, acuti, 2 mm. longi. 



Stylus inferne sparse pilosus, infra stigmata 3 eglandulosus. 



Cap-^ula breviter ovoidea, circiter 1*2 mm. longa, valvis tribus 

 debiscens. 



SoTTOH Africa. Transvaal: Modderfontein, in Eucalyptus 

 plantations, Conrath 563, 



1495.^ Harveya crispula, Conrath [8cropliulariaceae- 

 Gerardieae]; affinis H. BodUni, Hiern, a qna corollae tubo 

 breviore ampliore recedit. 



Planta lierbacea, sordide obscure purpurea. .Caulis 1-2 cm. 

 longus, herbaceus, squamosus, glaber, foliis practer squamas 

 carens, 1-2-flora. Squamae appressae, obovatae, basi cuneatae, 



