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ICONES PLANTARUM. 



corolla infandibulari 5-fida lobis ovatis, capsulia teretibns spiraliter 

 tortis glabris, seminibus oblongls minute tnberculatis. 



Hab. In montibus supra Worcester, Cape of Good Hope, Dr. A. 

 lieJimmm (No. 24i77). 



3-4 



l^n. longa. PedicelU divaricati, 3-5 lin, longi. Corolla 

 2-3 lin. longa, limbo calycis 2-3-pIo longior. Capsula ^ poll, longa. 



A very slender herb, sparingly di-tricliotoraously branched below, 

 with widely divaricate lax inflorescence, remarkable in the genus from 

 its strictly opposite leaves, though in distant pairs, and the spiral 

 torsion of the capsule, as in a small-fruited Streptocarpus.—D. Oliver. 



fig. 1. Flower. 2. Stamens. 3. Stigmas. 4. Fruit. 6. Seed. All enlarged. 



Plate 1461. 



DICOMA ARGYEOPHYLLA, Oliv. 



Composite, Tribe Mutisiace^. 

 D. (§ Pterocoma) argyrophylla, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; caulibns U-U ped. 



erectis simphcibus v. basin versus parce ramosis, ramis floriferis adscen- 

 dentibua dense fohatis, foliis dimorphis, snperioribus (bracteis pedun- 

 cnjornm) laxe irabncatis vel inferne patontibus rigidiusculis lanceolatis 

 Bpinoso-acuminatis integris minute ciliolatis paginis glabris subtus 

 Bplendescentibus, foliis primordialibus paucis oblanceolatis v. obovatis 

 obtus^is acute apiculatis v. acuminatis, basi in petiolum angustatis, 

 membranaceis supra glabris subtus tenuiter cano-tomentosis, Japitulis 

 majuspulis soli arus terminalibus sessilibus bracteis superioribus invo- 

 lacratis discoideis homogamis, achaaniis dense pilosis pappo copioso 

 piuriseriato plumoso coronatis. 



Hab. Katal. Gerrard (No. 1906) ; 2000 to 2500 ft., grassy hills 



Mal-H poll Iata,.bracteis loViorlbu;' ^^oS^^^^^Zr. ''^'" 

 oInTw ^'''•';l ^^.^^f"°S.b^ancheg, often a foot in length, are so densely 

 !i^^l\l^!5„"^;^. ^P'"^^.^^^t leaves (more strictly' bracts) as to 



twigs 



D. Oliteb. 



Fig. 1. Floret. 2. Seta of pappus. 3. Stamens. 4. Apex of style. All enlarged, 



