Plate 1723. 



oldenburgia papiontjm, do. 



Composite. Tribe Mutisiace^;. 



0. Papionum, DC. Prodr. vii. 12 ; canle florifero elongato erecto 

 1-2-cephalo, foliis subradicalibus oblanceolatis obtasis basi longe 

 angustatis rigide coriaceis supra glabris subtus tomentosis petiolo 

 basi abrupte dilatato intus lanato, capitulis longe pedunculitis, 

 involucri squamis imbricatis, gradatim majoribus, exterioribus la e 

 ovatis interioribua lanceolatis ri^idis intus medio carinatis glabris 

 omnibus extus dense tomentosis. 



Hab. « Mountains near Tulbagh and Nieuwekloof,' Drege ; rocky 

 places in the Drakensteenberg near the Tulbagh falls, H. Holus 

 (No. 5410 ; Eerb. Norm. 402). 



Folia 6-8 poll, longa 1-2 poll. lata. Scapus 2-2f ped. erectus teres 

 glabratus. Oapitula 2^-4 poll. diam. turbinato-hemisphasnca. Mores 

 radii bilabiati, labio antico ligulato albo tridentato £-£ poll- l? D g°» 

 flores disci lobis linearibus subsequalibus. Ovaria sericeo-pdosa ; 

 pappi setis longe barbatis v. breviter plumosis. 



We owe to our excellent correspondent Mr. Bolus admirable speci- 

 mens of this noble Composite, previously known to us only fr0 ™ 

 very imperfect specimens distributed by Drege. The other 0^' 

 hurgia resembling this in habit, 0. arbuscula, DC., is very different in 

 the acuminate elongate involucral scales. — D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Ray-floret. 2. Disk-floret. 3. Anthers. 4. Stigma- Enlarged. 



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