Plate 2541. 



MAIRIA CORIACEA, Bolus, 



Composite. Tribe Asteroide^. 



M. coriacea, Bolus (ap. nov.) ; inter species subcaulescentes foliis 

 amplis crassissimis et scapis numerosis distinctissima. 



Herba caudice incrassato fusco-lanato. Folia 2 vel 3, radicalia, 

 valde coriacea, obovato-spatulata, 4-7 poll, longa, apice rotundata, 

 deorsum attenuata, integra vel interdum apicem versus obscure 

 lobulata, superne glabra, inferne interdum araneoso-lanata, demum 

 glabrescentia, venis distantibus prominentibus. Scapi 4-6, ssepemono- 

 cephali, 2-4 poll, alti, atque bractese lineares purpurei, tomentosi. 

 Involucrum turbinatum 9 12 lin. dianietro, bracteis 2-3 seriatis, 

 exterioribus lanceolatis, interioribus linearibus, omnibus denticulatis 

 acutis purpureis tomentosis. Flores disci flavi, involucrum paulo 

 superantes, achseniis eorum fertilibus. Flores radii purpurei, involu- 

 crum 1| vel fere 2-plo excedentes. 



South Africa: Houw Hoek, Caledon Division. Cape Colony, at 

 1,100 to 2,500 ft., Bolus, 6940 ; Schlechter, 7440.— H. Bolus. 



Fig. 1, a ray-flower; 2, a di sk- flower ; 3, pappus of ray-flower; 4, anthers; 5, 

 style of disk-flower. All enlarged. 



