Plate 2558. 



STAAVIA DODII, Bolus. 



Bruniace.e. 



S. Dodii, Bolus (*p. nov.) ; S. qhttinosce similis, at foliis et bracteis 

 involucri oblongis retusis planis brevioribus facile recognoscenda. 



Fruticulus l?>-2^ ped. altus, erectus, ramosus, rainis villosis dense 

 foliosis. Folia sparsa, conferta, patentia, oblong a, obtusissima, retasa, 

 apice callosa, glabra, plana, basin versus ciliata, minute albo-punctulata, 

 3 4 lin. longa. Capitula solitaria, discoidea, 1 -H poll. diam. Jlractece 

 diseum involucrantes, numerosre, patenti-radiantes, oblonga?, obtuse, 

 glabra 1 , aUxe, callo deciduo mucronatre, ad 9 lin. longa 1 , floribus 



multoties longiores. Bracieolce 2-4, florihus breviores, exteriores spa- 

 thulatie, interiores lineares. Flores con^esti, succo resinoso a%rlutinati. 



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Calycis lobi erecti, subulati, acuminati, callosi, longe ciliati, atropur- 



purei, petalis fere sequilongi, tubo 4-5-plo longiores. PetaJa patentia, 



anguste elliptica, acuta, purpurea, basi valde incrassata, dorso apicem 



versus barbata. Stumiyia petalis breviora. Fructus sa>pe abortu 

 1-spermus. 



South Africa : On a rocky ridge near Smit'swinkel Bay, on the 

 Cape Peninsula, at 700 feet, Capt, Wolley-Dod, 2641. 



Described and drawn from living specimens kindly communicated by 

 the collector, who has made many valuable additions to our knowledge 

 of the flora of the Cape Peninsula. The plant is a striking one, 



curiously resembling a Composite (e.g. smites). It was found growing 



somewhat plentifully within a small area, and it is remarkable that 

 being so near to Cape Town it should have escaped the notice of so 

 many earlier collectors.* - H. Bon . 



Fig. 1, leaves, from one of which the deciduous apiculns is absent ; 2, bracts of the 

 involucre ; 3, a flower and three bracteok ■> ; 4, hairs from the receptacle ; 5, vertical 

 section of a flower; 6, portion of the calyx-limb; 7, views of the outer and inner 

 surfaces of a petal— note the nectary at the base on the inside; 8. stamens; 9, a 

 ripe fruit ; 10, the same from which the calyx has been removed. All enlarged. 



* Kew previously possessed spec : mens of this plant, without locality, communicated 

 by Admiral Sir F. Gray, in 1860; and also one from the late Dr. Lindley, without 

 either locality or collector's name.— W. Bottixg Hem-ley. 



