Plate 2324. 



NESTLERA CORYMBOSA, Bolus. 



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Composite. Tribe Inuloide.e. 



corymbosa 



teretibus adscendentibus, inferne nudis, cicatricibus folioruxn dehip- 



sorum parce verruculatis, superne tantum foliosis, foliis alteniis coii- 



rems obm;ato-oblongis, subobtusis, margineinflexis, superne tomentosis, 



subtus glabns nitido-viscosissimis, 1-nerviis, incurvo-erectis, corymbis 



|> / -capitu atis, pseudo-terminalibus, at enim ex pedicellis aiinotinis 



persistentibus evidenter lateralibus, pedunculis gracilibus capitulis 



jrevionbus, mvolucro cylindrico-campanulato basi angustato, squamis 



excenoribus lanceolatis interioribus angustiores lineari-oblougis iutitnis 



pice patentibus floras disci subsuperantibus, receptaculo alveolato 



tpaieaceo, floribus radii circa 6, ligulis brevibus oblongis corollas 



uouiosas yix excedentibus, aciiajniis obscure trigonis sericeo-villosis 



?«pe_abortivis, floribus disci circa 1 6, acha^niis glabris Ia?vibus, r^ppo 



intenore e setis 5-6. 



Rfn?-^^', ^"""^^ Africa: Karroo, hills near 'Touws River Railway 

 station, alt. 850 metr., //. Bolus (Herb. Ko. 7355). 



caneg^^*^ f '^ ^^' ^^^^^- Gapitula glabra 3 lin. longa ; pedunculi breves 

 tata ^^^ .■ Corolla (disci) tubuliformis, supra medium leviter dila- 

 conn i"^ ^^^te 5-dentata. Antherce basi caudatse, caudis setiforniibus 

 /g o\ .^^,. "" Ppus (dmci) setis inaequilongis, setis longioribus paucis 

 V "^^ .^"^^^^is, barbellatis, caducis, brevioribus hvalinis complanatis 

 • ngustissime paleaceis interdum incisis.— H. Bolus. 



descrT^^^ ^"* choice of difficulties in assigning this plant to any 

 to n ^^^.S<^nus as at present defined. Mr. Bolus inclined to refer it 

 oriainar'''' ^"^^ comparison with our figure (' Ic. PL' 2228) of the 

 and un'/^^*^^^^ °^ ^^^^* genus, with its more or less scaly receptacle 

 of the l"" Pappus, does not favour that affinity. The general aspect 

 P^dluin \^^ ^^ similar to that of some species of both Ktstlera and 

 ^than *^' ^*^ belonging, as does our plant, to Inuloidese. Indeed, in 

 frequen?'*' ^"^^^"^st AnthemidccT, the same habit recurs with the in- 

 indume t^*^^'^^^*^^^' ^^^° characteristic of N. corymbosa, of the hairy 

 ^dhan-v!^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^"^§ confined to its upper surface. As 

 W lea^" e ^ P^^^aceous receptacle, I have thought it best, with the 



a^e of Mr. Bolus, to place it in Nestlera.—J). Oliver. 



3. fifv-floi?^' ."PP^'* surface. 2. Capitulum, the recepiacle partially expjsed. 



'^et. 4. Disc-tioret. 5. Anthers. 6. Style-branches. AH enlarged. 



