Plate 24B5. 



BLEPHARISPERMUM HIRTUM, Oliv. 



C0MPOSIT.E. Tribe Inuloide.e. 



B. Mrtum, OUv. (sp. nov.) ; f rutex inermis, foliis petiolatis elHpticis 

 V. ovato-ellipticis obtusis tomentellis, capitulorum glomeruhs peduncu- 

 ktis solitariis folia vix superantibus globosis, capitulis 4-floris inyolum 

 bracteis 4 decussatim oppositis obovato-cuneatis fionbus 2 e^terio ibus 

 femineis ; fl. ? ovario nigrescente obovato-elhptico ^etuWcih^^^^^ 

 corolla tubulosa ovario a^quilonga ore denticulata ; fl. | {3) ^re^tei 

 stipitatis, involucri squamis conduplicatis flores amplectentibus, pappo 

 paleaceo, paleis ovario sterili longioribus Imeanbus. 



S. E. Arabia : Dhofar Mountains, Wadi Derbat, Bent 



Had 



(No. 122). 



Frutex 10-pedalis. Folia 1-21 poll, longa, |-U poll. ^^^^^ ; f^J^^f 

 U-4 lin lon^us. Glomeruli 9 lin. diam. ; pedunculi ^-2 poll, lon^- 

 pLt.i • :!r°r;. ,i; .nn.mnnis eis involucri extenonbus conformes. 



Jfracte^. recejtaculi communis eis involucri ^-'^^^^^^:;:^ 

 cuneato-obovat*, concave, subcarinat.-e ; bractea, 2 m er ores inyo u n 

 ovali-oblong*, niucronat^, basi cum st.pite fl. ^ confluentes. Antka<e 

 basi breviter sagittatne, per paria conuatse. 



Very distinct from any species in the Kew Herbarium and excep- 

 tioISInihe genus in its^toLntose leaves and younger extremxties.- 



D. Oliver. 



3. Piileseofpappus. 4. Anthers. 6. Apex ot styie. y 



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