102 Hermann WolfT. — Utnbelliferae-Saniculoideae. 



13. A. calocephala Schlechter et WolfT nov. spec. — Planta ex unico specimine 

 sat robusta, 20 cm alla. Caulis solilarius, teres, sulcatus, simplex, apice incoinplete 

 bis dichasialiler divisus, ramis 1 cm longis. Folia basalia subnumerosa, petiolo lamiDam 

 dr aequante, piano, 4 — 6 cm longo fulla; lamina elliplica, ad basin et ad apicem versus 

 aequaliter anguslata, apice acutiuscula, 4 cm longa, raedio 1 * 2 ^"^ '^^^> niargine tolo 

 salis dense et aequaliter spinuloso-dentata vel -denlato-serrata, dentibus basi i — 2V2 m™ 

 latis, cum spinulis 4— 5 cm longis; caulina subito minora 3, linearia, semiamplexi- 

 cauli-sessilia, acutissima, 2 — i ^ 2 cm longa. Prophylla fol. caulin. minora; bracteae 

 involucrales dz 1 2, sublus sordide, supra dilute fulvae, in vivo ex collectore albidae. 

 usque ad medium et ultra connatae, subaequales vcl minoribus nonnullis interjectis, 

 quoad liberae omnes anguste trianguläres, acutissimae, usque \ mm longae, basi usque 

 4 mm latae. Capilula 1 mm lata -(generis maxima); sepala brevissima, triangularia, 

 acuta; petala non visa. Fructus junior obovoideo-pyriforniis, ±: compressus, ad basin 

 manifeste attenuatus, infra sepala obsolete squamuiosus, ceterum granulalus, ca. 3 mm 

 longus; vilae angustae. 



Natal: Drakensberge, um 3200 m ü. M. (Thode n. 24 — blühend im Februar — 

 Herb. Schlechter). 



14. A. Oalpinii Schlechter et WolfT nov. spec. — Planta sat gracilis, glauces- 

 cens, dz 30 cm alta. Ilhizoma crassum, simplex vel binatum. Caulis tenuis, sulcato- 

 angulosus, scapiformis vel a basi remote ramosus, ramis patulis usque 25 cm longis, 

 apice 3-furcatus, ramis usque \ 5 cm longis, bis usque quater cymose ramulosis, ramulis 

 i — 3 cm longis. Folia basalia dense rosulata, petiolo subplano, basi latissime vagi- 

 nanle fulta; lamina anguste vcl lineari-spathulata, apice obtusa vel breviter acuminala, 

 ad basin versus vix angustata et sensim in peliolum transiens vel basi angusta ± 

 rotundata, margine toto obsolete et i-emote serrata, dentibus ad petiolum versus minoribus, 

 Omnibus in setulam ciliiformcm 4 — 5 mm longam productis, usque 5 cm longa, superne 

 5 — 6 mm lata; fulcranlia (si adsunt) bas. similia, minora, sessilia. Inflorescenlia laxa; 

 prophylla primaria linearia, acutissima, 5 — 8 mm longa, paucisetulosa; cetera minima. 

 Capitula parva 3 — 4 mm lata. Bracteae involucrales subbiseriatae, triente connatae, 

 inaequales, majores ovato-lanceolatae vel lanceolatae, acuminatae cum aliis multo minoribus, 

 triangularihus. acutissimis altcrnantes; sepala trianguiari-ovata, acuminala, subacuta; petala 

 anguste obovata, cervice truncata et vix emarginata, lobulo inflexo aequilongo e basi lala 

 sensim anguslato, apice acuto obsolete denticulato instructa, i '/j mm longa. Ovarium 

 juvenile ubique granulatum. 



Östliche Kapkolonie: Berge bei Queenstown, um 1500 m (Galpin n. 1770 — 

 Herb. Schlechter). 



15. A. setifera N. E. Brown in Kew Bull. (1896) 161. — Caulis solilarius 

 (raro 2), scabriusculus vel puberulus, stricte ercclus, simplex, densissimc foliosus, 

 raro inferne nudus, apice 5 — 6 furcatus, ramis abbreviatis, breviter semel vel subbis 

 3-furcato-ramulosis, 4 — "5 cm longis, rarius insuper rämi infraterminales abbreviati 

 2 — 6 obvii. Foliorum basalium petiolus anguslus et canaliculalus vel s<ibplanus et 

 ad 4 mm latus, laminam zt aequans; lamina plana e basi cordata ovalis vel ± ovali- 

 rotundala vel oblonga, antice obtusa vel oblusissin)a, ca. 6 cm longa, rh 4 cm lala, 

 margine toto dense setoso-spinulosa vel dentato-scrrato-spinulosa, selis 5 — 6 mm longis; 

 caulina numerosissima, ima basalibus subaequimngna et subconformia vel infcriora omnia 

 subito quam basalia mullo minora, cetera ad apicem caulis versus valde sensim minora, 

 inferiora ovalo-lanceolata, acuta, snperiora lanceolala, aculissima, omnia basi biauriculalo- 

 amplexioauli sessilia, argute serrata, serraturis in selam aequilongam vel longiorera 

 rigidam excurrentibus. Capitula salis parva semiglobosa ; bracteae involucrales sub- 

 biseriatae, basi breviter connatae, subaequales, anguste lanceolatae. longe acuminatae, 

 subpungenti- acutissimae, 7 — 9 mm longae, raro minoribus interjectis. Sepala lata 

 triangulari-ovala, acuminala, apiculata: petala lineari oblonga, cervice vix emarginata, 

 lobulo inflexo anguslissimo, aequilongo, aculissimo instructa, ca. 1 Vs "^'^ longa. Fructus 

 ovoideo-globosus, angulosus, ubique dense granulalus; meric{u*pia doreo valde convexa, 



