248 Vierteljahrsschrift d. Naturf. Gesellsch. in Zürich. 1921 
Jan. 1903, Junod 1726; Natal: Drakensberg, Biggarsberge, 1875 
bis 1880, Rehmann 7061. 
Ursinia ($ Eu-Ursinia) Jacottetiana Thell. spec. nov. 
Planta basi sublignosa, humilis, caespitosa. Radieis fibrae satis 
tenues, brunneae. Caudex brevis, repens, cortice brunneo-fuliginoso 
tectus, sublignosus, breviter ramosissimus, ramis in fasciculum foliorum 
et in pedunculum longum nudum pseudoterminalem abeuntibus. Folia 
ad apicem ramorum caudieis fasciculatim congesta, partim pilis flaccidis 
appressis albis brevibus araneoso-puberula, vix vel valde indistincte 
impresso-punctata, crassiuscula, supra medium pinnatipartita lobis 
plerumge 5 remotis, aeque ac rhachis lineari-subteretibus, apicem 
versus leviter dilatatis, supra sulcatis, subtus convexis, apice obtusius- 
eulis et subito in mucronem cartilagineum conico-acutissimum sub- 
pungentem contractis,’ interdum bifidis. Petiolus subtus carinatus, - 
basi leviter vaginato-dilatatus et submembranaceus. Pedunculus 
plerumque unicus ex quovis fasciculo, pseudoterminalis (revera tamen 
axillaris), longissimus (foliis ‘multoties longior), gracillimus, inferne 
anguloso-sulcatus, junior. arachnoideo-puberulus, demum glabratus, 
nudus et monocephalus. Capitulum mediocre, late turbinato-campa- 
nulatum. Involuerum cire. 4-seriatum, phyllis minute papillosis et 
apicem versus araneoso-pubescentibus, extimis brevibus triangulari- 
lanceolatis vel triangulari-ovato-lanceolatis acutis marginibus rectis 
anguste atrobrunneis, mediis triangulari-ovatis apice obtusioribus 
ceterum similibus, intimis apice in appendicem suborbiculatam brun- 
neam margine hyalinam dilatatis, Receptaculi paleae oblongae, hyalinae, 
tenerae, apice 3-lobae lobo mediano suborbiculari rotundato-obtusissimo. 
Flores radii eirc. 14, neutri, ligula lanceolato-elliptica, involucro sub- 
aequilonga, 5—7 nervia, apice obtusa, supra albida et basi lutescente, 
subtus atropurpurea. Flores disei circ. 30, hermaphroditi, tubuloso- 
infundibuliformes, flavi; limbi dentes triangulari-ovati, apice obtusi 
et incrassati. Antherae, stylus et stigmata generis. Achaenia (florum 
hermaphroditorum exterorum) oblique eurvato-turbinata, glaberrima, 
longitudinaliter striato-sulcata. apice oblique truncata; pappus ®@ 
squamis 5 albis latissimis rhombico-suborbicularibus obtusissimis et 
5 setis interpositis constans. 
flanze 10—15 em hoch. Laubblätter (mit Stiel) etwa 3 cm 
lang; Abschnitte + 4—5 mm lang, gleich der Spindel + °/ı mm breit. 
Koptstiele 8—10 em lang, °/; mm diek. Hülle 7—8 mm hoch, (ge- 
presst) bis 15 mm im Durchmesser; apikales Anhängsel der inneren 
Hüllblätter 2!/s mm breit. Zunge der Randblüten ca. 9 mm lang, 
