MITTEILUNG I<:N AUS UKM But'. MUSKUM DUR UNIVERSIT^I' ZURICH. XXI. 1019 



serieeis. foliis ai^brevialis subterelibus angiislissime liiiearibus oblusis 

 sei'iceis maxima pro parle qiiasifasciculaüs sc. ex. ramulis brevissimis 

 oriundis, capilulis parvulis radialis 6 — 7-flosculosis ad apicem ramulorum 

 breviler racemosis vel pseudumbeilatis, pedunculis quam capitula 

 longioribus serieeis, involueri pliyllis exlerioriljus 4 per paria inaequalia 

 inserlis majoribus ovatis late seariosis minoribus oblongis omnibus 

 obtusis vel obtuse aeulis, phyllis iiiterioribus in lus sei)luliferis dorso 

 dense albo-lanalis parte libéra Iriangulari oblusa, iigulis 2 breviler 

 exsertis lale subquadralis impariler 3-denlalis, achœniis oblongis 

 compressis iana densissima involulis. 



Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika : Hereroland, Windhoek; Dinter 853. 



Folia 4.0 — 6,0 cm long., 0,05 cm lat. Pedunculi + 0,5 cm long. 

 Capitula 0,4 cm diam. Involueri phylla exteriora 0,2— 0,!^o cm long., 

 majora 0,13 cm lat.; phyllorum interiorum cyalhus 0,2 cm. et lobi 

 0.1 cm long. Ligulae paullo ultra 0,1 cm long., summum 0,4 cm laL, 

 denies laterales quam intermedius duplo latiores. Achsenia vix 0,2 cm 

 long., flosculorum interiorum minima. 



Dislinguislied easily froni septuliferons species by ils small extremely 

 narrow leaves and very small heads. 



Eriocephalus scariosissimus S. Moore nov. spec. — Gaule 

 ramoso ramis ascendentibus sublerelibus stria lulis nudis, ramulis minute 

 l'ulvo-sericeis, loliis sublerelibus angustissime Imearibus aeulis minute 

 serieeis sparsis vel quasifasciculalis rigidiuscuüs patentibus vel ineurvis, 

 capilulis mediocribus radialis axillaribus vel lerminalibus pluriflos- 

 culosis, pedunculis capitula bene excedenlibus, involueri phyllis exte- 

 rioribus 4 — 5 late ovatis oblusissimis linea angusta membranacea 

 percursis celeroqiiin seariosis, phyllis interioribus haud septiferis dorso 

 Iana sordide alba copiosissime indutis parte libéra deltoideo- Iriangulari 

 oblusa, Iigulis breviler exsertis anguste spathulads 3-dentalis, achseniis 

 oblongis oblusis obscure coslalis dense Iana lis. 



Deutsch-Südwest-Afrika : Gross-Namakmd, Inachab, Dinier 33. 



Folia circiter 1,0 cm long., 0.03 cm lat. Pedunculi 0.6—0,7 cm long., 

 minute sericei, iu sicco seepe decurvi. Involueri phylla exteriore 0.4 cm 

 long., 0,3 cm lat., horura linea membranacea modo 0,02 cm lat.; phyl- 

 lorum interiorum cyalhus 0,45 ein et pars libéra 0,15 cm long. Reeepta- 

 culi palege lineari-lanceolatse, margine longe villosse, 0,4 cm long. Ligulae 

 circa 0,3 cm long., 0,1 cm lat. Disci corollse 0,4 cm long. Achsenia 

 0,25 cm, flosculorum interiorum tenuia, 0,1 cm long. 



Easily lold from ils nearest congener E. scariosus DG. by its very 

 slender subterete leaves, Ihe very narrow membranons line i'unning 

 ddwn the centre of ihe outer involucral leaves and the quite difl"erently 

 shaped ligules. 



Matricaria hirsutifolia S. Moore nov. spec. ^ Gaulibus e radice 

 sat robuslo pluribus aseedenli-palentibus ramulos itaque foliosis gignan- 

 tibus hirsutulis, foliis parvis pinnalifidis segmenlis paueissimis integris 

 dentatis iterumve pinnalifidis ultimis ut rhachis linearibus hirsutis 

 peliolo laminam sequante vel excedenle, capilulis parvis discoideis 

 solitariis longipedunculalis lielerogamis mullifloseulosis, pedunculis 

 gracilibus piloso-pubeseentibus. involueri hemisphaîrici 2-serialis phyllis 

 oblongo- linearibus apice oblusis necnon seariosis dorso hirsutis, 

 receplaculo convexo, llosculis extimis parvis femineis, interiorum 



