ALABASTRA DIVERSA, 408 
parum dilatati; squamelle subulate, 0-1-0-2 em. long. Calyculi 
phylla squamellis similia. Capitulum 0-6 em. long., circa 0°8 cm. 
lat. cae flosculi 0°65 cm. long. ; figels lineari- -oblonga, obtusis- 
sima, 0°4 em. long. ; ces flosenli 0: ty em. long. Achenia imma- 
tura 0-1 cm. ecules sete 0°3 ¢ 
A very distinct species, to es neal i in the genus near S. Bur- 
chellti DC. There are, however, many points of difference between 
the two in respect o of the leaves, the ee number of 
involucral leaves and disc and ray- florets &e. 
uryops Osteospermum, sp. nov. LHrecta, elata, ramosa, 
0 foliosa, caule sat crasso primo dense lanato mox araneoso, 
pedunculis pro genere brevibus fultis, involucri campanulati phyllis 
13 ima basi connatis glabris, acheniis cylindraceis 5-costatis costis 
pubescentibus, pappi setis scabriusculis. 
Hab. ere. Rhodesia; Dr. R. Frank Rand, July, 1898 
(Herb. Mus. Bri 
Vix usque 30, cm. alt. Caulis deorsum circa 0-4 em. diam., 
frutescens. ory inferiora _ cm. attingentia et 2°0 cm. lat. ; 
tale 2-0-8°0 cm. long., vix 1°0 cm. lat., sursum cartilagineo- 
marginata, fe tslianiana in siveo viridia. a circa 2-0 cm 
long., basi pubescentes. Capitula circa 1:0 ¢ am., multiflora. 
Involueri phylla subeequalia, 0°5 em. long., in Jegipndine striata. 
— culum breviter alveolatum. Radii flosculi feeminei circa 
12 et (acheniis eases 9 cm. long. ; disci flosculorum 0:7 ¢ 
long. lim Achzenia 0°2 cm. et pappi sete 0-4 em. lon 
y 
leaves (those of H. Osteospermum being evenly distributed. 4 Pei the 
= much longer peduncles, differer ently reso ee 
. Rand also sends from Salisbury (No. ote Mus. 
Brit) : what I take to be a variety of this (var. ie nob. ). It 
is slenderer in habit than the type, its leaves do not exceed 3 
in length and are usually shorter, the peduncles are longer (up to 
8 cm.), and the receptacle is — alveolate. These characters 
may perhaps be of specific value 
nov. Glabra, caule herbaceo ascen- 
is 
involucruam bene excedentibus omnibus hermaphroditis, acheniis 
elongatis alteris compressis alteris subteretibus puberulis. 
Hab. Near Shashi river, Rhodesia; Dr. R. Frank Rand, Jan. 
1898 (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
Planta A 20 cm. alt. Caulis fistulosus, multistriatus. Folia 
5-0-7:0 cm. long., 0°5-1:0 cm. lat., membranacea, superiora usque 
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