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vel anguste obovatis obtusis margine angustissime cartilagineis 
undulatis dentatisve crassiusculis, capitulis parvis homogamis dis- 
coideis 6-7-flosculosis in corymbis latis terminalibus sat elongatis 
bracteatis ‘permulticapitulatis digestis, pedunculis propriis gracilibus 
apitula circa squantibus ultimis vero quam ea brevioribus, invo- 
membranaceis nequaquam sphacelatis quam calyculi phylla pauca 
late subulata me =“ to majoribus, flosculis exsertis — receptaculo 
fimbrillifero ramis truncatis peer iee eniis angustis 
subteretibus ote costatis glabris, pappi setis ach besmashlis basi 
in annulum brevem persistentem connatis a 
a Swaziland, near Miles; J. B. Dash, 2906. (Also—at 
Kew—Delagoa Bay; Monteiro, 25.) 
Folia radicalia ignota, Caulis sat crassus, sc. 0°5 em. diam. ; 
rami tenuiores. Folia adusque 6:0 cm. long., sepius vero 4:0- 
5:0 cm., et 1-0-1'5 cm. lat., nerve in sicco fereevanide. Corymbi 
+ 12:0 cm. long. et diam. Bracter inferiores folia referentia, 
modice 2°0-3°5 em. long., juniores 0°1-0°5 cm. Peduneuli 
proprii + 0°8 em. lo Involucrum 0: x 0°25 em.; calyculi 
phylla circa 0-1 cm. long. Corolle a basi leviter ac gradatim dila- 
tate, 0-7 em: long.; lobi lanceolati, obtusiusculi, 0-1 em. long. 
Styli rami 0-15 cm. long. Achenia vix matura 0: 2 cm., pappus 
0:7 cm. long. 
Flo wering-heads somewhat like those of S. isatideus DC., but, 
since the stems and leaves are somewhat fleshy, it should find a 
more natural place among the 
corymbs and small capitula with few involucral leaves and florets 
are the chief distinguishing features. 
Pachycarpus scaber N. E. Br. in Fl. Fat Afr. iv. 877. 
Swaziland, near Bremersdorp, 2932 
Solanwn indicum L. Sp. Pl. 187. 
Carolina District, alien along main nie roads, 2945, 
ow first recorded from South Afric 
treptocarpus (§ Rosutarz) oes sp. nov. Caule brevis- 
simo saga foliis adusque 5 obovato-oblongis obtusis margine 
crenato-serratis basin versus gradatim attenuatis subsessilibus vel 
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n sicco viridibus, cymis spissime 5-8-floris simplicibus com- 
positisve pedunculis /itepaioed glanduloso-pubescenti-hirtis folia 
subequantibus ex axillis superioribus solitatim vel binatim ortis 
ae pedicellis raro ine sequilongis pubeseentibus, calycis 
8 anguste linearibus acutis vel obtusiusculis glandulo-pubescen- 
tibus, corolle parve extus puberule tubo calycem duplo excedente 
angusto fere recto limbo parum zygomorpho brevi, antheris conni- 
ventibus, staminodiis 3 quorum 2 sat longis apice clavatis tertio ad 
merum filamentum brevem reducto, ovario styloque glandul 
pubescente. 
. 2 age, in the partial shade of rocks on kopjes above 
em-Babaan; Ys 
Caules ie 1:0 cm. long. Folia spius 10-0-15-0 cm. 
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