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involueri phyllis lineari-oblongis obtusis intus politis 0-8 em. long., 
corolle verisimiliter albe 0-6 cm. long. tubo sursum amplificato 
puberulo, filamentis sursum dilatatis, acheniis 0-4 cm. long. pallide 
fulvidis, pappo 0°1 cm. long. 
Hab. Cape Colony; Niven (Herb. Mus. Brit 
is is a very remarkable plant, and looks ee first sight so little 
like a Composite that even a botanist might be excused for referring 
it elsewhere pending dissection. The most singular point about it 
is the uniseriate involucre: in some other respects it reminds one 
of Inuloideous genera such as Metalasia and Disparago, but the tail- 
less anthers forbid its reference to the Inuloidea. In this latter 
placed. 
Dr. Ranv’s Ruopestan ComposirZ. 
The collections made in Rhodesia in 1897 and 1898 by Dr. 
R. F. Rand, F.L.S., si ‘presented to the British Museum, contain 
the following Composit 
Vernonia Ps age “0, & H. Buluwayo, early June and May. 
Nos. 277 & 
V. ito re O. & H. Salisbury, Sept. No. 626. 
V, glabra Vatke. Buluwayo, May. No. 358. 
V. glabra Vatke, var. Salisbury, Sept. No. 622 
V. humilis C. H. Wright. Salisbury, late Dec. and May. Nos. 
153 & 492. 
V. Kraussii Sch. Bip. Buluwayo, Dec.; Salisbury, May. Nos. 
150 & 624. 
V. MelleriO. & H. Salisbury, Aug. No. 
V. Poskeana Vatke & Hildebr. var. ee Fisk. Buluwayo, 
May. No. 344. 
é Randii S. Moore. Salisbury, July. No. et 
V. Tenoreana O. & H. Salisbury, July. No. 497. 
Detris fascicularis (Felicia fascicularis DC.). Buluwayo, May. 
No. 347. 
D. simulans (Aster simulans Harv.). Salisbury, Aug. No. 491. 
D. tenella (Felicia tenella Nees). Buluwayo, rage n. No. 185. 
Nidorella resedifolia DC. Buluwayo, Dec. 
Erigeron canadense L. Salisbury, Aug. No. 481, 
Buluwayo 
Laggera purpurascens Sch. Bip. calchey, July and Aug. Nos. 
480 & 500. 
Blumea gariepina DC. Bulawayo, Dec. No. 278. 
Epaltes gariepina Steetz. Buluwayo, May. No. 354. 
Spheranthus peduncularis DC. Buluwayo, May. No. 8 
a luteo-album L. Buluwayo and talidiary, Dec. 
Nos. 186 & 1 
