ALABASTRA DIVERSA 459 
0: m. lat., interiora 0°83 cm. long., 0:08 em. lat. Vloeeniorum 
foem sale 0:2 cm. long., ima basi parum dilatata ; spe 1 
hermaph. corolla a basi sensim amplificata, vix git 
Anthere pe eee Flosculorum hermaph. styli pars gael 
0:2 cm. long. Achenia oblonga, 0:06 cm. long.; pappi sete circa 
0: — cm. ORB 
ucro- 
solitariis, involucro 
guste lineari-lanceolatis obtuse puberais 
Hab. Damaraland, 1879; T. G@ on (Herb. ust Brit.). 
. lat., demum 
‘ a 0 
phylla extima 0:2 cm. long.; interiora circa ‘03 om. long., et 
0-05 em. lat. Flosculorum fom. corolla 0:22 ¢ 
dilatata flosculorum hermaph. 0°32 cm 
dilatata. Antherse re incluse. 
sat validi pars exserta 0-2 cm. long. Achenia immatura oblonga ; 
pappi sete vix 0°3 cm. oho 
lt gi easure to associate ie this genus the name 
A.L.8., who for nearly thirty 
a. chrysops, sp. Nov. Caule s 
lari aaa I biaristato onustis : 
Hab. Laskarato, Somaliland, 1899; Dr. Donaldson Smith (Herb. 
Mus. Brit.). 
Folia 40-60 cm. long., 1°0-1°8 ¢ . lat., in sicco viridia, 
petiolis hispidis 0°3 cm. long. fulta. “Cyme 6° -0-10°0 ¢ ng. 
Pedunculi graciles. Capitula 1:5 cm. diam. Involucri phylla 
arma 0 . long., 0°13 em. lat.; intima 0°4 em. long. et 0°3 cm 
lat. Palex obovato-oblonge, oe tridentate chideindwie luteole, 
nigro-unilineate, 0°5 ¢ seen 8 em. long., 0°5 cm 
lat. Achenia disci 0°4 ¢ g. riste 0° 15.0: 25 em. long. 
Sable from its congeners 
An elegant species, readily vistinguis 
by reason of vl ntire lanceolate leaves, 
involucral leay 
small capitula, and short 
E ee Ascendens, humilis, sparsim 
ramulosus, eas dense folios raibhaschibed albo- araneoso-pubes- 
