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centibus, foliis seasilibus oblanceolatis obtusis integris vel apice 
dibescsutl bus vel paberilie, “panel folia multo oe 
glabris, capitulis mediocribus terminalibus, involucri late ca 
panulati phyllis 11-12 sepe inequalibus plerisque lanceolatis val 
lineari-lanceolatis nonnullis oblongo-ovatis glabris, acheniis 
angulari- oaindcitie 10. costatis hispidulis 
Hab. Somaliland, near Lake Marsabit, 1898 ; Lord Delamere 
(Herb. Mus. Brit.). 
Folia 2°0-3°0 cm. long., 0:2-0°6 em. lat. eager rhe 10:0 cm. 
long., in eS striati. Capitula usque ad 1°5 cm. diam. 
hei fn et ‘65-0°8 em. long., 0:13-0-2 cm. lat., raro usque 
ad 0-4 ., Margine scariosa, ve um eminenter pluristriata. 
Beceptaculum convexum, levissime alveolatum. Radii flosculi 
circa 14. Ligule oblong, tridentate, 0-2 cm. lat.; disci floscu- 
lorum interdum abortivorum corolla infundibularis. Achenia 
02cm. long. Pappi set caducissime, scabride, 0:4 em. lon 
very distinct species, most like FE. Dregeana Sch. Bip. ; its 
leaves, ligules, &c., are, however, quite different from those of the 
From a geographical point of view, this is extremely 
interesting. 
Tripteris angustissima, sp.nov. Suffrutex, caule ascendente 
robusto cortice 585i eg circumdato foliorum evanidorum reliquiis 
cerebro induto, ramulis foliosis oer foliis alternis lanceolatis 
prpeniierpersans btn plus minus amplexicaulibus sparsim denti- 
ulatis superioribus integerrimis hirto-puberulis, capitulis parvis 
auriculis acutis, flosculorum hermaph. stylo obscurissime bifido, 
radii aes lineari-clavatis angustissime 3-alatis 
Gan Poa, Somaliland, 1899; Dr. gels Smith 
(Herb. Mus. Bri 
Caulis circa ae m. diam., radicibus Validis elongatis distanter 
fibrilliferis suffultis, GH us que ad . lon at 
(modica vero 4:0 x 0-8-1:0 cm.). Padaicut 5-0-10°0 cm. long., 
foliis pe 1- : ineuibus circa 0-5 cm. long. onusti. Involucri 
phylla 0°5 ¢ ong. et circa 0°13 cm. lat. Ligule 1-0 cm. long., 
0°25 cm. sk 4-nervosa. Flosculorum hermaph. corolla vix 
0°5 cm. oe juxta basin subito angustata. Radii achenia glabra, 
0:6-0'7 ¢ ong., basi 0°06 cm. superne 0:14 em. diam.; ale 
alba 
At first sight this might pass for an Osteospermum; indeed, it is 
not at all unlike O. herbaceum L. The fruit, however, is that of 
Tripteris, tho at he wings are almost invisible un til the achenes — 
have been moistened. The relatively long and ag achenes with 
their subobsolete wings, together with the ne clothing, the 
membranous denticulate leaves, and the small heads on long 
peduncles, are the oes tive marks of the siaeiad 
Fagelia (§ Scarosz) falklandica, sp. nov. op feacteacean: pilis 
albidis pilulosa, foliis ‘Sadicalibus saat vel ovato-oblongis obtusis 
