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vestito, lloribus involucro lougioribus extus sericeo-pubes- 

 ceiitibiis. 



a) Locis deprcssis argillosis iuter Poortjc et Nieiiw- 

 kerkslioogte, alt. 4000 — 5000 ped. (I. c.) 



b) Nieuweveld, alt. 3000 — 4000 ped. (I. d.) 



c) Circa Limoeufouteiu in Winterveld, alt. 3000 — 3500 

 ped. (I. d.) 



Fnitex sesqnipedalis, raraosissimiis, paucifolius, habitii 

 fere Gcnisiae purgaiitls et affniium, caule ramis foliisque 

 giaberrimis. Caulis teres, infenie crassitie pciinae auseriuae, 

 cortice' leviter rimoso v, siibverrncoso opaco flavescente, epi- 

 dermidc cinerea partim siipcrstitc. Rami sparsi, erecti, 

 graciles, teretcs, crassitie peniiae corviiiae, virides, levissi- 

 me striatuli, iul'orue defoliati, iuteruodiis 2 — 6 lin. longis, 

 foliorum cicatricibus non promiuulis; ramiili ultlrni racemosi 

 V. coryrabosi, siiiguli capitulo terininati. l^Wea sparsa, semi- 

 patala, subsessilia (petiolo vix Yj lin. longo v. plane nullo) 

 linearia v. lineari - lanceolata, acuta, basi attenuata, plana, 

 pallide viridia (glanccscentia?) concolora, supraavenia, snb- 

 tiis obsolete pennincrvia, adulta 4 — 6 lin. longa, 1 — IVa 

 lin. lata. Capitnla terminalia, nnmeroaissimay in ciijnscuu- 

 qnc ramiili apice solitaria, pedunculata (i. c. rainuli apice 

 apliyllo 4 — 8 lin. longo suirulta) involucro ovato-conico v. 

 cylindraceo, arctiusculo cincta, 4-, rarius 6 — 8-llora. fn- 

 volucri folioJa (bracteac) circiter 3 - serialia, imbricata, 

 inaequalia^ mcmbranaceo-snbpaleacea, tennia, livide palli- 

 dcque Ilavescentia, extus minute adpresseque subsericeo- 

 pilosula; infima s, ea:tima rcliq«iis dimidio v. subfriplo bre- 

 viora, subrotiinda v. latc ovala, obtnsa v. suJjacnta, phi- 

 niuscula, patcntia, glabrcscentia, intus tota et extus basi v. 

 raargine plus minus sanguineo-colorata, 1 '/^ — ^ lin. longi, 

 2 — 3 lin. lala; inlcriora (sccuudi ordinis s. intornicdia) 

 orccta, adprcsse iinbricato- counivcntla, lalr ovalia v. ovata 



