436 



floribns involucro 4-phyllo scinipatiilo diiplo loiii^ioribus, 

 scricco-villosis, tiibo gracili, linibi lobis sabacutis; squa- 

 mis 8 subcarnosis, clavatis, basi sctnlosis; staraiuibus 

 snperiorlbns niillis! (^Struthiola scriceUj iiob. oliiu in 

 Hb. Dl Ige). 



ß. villosissima , ramulis foliisque (sacpe quaternata-ver- 

 ticillatis) densc sublanuginoso-villosis albicaulibus ( O. 

 sericea , y. villosissima ^ iiob. oliin in Hb. Dregc). 

 «. Lowryspas, in riipestribus moiitanis, alt, 1500 — 



2000 ped. (Ul. A. e.) Drt'ge, No. 7348. a. 

 ß. Diitoitskloof, locis saxosis montanis, alt, 2500 — 



3000 ped. (lll. A, e.) Drege, No. 7348. b. 



Rajni fcrc pedales, teretes, gracilos, inferne defoliati, 

 cortice atrofnsco rugnloso inferne glabro, foliorum cicatrici- 

 bus vix prorainulis, intcrnodiis 2 — 4 lin. longis; rainulisnb- 

 siiuplices, brcvcs, sursum magis nuigisquc incano-pubcscen- 

 tes, apice dcnsc albido- villosi. Folia inferiora sparsa, su- 

 pcriora ramnlornmqne constanter dccussato-opposita, vel ad 

 ramorum bifurcationem duobus paribus approximatis qnater- 

 nato-verticillata, suprcma patnla, sessilia, 4 — 6 lin. longa, 

 2^2 — ^ '•"• Jl^'^ta, subplana v. plerumque basi concava 

 margineque snbinflexa, flaTO-viridia, concolora, piibe subtus 

 longiore, inAma glabrescentia, supcriora et involucralia cae- 

 teris saeplus pauio majora et magis sericea. Flores 6 — 8 

 lin. longi, oxtiis ubiqne longiiiscule viilosi sericeo -splendcn- 

 tes, pallide llavi? tubo cvlindrico (ncc infuudibulifonni) fauce 

 v4x ampliata^ limbi lobis oblonge -lanceolatis erectis mar- l 

 gine involntis; squamae 8 Äsliuctae, geminatim sinnbus 

 oppositae, glandiilosac (quasi ceieae), flavae, obtusae, limbi 

 lobis dimidio breviores, basi atteiiuato-stipitatae et setnlia ■ 

 minutis ■albldis vix stipitem superantibus cinctae. Stamina^u 

 superiora absqne nllo vestigio desunt, (quam ob rem stirpcm 



