186 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
C. subulata (Berkheya subulata Harv.). No. 976. 
aplocarpha scaposa Harv. No. 
_ Meridiana Krebsiana O. Kuntze (Gazania Krebsiana Less.). 
Nos. 756, 757. 
Perdicium piloselloides Hiern (Gerbera piloselloides ine “ No. 894. 
P. discolor (Gerbera discolor Sond.). Nos. 769, 7 
Crepis polyodon Bolus. - No. 768. 
Lactuca capensis Thbg.- No. 764. 
Ww SpEcIES COLLECTED sy Capt. Barrert-Haminton. 
. Before leaving for home, Capt. Barrett-Hamilton, already known 
for his consignments of plants from the north-east part of the 
Orange River Colony, took the opportunity of a visit to the 
Western cg aire and Griqualand West to gather specimens for 
the Museum. Of ee several prove to be new species, and three 
are desahtbed below 
Osteos ospermum “‘Hamilt oni, sp. nov. Suffrutex humilis, ra- 
mulis verisimiliter procambentibus vel saltem patentissimis abunde 
foliosis, foliis parvis sessilibus ambitu oblongis pinnatifidis utrinque 
ii ed 
4-5-j s 1-2 cauli approximatis) summis nonnunqua 
integris vel subintegris lobis linearibus acutis lamina ¢c 
ramulis pilis perbrevibus glandulosis conspers vulis 
circa 11-flosculosis, involucri campanulati phyllis subbiserialibus 
eirca 7 ari-lanceolatis acutis branaceis 
te line 
ciliolatis dorso breviter glandulosis, receptaculo plano nudo, ligulis 
7-8 oblongis apice obscure 8-denticulatis, oe ig subteretibus 
omnimodo oey rugatis vel verrucosis glandulo 
H ualand West, betwee ee Streams Station 
see Schmidt's Drift. (Also Griqualand West; Mrs. Barber in 
erb 
Folia 0: 50° 8 cm. long., 0:4 em. lat. ; lobi modice 0:2 em. long., 
0-1 cm. lat. Involucri phylla 0-4 cm. long., O-l cm. lat. Ligule 
0°3 cm, long. osec. sterilium corolle 0-2 cm. long. Achenia 
one 0: i em. long., 0°2 cm. diam., lete brunnem, verruce fere 
‘A strongly scented plant,” according to Mrs. Sk 
om 0. muricatum HE. Mey. in its small leaves, few- 
flowered heads, smaller more deeply rugulose glandular rtd &e. 
Platycarpha parvifolia, sp.nov. Subacaulis caule — 
vel semel diviso robusto dense et mtd foliis parvis lineari- 
oblanceolatis obtusis integris vel summ m aliquantulum denticu- 
latis supra viridibus glandulis immersis aati indutis subtus albo- 
lanatis subcoriaceis basi a va eae m lata longam 
decolorem tenuiter membran din B27. precardae dilatatis foliorum 
timorum lamina imminnta “ia quam —— —* re, onan 
bene superantibus, antherarum loculis bieiees cntadatiig ae ramis 
