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teriores oblongce, intimse apicibus breviter patentibus aureis, cetero- 

 quin sordide fuscescentes fascia rubro-brunnea medio ornatae ; 

 receptaculum processibus minutis carnosis cuneatis obtusis emargi- 

 natis prseditum ; flores homogami ; pappi setae perpaucaB (3-4), infra 

 medium nudae, sursum gradatin plumosae, apice squamis inllatis 

 obtusis coronatse ; achaenia glabra. 



Hab. : Natal; rocky hill, Great Noodsberg, approx. alt. 900 meters. 

 Wood, 4142! near Karkloof, April, alt. 900-1,200 meters, Wood, 

 4456 ! (in herbb. Kew and Bolus). 



In habit and external appearance this much resembles H. ano- 

 malum Less., next to which it may be placed in the sequence of 

 South African species. It differs from that by its web-like papery 

 indumentum, much longer leaves, fewer-flowered homogamous heads,, 

 peculiar short fleshy receptacular processes, and by the inflated 

 hairs at the apex of the pappus bristles. The processes of the 

 receptacle have only been seen in a somewhat young stage of 

 development, and may prove, on examination of better material, to 

 be an important character. 



H. ACROPHiLUM Bolus, n. sp. (Lepicline § Aptera). 



H. foliis parvis suhsioathulatis , lamina expansa obcordata vel sub- 

 reniformi, capittUis homogamis + 4:5-floris, i^ivolucri sq^uamis dilute 

 flavidis, interioribus albidis. 



Fruticulus erectus ramosus, totus nisi capitula cano-tomentosus- 

 ad 30 cm. altus vel ultra ; rami pauci erecti subflexuosi rigidly 

 parce foliati, rarius numerosi conferti foliosi ; folia patentia sessilia 

 pleraque gemmifera subspathulata retusa, saepe apiculata, subtus 

 1-nervia, tomento intertexto vestita, lamina obcordata vel sub- 

 reniformi, saepe apiculata, 0'25-0-5 cm. longa, 0-3-0-7 cm. lata, 

 tota 0*5-1 cm. longa; capitula crateriformia vel semiglobosa, majora. 

 ad 0"9 cm longa, 1*4 cm. lata, pleraque 0-7-1 cm., ad apices ramu- 

 lorum in corymbum sublaxum 2-7-cephalum disposita ; involucri 

 squamae primo laxiuscule adpressae erecto-incurvae, dein patentes, 

 acutae scariosae glabrae concavae opacae, exteriores ovatae, dilute 

 flavidae, 0*3 cm. longae, interiores oblongae albidae, ad 0*7 cm. longae ; 

 receptaculi fimbrillis pallidis achaeniis subaequiiongis ; flores homo- 

 gami, circa 45, corollis 0-4 cm. longis ; pappi setae inferne bar- 

 bellatae, supra medium subplumosae ; achaenia papillata, 0-08 cm. 

 longa. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; district Ceres ; rocky mountain slopes on 

 the Skurfdebergen, near Gydouw, approx. alt. 1,500 meters, Dec. 

 (1891), F. Bolus (in herb. Bolus, 7552 !) ; on the Gydouwberg, 1,800 



