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acuminata, pinnatifida vel minora grosse dentata, lobis dentibusve 

 utrinque 2-5, subdeltoideis spinoso-acuminatis, interstitiis basi- 

 busque nudis, superne araneosa demum glabrescentia, creberrime 

 reticulato-venosa, inferne ssepe 1-nervia tomento intertexto arto 

 vestita, 3-5*5 cm. longa, 0*8-1-5 cm. lata ; lobis 0-2-0'4 cm. longis, 

 spinis 0*2 cm. longis ; capitula pauca 2-6 in apicibus ramulorum 

 laxissime corymbosa vel subsolitaria, mediocria, crateriformia, circa 

 2*5 cm. diam.; pedunculi bracteati, ad 4 cm. longi; involucri squamae 

 radiantes 4-seriatae, foliacese lineari-lanceolatae spinoso-acuminatse, 

 marginibus spinelloso-ciliatis, basi concretse superne glabrae 3-5-ner- 

 vatse, inferne tomentosae, 0*6-1*3 cm. longae ; receptaculum 0*6 cm. 

 diam., septis alveolorum breviter setaceis ; flores radii + 14, ligulis 

 1-2 cm. longis, disci + 60, corollis 0*7 cm. longis ; pappi squamae 

 variabiles obovatae oblongae vel oblanceolatae acutae vel subobtusae 

 lacerataB sericeae pallidas vel rarius purpureae, 0*15 cm. longae ; 

 achgenia turbinata sericeo-villosa. 



Hab. : Transvaal; Magaliesbergen near Aapies E., approx. alt. 

 1,800 meters, Jan., Schlechter, 4163 ! Crocodile and Magalies Es., 

 1,500 meters, May, Burtt Davy, 204! near Eustenburg, 1,380 meters, 

 Olive Nation, 322 ! (in herb. Bolus). 



This species is perhaps nearest in appearance to^. corymbosa DC, 

 but the pappus is very different in structure and is somewhat inter- 

 mediate in character between that of the § § Euberkheya and Stobasa. 

 Harvey mentions the same peculiarity in his notes upon B. seminivea 

 Harv. & Sond., and upon B. ? annectens Harv., in Flor. Cap., iii., 

 pp. 507, 509. 



Eeica Thodei Guthrie & Bolus in Dyer, Flor. Cap., iv. i., 284. 



This species was described upon scanty and somewhat withered 

 material. We now owe to Mr. Galpin excellent specimens which, 

 like Thode's, were gathered at a considerable elevation, but probably 

 at a different season. These show that the original description and 

 also the position assigned to the species in the genus, need revision. 



The following corrections may be noted : — 



E. Thodei G. & B. (§ Hermes) . . . petioles J— I the length of 

 the leaf -blade ; flowers axillary, subcalycine ; pedicels deflexed. 



The following is the new station : Drakensberg, marshy places, 

 Doodman's Krans Mt., district Barkly East, approx. alt. 2,690 meters, 

 March 7, 1904. Flowers white; growing socially in masses. Galpin, 

 6766! (in herbb. Kew, Galpin, Bolus, &c.). 



I propose to remove the species from the section Trigemma to the 

 section Hermes and to place it between E. longiaristata Benth., and 

 E. flavicoma Bartl., to both of which, but especially the latter, 



