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acuminata, basin fere attingentia ; fructus maturus subcompresso- 

 globosus, (siccitate ?) rugulosus, atro-brunneus, 0'4 cm. longus eh 

 latus ; carpophora bipartita pallida (ceteris generis). 



Hab. : Cape Colony (South-eastern Eegion), district Kentani, 

 amongst grass {Erianthus capensis, Nees), alt. about 1,000 ft., n. 

 Dec, Miss A. Pegler, No. 891 ! (in herbb. Kew, Berlin and my own), 



Distinct by its much divided leaves and large spreading inflor- 

 escence. The species is dedicated to the Bev. F. C. Kolbe, D.D., of 

 Cape Town, who has distinguished himself by his love of Cape 

 botany, and his enthusiastic efforts in teaching and spreading a love 

 for it amongst others. 



Felicia maeitima, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositas-Asteroidese). 



F. foliis altemis, semiteretibus, camosis ; capitulis terminalibus T 

 solitariis, 4:0- floris ; involucro B-seriato ; achceniis hispidulis. 



Herba salsuginosa, humilis, decumbens ; rami graciles e caudice, 

 nunc adscendentes, nunc patentes, nodiis radicantes, glabri vel his- 

 piduli ; folia alterna subpauca, adscendentia, e basi dilatata semi- 

 amplexicaulique scariosa, lineari-semiteretia vel filiformia, obtusa, 

 carnosa, - 15-0-35 cm. longa, 0*07-0-12 cm. crassa ; capitula termi- 

 nalia, solitaria, turbinata, 0'5 cm. longa, 0*4 cm. diam. ; involucrum 

 3-seriatum, squamis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis, intimis 

 longioribus, floribus paullo brevioribus ; flores radii circ. 14, ligulis 

 albis ; flores disci circ. 25, flavi ; achaania hispidula, pappi setis sub- 

 paucis, barbellatis. 



Hab. : Cape Colony, in sandy ground near the sea-shore, inun- 

 dated in winter, Maitland, near Cape Town, fl. June, coll. A. Bolus 

 (Herb. Norm. Austr.-Afr., 1170 ; herb. Bolus, 6265 !). 



Allied to F. ficoidea, DC. (also a halophilous plant), but quite dis- 

 tinct by its slender habit, alternate, obtuse, narrower leaves, and 

 acute involucral bracts. 



Felicia Flanaganii, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositge-Asteroideae). 



F. foliis oppositis, petiolatis, ellipticis, ovatisve, integris ; pedun- 

 cidis monocephalis ; involucro 1-seriato, squamis pilosis ; floribus 

 radii 12, ligidis albis, disci ad 33, flavis ; achcEniis hispidulis ; pappo 

 1-seriato. 



Fruticulus procumbens, vel dependens, ramosus, ad 25 cm. longus ; 

 rami oppositi, graciles, pubescentes, pallidi, in pedunculo mono- 

 cephalo, nudo, pubescente, pallido, pleroque 8-12 cm. longo, desi- 

 nentes ; folia patentia, opposita, petiolata, petiolo 0'3-0 - 5 cm. longo, 

 lamina elliptica, ovatave, obtusa, obscure apiculata, submembranacea, 



