Contributions to the African Flora. 139' 



latis ; radii florib us 20-24, disci oc ; pappo e setis barbellatis 11-15, 

 corolla tubum cequantibus, paleis brevibus intermixtis. 



Fruticulus humillimus, acaulescens ? (specimen unicum caudice 

 carptum ut videtur nee radices ostendit), totus cum pedunculo 9 cm. 

 altus ; rami (duo, in exempl. nostr.) lignosi, dense foliosi, circ. 2 cm. 

 longi ; folia numerosissima, dense conferta, totum caulem obtegentia, 

 patentia, oblongo-spathulata, obtusa, basin versus angustata, sub- 

 sessilia, 1-3-1-8 cm. longa, sub apice 02 cm.- lata, subfcus obscure 

 nervata, lana densa alba, incertexta, omnino vestita ; pedunculi 

 graciles, monocephali, pilis noccosis, minimis, paucis, 6 cm. longi ; 

 capitula campanulata, 1*3 cm. longa, 1*6 cm. diam., involucrum 5-6- 

 seriatum, bracteis numerosis, erectis, appressis, planis, oblongis, 

 anguste ellipticisve apice angustatis obtusiusculis, scariosis, exteri- 

 oribus sensim brevioribus ; receptaculum epaleaceum, foveolatum ; 

 flores radii 20-24, navi, ligulis oblongis, obtuse 3-dentatis, pappo 2- 

 seriato e setis 11-15, longis, barbellatis, corollae tubum sequantibus 

 cum paleis brevibus intermixtis, achaeniis dense pilosis ; flores disci 

 navi, oo, pappo achaeniisque, ut in 2 • 



Hab. : Cape Colony, South-western region, district Worcester, on 

 the Matroosberg, alt. circ. 6,500 ft., fl. Jan., A. Bolus (6367 ! in my 

 herb.). 



This species is interesting as an example of a mountain form, or 

 of what is often called an " Alpine " form (an objectionable term, as 

 I venture to think, because of its ambiguity as leading to a possible 

 conception of the Alps of Europe). While very near its congeners 

 in general structure, it is completely different in habit from them all. 

 On the same mountain (the loftiest in the South-western region of 

 South Africa, and attaining a height of 7,400 ft.), several other plants 

 of. a similar habit have recently been found by Dr. E. Marloth, who 

 has published an interesting paper on them in the Transactions of 

 this Society, vol. xi., part 3, pp. 161-168, with several illustrations. 

 One of the species figured (Felicia bellidioides, Schltr.), though a 

 herb, very much resembles the present species in habit. I have but 

 one specimen of the latter, which seems to have been broken off 

 just above the collar. 



Phymaspermum appressum, Bolus, n. sp. (Composite- Anthemidese). 



Ph. foliis arete appressis, ovatis, cuspidatis, minimis ; capitulis 

 terminalibus , hemisphcericis ; involucri squamis 4:-serialibus, glabris ; 

 receptaculo convexo ; floribus radii 10-14, disci 40-50. 



Suffrutex erectus, ramosus, 2-4 - pedalis ; rami adscendentes, 

 tenues, foliosi, nervis foliorum decurrentibus striati, tomentosi, 



