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inferioribus sterilibus, abbreviates, 07-1/5 cm. longis, foliis imbri- 

 catis dense vestitis, superioribus florigeris elongatis, 5-10 cm. longis, 

 foliis remotioribus usque ad basin capitulorum ; folia sparsa saepe 

 gemmifera, sessilia, appressa, ovata, crassa, glabra, nitida, juniora 

 acuta, vetustiora demum longe cuspidato-acuminata, 0-2-0"4 cm. 

 longa, cuspidibus membranaceis, setiformibus, brunneis, laminam 

 aequantibus vel excedentibus, subtus 3-nerva, nervo medio pro- 

 minente, incrassato, longe decurrente, nervis lateralibus nunc 

 obscuris nunc etiam incrassatis decurrentibusque ; capitula in 

 ramulis superioribus nunc brevibus nunc elongatis, terminalia, 

 solitaria, corymbos irregulares laxos mentientia ; involucrum hemi- 

 sphsericum, squamis erectis, imbricatis, 4-serialibus, glabris, siccis, 

 rigide papyraceis, pallidis, exterioribus brevioribus, ovatis, sub- 

 obtusis, carinatis, interioribus oblongis, basi calyculatum, 0*7-0"8 

 cm. longum et latum ; receptaculum convexum, pilis brevissimis 

 articulatis parce sparsum ; flores radii 1-seriales, circa 10-14, ligulis 

 oblongis albis, 0*7 cm. longis ; fl. disci $ , ca. 45-50, 5-lobi, tubo 

 glanduligero, flavi, 0'3 cm. longi, styli truncati, breviter ciliolati 

 fimbriative ; acheenia cylindrica, 10-costulata, glandulosa, pallida, 

 0*2 cm. longa ; pappus subnullus vel costulis in denticulos brevis- 

 simos productis. 



Hab. : Cape Colony: South-western Kegion ; rocky mountain-side 

 on the Zwartberg Pass, distr. Prince Albert, alt. about 4,700 ft., 

 Dec. (1904) H. Bolus, 11551. 



Distinct by its peculiar, very small, appressed, ovate, thick leaves. 

 In other respects it may be near the little-known Ph. junceum Less. 

 {Osteospermum junceum Thunb.), which does not seem to have been 

 collected since Thunberg's time, and (according to Harvey) is now 

 only represented in his herbarium by a very poor deflorate specimen. 

 In habit it bears some resemblance to Ph. aciculare (Iocaste acicularis 

 E. Mey.). The plant was somewhat abundant where found. 



Osteospermum TRiPiNNATUM, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositas-Calendulese). 



0. foliis S-pinnatipartitis ; capitulis paucis, fastigiato-corymbosis 

 in pedunculis sublongis paucif oliatis vel subnudis ; involucri squamis 

 %-3-serialibus, lanceolatis ; floribus radii 15-20, disci oo ; achceniis 

 tereti-clavatis, verrucosulis. 



Herba lignosa vel fruticulus erectus ramosus, verisimiliter 2J- 

 pedalis vel ultra ; caulis validus, striatus, rugosus, pallidus, 0*5 cm. 

 crassus, cum ramis ramulisque pilis rigidis patentibus hirsutus ; 

 rami pauci adscendentes foliosi, superiores in corymbis pauci- 

 ramosis, subfastigiatis, 2-3-pedunculatis, desinentes ; folia alterna 



