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patentia, sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, circum scrip tione lanceolata, 

 2-3-pinnati-partita, 3-5, usque ad 7*5 cm. longa, ad 3 cm. lata, 

 rhachi hirsuta, segmentis parce pubescentibus forte viscidulisque, 

 pinnis irregulariter dispositis, ima basi simplicibus brevissimis, 

 superioribus pinnulatis, ad 1*5 cm. longis, pinnulis nunc linearibus 

 simplicibus, nunc, in foliis majoribus, incisis, lobulis ultimis semper 

 linearibus acutis ; pedunculi monocephali, 5-9 cm. longi, bracteis 

 1-2, minimis, foliiformibus ; capitula subhemisphaerica 0*8 cm. longa, 

 1 cm. diam., involucri squamae 25-30, erectae pleraeque 2-, rarius 

 sub 3-seriales, lanceolatae, acutae, rigidae, externe scabrido-puberulae, 

 pallidae, 0-5-0-6 cm. longae ; flores radii circa 18, ligulis angustis, 

 0-8-0-9 cm. longis ; flores disci oo ; achaenia clavata obsolete tri- 

 quetra, transverse verrucosulo-rugosa, brunnea, 0*4-0-43 cm. longa. 



Hab. : Griqualand West, Kalahari Eegion, " near the Kloof Village 

 in the Asbestos Mountains, September 25, 1811," Burcliell, 1670 

 (according to N. E. Brown, Kew) ; near Griquatown (within forty 

 miles of the first-named station), sent by Mrs. Or pen in 1873, 

 No. 8303 in my herb. 



This is very distinct from any species known to me. In its much 

 cut leaves it approaches to 0. tanaceti folium MacOwan, but in other 

 respects not only the leaves but the habit and inflorescence are very 

 different. 



Erica milanjiana, Bolus, n. sp. (§ Ceramia). 



E. foliis 4:-nis ; floribus terminalibus, A-nis ; corolla cyathiformi, 

 segmentis erectis; filamentis linearibus latitudine czqualibus ; antheris 

 exsertis, muticis ; ovariis sericeo-lanatis . 



Eami diffusi, gracillimi, glanduloso-hirti, cum pedicellis ferruginei, 

 20-25 cm. longi ; folia subdensa, patentia, 4-na, elliptico-oblonga, 

 utrinque angustata, acuta, plana, marginibus reflexis, minute hispi- 

 dula, distanter glanduloso-ciliolata, subtus pallidiora, 04 cm. longa ; 

 flores terminales, 4-ni ; pedicelli gracillimi, patentes, flexuosi, glandu- 

 loso-hirti, 0-6-0*7 cm. longi ; bracteolae subapproximatae, lineares, 

 minuta? ; sepala subulata, acuta vel acuminata, ciliolata, colorata, 

 •0-1 cm. longa; corolla cyathiformis, vix vel non apice contracta, 

 glabra, rosea, 0*25 cm. longa, limbi segmentis erectis, late rotundatis 

 longitudine tertiam partem tubi aequantibus ; filamenta linearia, 

 •e basi sursum aequalia ; antherae exsertae, laterales, oblongae, obtusae, 

 muticae, 0*09 cm. longae, poro duplo longiores ; stylus longe exsertus, 

 validus, sursum gradatim angustatus ; stigma capitellatum ; ovarium 

 sericeo-lanatum. 



Hab. : British Central Africa, Milanji Plateau, coll. T. McClounie 

 (in herb Kew). 



