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longis ; folia alterna erecta petiolata, petiolo 0*7-0*8 cm. longo, 

 foliolis linearibns, apice basique angustatis, mucronulatis, marginibus 

 reflexis, superne delicate reti-venosis, pallidioribus, inferne nervo 

 medio valde prominente, 6-7 cm. longis, 0-4-0-5 cm. latis ; stipulac 

 subulatae, longe acuminata, 0-8-0*9 cm. longae ; pedunculi axillares, 

 patentes, graciles, 5-6 cm. longi, apicem versus articulati, ad 

 articulum bracteola setacea - 4 cm. longa ornati ; calyx campanu- 

 latus, persistens, segmentis lanceolatis, acuminatis, subaequalibus, 

 nervo medio perspicuo, superioribus usque ad medium connatis, 

 inferioribus fere ad basin liberis, corollam aequantibus vel saepius 

 excedentibus ; vexillum glabrum, carina aequilongum, 1*3 cm. 

 longum ; legumen oblique ovatum pilosum 2-spermum, stylo per- 

 sistente desinens, 3 cm. longum, 0-8-1 cm. latum. 



Hab. : Transvaal Colony, in grassy places, " High Veld," near 

 Carolina, approx. alt. 1,790 meters, Jan., Bolus, 11842 (in herb. 

 Kew, my own, &c). 



Metalasia pallida, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositse-Inuloideae 

 M. aduncce affinis, sed foliis nee uncinatis, capitulis 10-fl., involucri 

 squamis petaloideis 2-3-seriatis. 



Suffrutex erectus, totus pallidus, 25-30 cm. altus ; rami adscen- 

 dentes, cano-tomentosi, vel vetustiores glabrescentes, internodiis 

 0-2-0*3 cm. longis ; folia sparsa, erecta, lineari-lanceolata, mucronata, 

 stricta nee torta, involuta, inferne glaberrima, nitentia, obscure 

 1-nervia, axillis nudis, 0-7-1 cm. longa, 0-2-0'3 cm. lata; corymbus 

 confertus, pedunculis 0'2-0 - 3 cm. longis, capitulis discretis 12-20, 

 cylindricis, 0'8-l cm. longis 0-3-0-4 cm. latis ; involucri squamae 

 exteriories 3-4-seriatae, appressae, lineares, acuminatae, sphacelato- 

 mucronulatae, araneosae, 0-2-0-5 cm. longae, interiores petaloideae, 

 2-3-seriatae, erectae, obtusae, apice concavae, albas, 0-6-0*7 cm. longae, 

 0-1-0*2 cm. latae ; achaenia tereti-subtriangularia, glabra, punctulata, 

 0-2 cm. longa ; pappi setae capillaceae, barbellatae, albae. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; Prince Albert Division ; on the Zwartebergen, 

 near Zwartberg Pass, in rocky places, approx. alt. 1,080 meters, 

 Dec, H Bolus, 11542 (in herb. Kew, my own, &c). 



Metalasia strictifolia, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositse-Inuloideae). 



M. aduncce proxima, sed foliis erectis, strictis nee uncinatis, axillis 

 gemmiferis , dis tinguitnr . 



Fruticulus ramosissimus, fere undique araneoso-tomentosus, 

 15-20 cm. altus ; rami adscendentes, conferti, 4-7 cm. longi ; folia 

 sparsa, erecta, lineari-lanceolata, pungenti-mucronata, araneosa, 



