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deinde vel pilosa, vel rarius glabrescentia, saepissime axillis gem- 

 miferis, 0-5-0-9 cm. longa ; capitula 5-10-glomerata, glomerulis 

 1-1*5 cm. latis, discreta nee indumento intertexta, cylindrico-cam- 

 panulata, 5-fl., 0-9 cm. longa, apice 0-2-0-4 cm. lata; involucri 

 squamae exteriores 3-seriatae, appressae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, 

 mucronulatae, 0-3-0-6 cm. longae, petaloideae 1-seriatae, patentes, 

 lineares, obtusae, albae, flores excedentes, 0-8 cm. longae, 0*2 cm. 

 latae ; pappi setae copiosae, filiformes, serrulatae, albae, longitudine 

 inter flores et squamas petaloideas intermediae. 



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

 Zwartebergen, near Zwartberg Pass, in rocky places, approx. alt. 

 1,850 meters, Dec, H. Bolus, 11990 (in herb. Kew, my own, &c). 



Bojeria nutans, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Inuloideae). 



B. foliis basi auriculatis ; capituUs axillaribus solitariis, 

 nutantibus. 



Frutex erectus, 5-pedalis, undique scaberulus ; rami virgati, striati, 

 internodiis 2-2-5 cm. longis ; folia adscendentia, ovato-lanceolata vel 

 lanceolata, acuta, basin versus angustata, semi-amplexicaulia, late 

 auriculata, serrata, nerviis primariis subtus prominentibus, adscen- 

 dentibus, utrinque 7-8, subtus pallidiora, 5-13 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. 

 lata ; pedunculi solitarii in axillis foliorum superiorum, nutantes, 

 graciles, 4-6-5 cm. longi, bracteolis foliaceis, 3-4, lanceolatis, sub 

 capitulo approximatis, circa 1*5 cm. longis ; capitula cyathiformia, 

 2 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata ; involucri squamae 4-seriatae, lanceolatae, 

 intimis linearibus, acuminatissimis, flores acquantibus, herbaceae, 

 virides, marginibus submembranaceis, sericeo-ciliatis, apicibus 

 barbatis, discoloribus, - 5-l'5 cm. longae; corollae cylindricae, 1*1 cm. 

 longae, limbo 0*15 cm. longo ; styli rami insigniter atro-brunnei ; 

 achaenia glanduloso-pubesceDtia, 0*3 cm. longa, setis pappi barbellatis, 

 persistentibus, extimis brevissimis, intimis corollam aequantibus. 



Hab. : Orange Eiver Colony ; Witzie's Hoek, grassy slopes near 

 the summit of Mapedi's Peak, approx. alt. 2,650 meters, Feb., Justus 

 Thode 21 ! ; Basutoland, river banks above Buffalo River Waterfall ; 

 approx. alt. 2,500 meters, March, E. E. Galpin, 6659 ! 



Pegolettia dentata, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositse-Asteroideae). 



P. foliis oblongis, grosse dentatis, pappo biseriato exterior e e setis 

 pluribus brevissimis, interior e e setis 5-7 multo longioribus barbellatis. 



Fruticulus humilis erectus ramosus, parce brevissimeque 

 glanduloso-puberula ; rami pauci divaricati, rigidi inferne nudi, 

 sursum nunc pauce nunc dense foliati, vetustiores cicatricibus 



