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folia sparsa conferta imbricata, adscendentia vel patentia, linearia 

 acuta mucronulata, pleraque curva, viridia, 1-1*2 cm. longa, 

 0'06-0-07 cm. lata ; capitula terminalia solitaria subsessilia, obconica 

 vel transverse semi-ovata, basi angustata, radiis exemptis 05-06 cm. 

 longa, apice 0'6 cm. lata ; involucri squamae multiseriatae, appressae, 

 imbricatae, exterior ibus brevissimis, intermediis, lanceolatis acumi- 

 natis laceratis, apicem versus membranaceis, 0*6 cm. longis, intimis 

 apice in laminam ovatam membranaceam discolorem dilatatis, 

 0*7 cm. longis ; flores radii 12-14, patentes, ligulis oblongis 3-dentatis, 

 0*7 cm. longis, disci numerosi. 



Hab. : Transvaal Colony ; district Lydenburg, Graskop near 

 Pilgrim's Kest, on the edge of the Drakensbergen, Jan., /. Burtt- 

 Davy, 1474 ! (in herb. Kew, my own, &c). 



This species is very distinct and unlike any other in its foliage. 

 The membranous dilatation of the tips of the inner involucral scales 

 is also larger than in any other. 



Eumorphia prostrata, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Anthemideae). 



E. prostrata, ramis radicantibus, foliis plerisque indivisis, hinc 

 inde bifidis albo-sericeis, receptaculum paleis paucis tantum sub 

 floribus exterioribus auctum. 



Fruticulus prostratus, ramis radicantibus nudis, glabris, ad 25 cm. 

 longis, ramulis foliosis patentibus, 2-6 cm. longis ; folia subdensa, 

 juniora fasciculata, incurva vel recurva, sessilia, linearia vel 

 spathulato-linearia acuta ; pleraque indivisa hinc inde bifida, basi 

 connata, pubescentia albo-sericea arete appressa nitente vestita, 

 06-1 cm. longa, Ol-0'15 cm. lata, suprema abbreviata in bracteas 

 foliaceas usque ad basin capitulorum abeuntia ; capitula terminalia, 

 solitaria, hemisphaerica, brevissime pedunculata vel subsessilia, 

 O^-O^ cm. longa, 0"6-0"7 cm. lata ; involucri squamae 3-4-seriatae, 

 erectae, exterioribus brevioribus deltoideis interioribus lanceolatis 

 oblongisque omnibus acutis albo-sericeis ; receptaculum paleis paucis 

 praecipue sub floribus exterioribus auctum ; flores radii 10-14, ligulis 

 patentibus reflexisve, oblongis albis, 0*6-0' 7 cm. longis, flores disci 

 numerosi flavi ; ovaria immatura glabra. 



Hab. : Gape Colony; district Barkly East, summit of Doodman's- 

 Krantz-Mt., approx. alt. 2,800-2,970 meters, March 8, 1904, 

 E. E. Galpin, 6700 ! (in herb. Kew, my own, &c). 



This comes near to E. sericea Wood & Evans, but is dis- 

 tinguished by its prostrate habit, shorter, more appressed and shiny 

 indument, and its smaller heads with shorter rays. The paleae on 

 the receptacle in the head examined are very few, 



