Contributions to the African Flora. 389 



Senecio theemarum, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Senecionideae). 



S. ambifario Sp. Moore, proximus, sed pedunculis solitariis, floribus 

 numerosioribus, foliis brevioribus differt. 



Herba annua, erecta, tota pallida, cum pedunculis ca. 25 cm. alta ; 

 rami adscendentes, foliosi, ad 9 cm. longi, internodiis O3-0-4 cm. 

 longis ; folia sessilia, erecto-patentia, oblanceolata, acuta, obscure 

 nervata, membranacea, juniora araneosa, demum glaberrima, 3-4 cm. 

 loDga, 0*8-1 cm. lata ; pedunculi terminales, solitarii, graciles, nudi, 

 leves, apice paullo dilatati, 20 cm. longi ; capitula campanulata, 

 homogama, discoidea, 1 cm. longa ; 0*8 cm. lata ; involucri squamge 

 8, oblongae, deltoideo-acutae, marginatae glaberrimge, 0*6 cm. longae, 

 0"15-0"2 cm. latae ; nores ca. 23 albi, corollis medio abrupte dilatatis, 

 - 6 cm. longis, segmentis acutis, papillosis ; ovaria teretia, apice 

 truncata, 4 striata, striis scabris. 



Hab. : Transvaal ; Waterberg District ; among shrubs near Warm 

 Bath, approx. alt. 1,150 meters, Jan., H. Bolus, 12034 ; Boschveld, 

 Klippan, Behmann 5241 ! Delagoa Bay Collection, Schlechter, 11727 

 (precise station not available). 



Euryops Gilfillanii, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Senecionideae). 



E. acaule, foliis radicalibus gramineis, scapo monocephalo. 



Ehizoma breve sublignosum, lana sordida cum reliquiis foliorum 

 delapsorum coronatum ; folia omnia radicalia erecta linearia vel 

 marginibus involutis saepe filiformia, plerisque indivisis hinc inda 

 paucis bifidis trifidisque, obtusa, rigida, glabra, apice sphacelata, basi 

 dilatata, scariosa, multinervia, pallida, 6-12 cm. longa, 0'1 cm. lata; 

 scapus solitarius gracilis, monocephalus, nudus, glaber, 18-30 cm. 

 longus ; capitulum hemisphericum, 0*4-0'5 cm. diametro. Involucri 

 squamae 9-11, ovato-lanceolatae acutae vel acuminatae, infra medium 

 connatae, glabrae; flores radii 9-10, ligulis patentibus 0*4 cm. longis, 

 disci numerosissimi ; ovaria ovoidea, puberula. 



Hab. : Transvaal Colony ; district Middelburg, near Witbank 

 Eailway Station, Dec, D. F. Gilfillan (No. 7201 of Mr. Galpin's 

 distribution ! in herb. Kew, my own, &c). 



In habit this is very different from any of the genus known to 

 me, more resembling that of some of the stemless Othonnae. The 

 approximate altitude of the station is not given by the collector, 

 and I have no data at hand to refer to. It is in what is so well 

 known as the " High Yeld " of the Transvaal, and probably between 

 5,000 and 6,000 ft. above the sea. There are numerous coal-mines 

 in the vicinity. 



