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



E. foliis lanceolatis integris ; capitulis terminations solitariis vet 

 binis, sessilibus ; involucri squamis circa 12, ultra medium connatis ; 

 radii flosculis 12-15, disci 50 ; achceniis clavatis, glabris. 



Suffrutex glaber, 2-3-pedalis; rami adscendentes, superiores foliosi, 

 inferiores nudi cicatricibus folioram delapsorum notati ; folia dense 

 conferta usque ad basin capitulorum, imbricata, sessilia, recurvo- 

 patentia, oblongo-lanceolata subaeuta cartilagineo-ciliolata, subtus 

 nervo valido percursa, 0-7-0-9 cm. longa, 0-2-0*28 cm. lata; capitula 

 terminalia, in pulvillo tomentoso sessilia, foliis floralibus parum 

 dilatatis arete cincta, turbinata 1-1*1 cm. longa; involucri squamae 

 circa 12, ultra medium connatae, cartilagineae, leves, pallide navae, 

 segmentis late lanceolatis minute ciliolatis ; receptaculum foveolatum; 

 radii flosculi 12-15, ligulis 1*4 cm. longis, disci circa 50, 0*45 cm. 

 longi, concolores, lineis 5 purpureis notati, segmentis lineari-lanceo- 

 latis acutis ; achaenia clavata, glabra, polita, - 24 cm. longa; pappi 

 setae breves, barbellatae. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; district Queenstown, on Hanglip Mt., alt. 

 about 1,850 meters, Nov., E. E. Galpin, 1620 ! on the Windvogel- 

 berg, 1,400 meters, June, Bev. Baur, 1117 ! (both in herb. Kew). 



This has the habit and general appearance of Gamolepis brachy- 

 poda DC, with similarly closely imbricated leaves ; but their shape is 

 quite different, and the heads in this are sessile, or nearly so. 



Lasiocoma, Bolus, gen. nov. (Compositarum e tribu Senecio- 



nidearum). 



Ex affinitate Euryopis a quo dijfert achceniis ft. 2 sterilibus 

 pappique in fl. $ defectu. 



Capitula heterogama radiata, floribus radii $ , 1-seriatis fertilibus, 

 disci $ sterilibus. Involucrum campanulatum, bracteis 1-seriatis, 

 subaequalibus, usque ad medium fere in cyathum connatis demum 

 subsolutis liberisve patentibus. Receptaculum planum, alveolatum, 

 septis elevatis dentibus paleseformibus acuminatis auctis. Fl. $ : 

 corollae ligulatse, lamina patente, parva, 3-dentata ; achaenia clavata, 

 a dorso compressa, lana densa alba accrescente demum longissima 

 vestita, calva. Fl. $ : Corollae regulares, tubulosae, limbo subinfun- 

 dibuliformi apice 5-fido ; antherae basi integrae obtusae ; styli rami 

 applanati, subtruncati, penicillati; achaenia tenuia, vacua, breviter 

 pubescentia pappo e satis barbellatis 1-seriatis numerosis coronata. 

 — Fruticulus erectus ramosus, glaber, 2-3-pedalis. Folia alterna 

 patentia, e basi semiamplexicauli linearia, ultra medium 3-fida, lobo 

 intermedio integro, lateralibus linearibus 2-fidis, 24obisve, omnibus 



