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as to its identity with that species. By the kindness of M. Casimir 

 de Candolle, of Geneva, who has compared my plant with the type 

 in the " Prodromus herbarium," this probability has been rendered a 

 certainty. The plant has since been collected by Mr. C. L. Leipoldt, 

 whose notes on his ticket are interesting ; a bush which seems to be 

 as attractive to sheep as it certainly is to insects (for a large propor- 

 tion of all the flower-heads seen have been attacked) must have a 

 hard struggle for existence. 



Plate XL, fig. 1, Involucre; 2, ? flower, the ovary deprived of 

 its wool ; 3, $ flower ; 4, stamens ; 5, a hair of the pappus from 

 the £ flower, x 30 ; 6, mature achene of the $ fL, with wool and 

 half-concealed corolla, x 2; 7, mature achene of ? fl., deprived of 

 its wool, x 4 ; 8, section of ditto ; 9, style branches of the $ ; 10, 

 ditto of the ? fl. ; 11, receptacle. 



Gamolepis inteemedia, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Senecionideae). 



G. foliis, inermibus, erecto-patentibus , pinnatisectis, subcamosis. 



Herba perennis, diffusa, undique glabra 30 cm. alta; rami late 

 patentes incurvique, foliosi, saepius 5-7 cm. longi ; folia subopposita, 

 erecto-patentia, dense imbricata, linearia, integra vel saepissime sur- 

 sum pinnatifida, lobis utrinque 3-4, linearibus, acutis, subcarnosa, 

 semi-amplexicaulia, 1-1 "5 cm. longa, 0*2-0*3 cm. lata, lobis 0*15 cm. 

 longis ; pedunculi axillares late patentes, incurvi, filiformes, levissimi, 

 purpurei, 8-10 cm. longi ; capitula crateriformia, 0*6 cm. longa, 1 cm. 

 lata; involucri squamae 13-14, acuminatae, purpureas, tubum aequantes; 

 flores radii circa 13, ligulis 0*5 cm. longis ; achaenia clavata, 10 costata, 

 rugulosa. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; Prince Albert Division ; in stony places, 

 on the summit of the Zwartebergen, near Zwartberg Pass, approx. 

 alt. 1,725 meters, Dec, H. Bolus, 11561. 



Intermediate between G. trifurcata and G. munita, differing from 

 the former by its pinnatisect leaves, and the short ligules of its ray 

 flowers ; and from the latter by its erect-spreading, unarmed, fleshy, 

 and nerveless leaves. 



Osteospermum elegans, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Calendulaceae). 

 0. ilicifolio affine, sed foliis irregulariter pinnatifidis , marginibus 

 planis; achceniis ellipticis, acute triangularibus, distinctum. 



Pruticulus undique plus minusve viscoso-puberulus ; rami ad- 

 scendentes, foliosi, internodiis 0*5-1 cm. longis ; folia alterna, sessilia, 

 patentia reflexave, circumscriptione oblonga vel lanceolata, acuminata, 

 irregulariter pinnatifida, semi-amplexicaulia, nervo medio utrinque 



