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prominente, 3-8 cm. longa, 1-3 cm. lata, segmentis lanceolatis, 

 acutis mucronulatis 0-4-1-4 cm. longis, interdum dentibus 1-2 

 instructis ; capitula solitaria, vel raritis in corymbo laxo, foliato 

 terminali, 2-5 capitato disposita, campanulata, 0*8 cm. longa et lata ; 

 involucri squamae sub 2-seriatsB, oblongae, acuminata^ cuspidatae, 

 margine membranaceae ciliolatae, intimis flores disci excedentibus ; 

 flores radii circa 10, ligulis 1*2 cm. longis, 0-4 cm. latis ; achaenia 

 elliptica, acute 3-angulata, longitudinaliter 1-nervia, levia. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; hills near Clanwilliam, approx. alt. 150 

 meters, Oct., H. Bolus 9043 (in herb. Kew and my own). 



A pretty shrub characterised by its pinnatifid elegantly recurved 

 leaves with rather distant lobes, and its broad and pale involucral 

 scales. 



Ursinia subintegrifolia, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Arctotideae. 



§ Eu-Ursinia). 



U. foliis scepius integris, subtus squamellis minutis appressis 

 inclutis ; radii ligulis discoloribus ; achceniis glabris pappo scepe 

 deficient e. 



Fruticulus humilis, 12-22 cm. altus ; rami decumbentes vel 

 adscendentes, foliosi, 4-7 cm. longi ; folia linearia vel oblanceolata 

 e basi angusta sursum ampliata, acuta, saepius integra, rarius apicem 

 versus pinnatifida vel irregulariter 2-3-fida, coriacea, rigida, interdum 

 involuta, superne glabra, inferne squamellis minutis, appressis, 

 sparsis, induta, 3-6 cm. longa, lobis exemptis, 0-2-0-3 cm. lata, lobis 

 linearibus, acutis, 0-3-0'4 cm. longis ; pedunculi solitarii, terminales, 

 parce squamellati, 9-17 cm. longi ; capitula crateriformia, 1 cm. 

 longa, 1-1*2 cm. lata ; involucri squamae 4-seriatae, lanceolatae, 

 acutae, exterioribus omnino herbaceis, interioribus apicibus amplis, 

 membranaceis, 0*2-0-8 cm. longae ; receptaculi paleae oblongae, apice 

 dilatatae, laceratae ; flores radii 10-14, ligulis discoloribus, 0-7 cm. 

 longis ; ovaria omnino glabra pappo saepe deficiente, dum adsit, 

 extimo e squamis suborbicularibus, erosulatis, aliis subopacis, aliis 

 subhyalinis, intimo e setis capillaceis. 



Hab. : Orange Eiver Colony ; mountains, Bester's Vallei, near 

 Witzies Hoek, approx. alt. 1,650-2,000 meters, Dec, H. Bolus, 8206 

 (in herb. Kew). 



Ursinia erectifolia, Bolus, n. sp. (§ Sphenogyne). 



U foliis 2-d-furcatis, pinnatisectisve, sguamis involucri omnibus 

 apice membranaceis, ligulis florum radii discoloribus. 



Lignosus, erectus, foliosus, parce minuteque albo-tomentulosus, 



