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7-12 cm. longus ; folia imbricata erecta, rarius linearia indivisa, vel 

 saepius supra medium bi-trifurcata, vel pinnatisecta, marginibus 

 inflexis, segmentis utrinque 1-2, linearibus acutis 0*5-1 cm. longis, 

 1-nervia, tomento deciduo puberula, minute impresso-punctulata, 

 3-3 - 5 cm. longa, 0-2 cm. lata; pedunculi terminates, tomentulosi, 

 2-3 cm. longi ; capitula crateriformia, 1 cm. longa, 1*5 cm. lata; 

 involucri squamae 4-seriatae, lanceolatae, omnibus apice membranaceis 

 pubescentibus, 0-2-0-7 longis ; receptaculi paleae cuneatae vel nabelli- 

 formes, hyalinae, laceratae ; flores radii ad 17, ligulis 0-8 cm. longis, 

 subtus discoloribus ; ovaria glabra ; pappus 1-seriatus, squamis sub- 

 orbicularibus ; achaenia haud suppetunt. 



Hab. : Transvaal Colony, on the " High Veld," in grassy places 

 near Belfast, approx. alt. 2,000 meters, Dec, Bolus, 12056. 



In general appearance resembling U. annua, Less., but the leaves 

 are less divided, the involucral scales all membrane-tipped, the rays 

 discoloured beneath, and the scales of the pappus in a single series. 



Tripteris karrooica, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Calendulaceae, 



§ Fruticosa). 



Ad T. spinescentem accedit, sed ramulis inermibus, foliis lineari- 

 bus differ t. 



Fruticulus undique plus minusve visciduloso-scaberulus, 15-20 cm. 

 altus ; rami adscendentes, rigidi, striati, pallidi, in pedunculos mono- 

 cephalos, bracteatos, 3-8 cm. longos abeuntes, internodiis 0-5-1-5 cm. 

 longis ; folia alterna, saepius erecta, sessilia, linearia, acuta, mucro- 

 nata, ciliolata, basi angustata, saepe complicata, inflexave, lana alba 

 in axillis vestita, nervo medio inferne prominente, 1-5-2-5 cm. longa, 

 - 2 cm, lata ; capitula campanulata, 0-8 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata ; invo- 

 lucri squamae 2-seriatae, lanceolatae, acuminatae, marginibus anguste 

 membranaceis, intimis quam flores disci brevioribus ; flores radii 

 circa 12, aurantiaci, ligulis 0-9 cm. longis, - 3 cm. latis ; achaenia 

 0-6-0-7 cm. longa, alis membranaceis 0*2 cm. latis ornata, inter alas 

 transverse rugosa. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; on stony hills near Prince Albert, approx. alt. 

 700 meters, Dec, H. Bolus, 11528 (in herb. Kew, my own, &c). 



Tripteris confusa, Bolus, n. sp. (§ Paniculatae). 



Ad T. arborescentem accedit, sed foliis majoribus inferiorities petio- 

 latis, achceniis minoribus, alis multo angustioribus, differt. 



Herba annua, undique plus minusve glanduloso-pubescens, 30-50 

 cm. alta; caulis erectus, striatus, internodiis 1-2 cm. longis; folia 



