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Berkheya Milleriana, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Arctotideae. 



§ Stobaea). 



Ad B. seminiveam Harv. et Sond. proxime accedit, sed foliis 

 majoribus, nervis obscuris, capitulo subsessili, squamis involucri 

 distanter ciliatis, subtus albo-tomentosis distinguitur. 



Herba annua, erecta, 80 cm. alta ; caulis simplex, tota longitudine 

 foliatus, striatus, puberulus, brunneo-purpureus, internodiis 2-5- 

 3'5 cm. longis; folia alterna, semi-amplexicaulia, inferiora lanceolato- 

 ovata, basi angustata, acuta, intermedia lanceolata, superiora 

 anguste lanceolata, crenulata, spinoso-ciliata, superne glabrescentia 

 nisi spinis paucis hinc inde prope marginem armata, inferne albo- 

 tomentosa, nervis obscuris, primariis utrinque 5-6, patentibus, 

 5-9 cm. longa, 1*5-4 cm. lata; capitulum solitarium, crateriforme, 

 radiatum, 4 cm. longum, 7 cm. latum ; involucri squamae lineares, 

 acuminatae, rigide et distanter spinoso-ciliatae, mucronatae, superne 

 puberulae, inferne albo-tomentosae, intimis ligulas aequantibus, quam 

 tubus circa duplo longiores ; achaenia villosa, pappi squamis oblan- 

 ceolatis, obtusis, - 2 cm. longis. 



Hab. : Swazieland; "High Veld," 'Mbabane, near Dalriaeh, in 

 grassy places, approx. alt. 1,410 meters, Dec, H. Bolus, 12078. 



Named in honour of Allister Miller, Esq., of Dalriaeh, who takes 

 a keen interest in the Flora of Swazieland, and who afforded me the 

 most generous assistance on my collecting tour. 



Berkheya Francisci, Bolus, n. sp. (Compositae-Arctotideae. 



§ Euopis). 



B. caule albo-araneoso ; foliis superne cinereo-araneosis, inferne 

 dense albo-tomentosis. B. buphthalmoidei (DC.) Schltr. affinis. 



Herba annua, vahda, erecta, undique, floribus spinisque exceptis, 

 plus minusve dense albo-tomentosa, 50-90 cm., alta; caulis simplex, 

 basi dense foliosus, internodiis superioribus 4-6 cm. longis ; folia 

 inferiora oblonga, pinnatifida, acuta, lobis semiorbicularibus, sinuatis, 

 15-20 cm. longa, 4-7 cm. lata, superiora sensim minora paucioraque 

 3-8 cm. longa, 1 T 3 cm. lata, omnia rigide spinoso-ciliata ; pedunculi 

 ex axillis foliorum caulinorum erecto-patentes, apicem versus magis 

 aggregati, 3-4 cm. longi ; capitula crateriformia, 3 cm. longa, 3 cm. 

 lata ; involucri squamae 4-seriatae, lanceolatae, acuminatissimae, in 

 spinas rigidas, pungentes desinentes, margine spinoso-ciliato, intimis 

 fiores radii excedentibus ; radii nores 20-30, disci numerosi ; achaenia 

 dense villosa, pappi squamis lanceolatis, laceratis. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; district Oudtshoorn, in a rocky valley on the 



