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summit of the Zwarteberg Pass, approx. alt., 1,480 meters, Dec, 

 Frank Bolus. No. 12082 of my herb, (in herb. Kew, Berlin, &c). 



A fine species, sometimes reaching to a height of 3 or 3-| ft. Most 

 nearly allied to B. buphthalmoides (DC), Schltr., Journ. Bot., 1897, 

 p. 343, differing by its more deeply cut leaves, which are covered 

 with a closer white felted wool on the under surface, and by its 

 narrower involucral scales. 



Ekica kecta, Bolus, n. sp. (§Pyronium). 



E. unilatcrali Klotzsch affinis, floribus majoribus, aristis anthera- 

 rum liberis, ovario glabro cliff art. 



Eami erecti, stricti, approximati, pallide cinerei, fere glabri, 

 18-20 cm. longi vel ultra ; ramuli semper terni, internodiis 

 O'G-S'S cm. longis, primum breviter patentes deinde stricte 

 adscendentes, simplices vel iterum et similariter ramosi, dense foliosi 

 usque ad apicem, puberuli, l*2-7'5 cm. longi; folia 3-na erecta dense 

 imbricata, juniora duplo longiora, vetustiora \ vel \ longiora quam 

 internodia, brevissime petiolata, oblonga vel late linearia, subobtusa 

 glabra, subtus sulcata, marginibus nudis leviter inflexis, - 2-0 - 35 cm. 

 longa ; flores terminales normale 3-na, interdum bini vel solitarii, 

 patentes vel deflexi, rosei, corollae limbo discolore ; pedicelli albo- 

 tomentosi rosei, - 2-0 - 3 cm. longi; bracteae omnes arete approximate, 

 leviter patentes, lanceolatae, infra scariosae, apice callo foliaceo 

 coloratove desinentes + 0*2 cm. longae ; sepala bracteis conformia 

 sed latiora et subinaequalia, lanceolata ovatave, apice calloso magis 

 distincter canaliculato, saepius rosea, 0*25 cm. longa; corolla ovato- 

 urceolata, fauce leviter constricto, ore latiusculo, glabra, 0'5-0"55 cm. 

 longa, limbi segmenta patentia, semi-orbicularia, minute ciliolata, 

 + J longitudinis tubae ; antherae semi-exsertae (demum fortasse 

 exsertae), laterales, a latere visas longitudinaliter anguste semi-ovatae, 

 leves, 0-15 cm. longae, basi aristatae, aristis liberis stricte deflexis, 

 longitudine dimidio antherae ; stylus exsertus ; stigma capitatum ; 

 ovarium globosum, glabrum, ovulis numerosissimis minutis. 



Hab. : Cape Colony ; Coast Eegion ; district Ladismith, on the 

 Little Zwartberg range, near Vaartwel and the Gamka Eiver, approx. 

 alt. 900 meters, fi. June, Br. B. Marloth, 3993 ! (in herb. Kew, 

 my own, &c). 



Structurally near to E. lateralis Klotzsch, but with larger flowers, 

 free anther- awns, and a glabrous ovary. The remarkably straight 

 ternate branches and very regular erect leaves, would, if they should 

 prove constant, distinctly characterise this species. But the material 

 at our disposal is scanty. 



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