(2) A. ROYLEANA, (7)ec,) 



ISent. Dec. prod. VI. p. 2?2i 



Spec. Char. Herbiiceous, iinany-stetnmed at the base: branches 

 erect, simple,, hoary-tomentose : leaves sessile, very shortly sub- • 

 adnate,. oblong-linear, mucronate, quite entire,, above powdery, sca- 

 brous, below cobwebrlike, whitish : corymb somewhat simple, 7-9- 

 beaded : peduncles covered with hoary wool : involucral scales 

 glabrous, pure white, outer ones ovate, shorter, middle ones ovate- 

 oblong,, exceeding the flowefs, innermost ones linear-oblong, equal- 

 ing the disk: capitulum pure white, brown-spotted. at the base ovXv- 

 si^e : florets yellow. 



Norths West Provinces^ 



(3) A. poLYLEPis. {Dec) 



Jdent. Dec. prod. VI. p. 272. 



Spec. Chaji. Stem sufihiticose at the base, erect, branched'^ 

 flowering branches and peduncles hoary with tomentose wool : lower 

 leaves subspathulate,. the rest linear, quite entire, the younger ones 

 terminated by a short thick mucro, glabrous above, white-wOolly 

 below : corymb, somewhat simple, 7-9-headed : involucral scales ' 

 about 70-80, scariose, glabrous, outer ones somewhat shorter, pur?* 

 pie, the rest pure white, oval-oblong, longer than the disk. 



North- West. Provinces. 



(4) A. LINEARIS. (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 174. 



Spec Char. Stem simple (?) erect, hoary, covered with cobW 

 ■web-like wool ; leaves sessile, linear-acuminate, quite entire, cob- 

 web-like above, covered with deit,se hq?iry down beloW : margins 

 subrevolute ; corymb composite, the branches 8-10,. bearing at the 

 top 5-6 densely clustered capitula : involucral scales pure white», 

 glabrous, oval-oblong, the length of the disk : floWers yellow. 



North-West Provinces. 



(5) A. ARANEOSA, (Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. VI. p. 275. 



Spec Char. Stem herbaceous (?) erect, branchedi soroewhat 

 angled, here and there cobweb-like, branches covered with hoary. 

 •Rilli at the apex : leaves decurrent, slightly glaibrous, lanceolate- 

 linear, acuminate, quite entire : capitula densely collected at the 

 tiops of the branches : corymb subcomposite ; involucral scales pure- 

 white, ^abrous, oblong, scarcely exceeding the flowers : flowera, 

 yellow. 



North- West Provinces. 



