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BERKHEYA (STOBCEA) MACROOEPHALA, J. M. Wood. 



Near B. latifolia, W. & E., but heads larger and solitary- 

 not racemose-paniculate, and the involucre distinct. 



A perennial herb with a hard woody root, 8-12 in. high. 

 Stem softly hirsute, with very fine cobwebby wool. Basal 

 leaves oblong, long attenuate at base, tapering to petiole, 

 deeply pinnatifid, with 10-15 imbricate segments on both sides, 

 the lobes rotundate, irregular, decreasing in size towards the 

 base, spinous on the margin, spines J-1J line long ; leaves 

 including the petiole 14-18 in. long ; 3-6 in. broad at first with 

 scanty sub-cobwebby wool, which wears off; leaves on both 

 sides sparingly softly hirsute; petiole interruptedly lobed- 

 winged, upper lobes passing into the lobes of the lamina, the 

 lower very minute. Cauline leaves few (6-7) narrow oblong oi 

 oblong lanceolate, amplexicaul, the lowest pinnatifid, the 

 upper scarcely lobed, segments or lobes not imbricate, spinous 

 margined, from 4£ in. (lowest) to f in. (highest) long ; 2 in. to 

 5 lines broad. Heads solitary on the stems, cobwebby woolly at 

 base, 4-4J in. diameter ; involucral bracts linear or lanceolate 

 linear, 2 in. long by 3-1 in. broad, pungent at apex, spinulose 

 on margins, rigid, prominently veined ; receptacle very densely 

 covered with very numerous linear-oblanceolate, spinulose- 

 serrate palae. Florets yellow, numerous ; rays a little longer 

 than the involucral scales, acute at apex, 4-dentate ; disk 

 florets deeply 5 lobed, lobes linear acute. Achenes silky; 

 pappus biseriate, paleaceous, palae oblong, obtuse or acute, 

 lacerate, serrulate or subentire. 



Habitat. — Natal, Hillside, near Richmond in open ground, 

 1800-2000 feet alt. ; October, 1906. Wood 10,031. 



CARISSA WYLIEI, N. E. Brown. 



Near C grandiflora, A.D.C, but of more slender habit, and 

 with narrower leaves, and acute corolla lobes. 



A dichotomously branching shrub, the whole corolla except 

 the tube glabrous. Branches slender, J-1J lin. thick, spines 

 very short or absent, simple or forked, f-1 line long. Leaves 

 on short petioles, 2-4J inch long, f-2J inch wide, ovate or 

 lanceolate, very acute, base cuneate or rotundate ; petiole 1-1J 

 line long, Cymes terminal or axillary, subsessile, 5-6 flowered. 

 Pedicels 2-3 lines long. Sepals 1-1 \ line long, deltoid-subulate, 

 acute. Corolla tube 4J-9 lines long, f line diameter, cylindrical, 

 interior pubescent ; lobes 4J-5 lines long, 2 lines wide, lanceo- 

 late, acute, spreading. 



Habitat.— Natal, Zululand District, Ngoye 100-200 feet alt. 



Wylie in Herb. Wood 7898. 



