A Bevision of the Genus Alepidea. 
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Handb. Fl. Natal, 57 (1907) ; in Trans. South Afr. Phil. Soc, XVIII. pt. 2, 
161 (1908). 
South Africa. Barkly East Div. : Mountain-sides Doodnaan's Krans 
and Ben MacDhui, 8,800-9,900 ft. Galpin, 6540 ! Natal : Mont aux 
Sources, Drakensberg, Thode in Natal Government Herb., 10770! 
This interesting and distinct species approximates most closely to the 
Abyssinian A. peduncularis , Steud., in its large flower-heads, but their 
paucity combined with their relative size and other morphological 
differences render the plant easy of identification. 
PLATE I. 
Fig. 1, edge of leaf ; 2 and 3, 3 flowers ; 4, stamen ; 5, ? flower with petals removed. 
