A Bevision of the Genus Alepidea. 
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21. A. CONCINNA, Diimmer, sp. nov. 
Planta omnino glabra, 15-30 cm. alta, paucicephala ; caulis tenuis, 
apicem versus racemoso-ramosus, ramis brevibus ascendentibus 1*2- 
2*5 cm. longis. Folia papyracea, utrinque obscure reticulata, margine 
Integra vel minute denticulata, ciliata : radicalia 5-12, rosulata, patentia, 
subpetiolata ; lamina 2*5-4 cm. longa, 6-18 mm. lata, elliptica vel obovato- 
cuneata, apice rotundata vel obtusa, dense ciliata, pilis 4-10 mm. longis 
fuscis; caulina imbricata, inconspicua, ascendentia, adpressa, amplexi- 
caulia subauriculataque, acuminata, setis longioribus. Capitula 12-flora, 
6-8 mm. diametro. Galycis dentes 0'3 mm. longae, acutae. Styli 0'8- 
0*3 mm. longi. Fructus ignotus. 
Plant glabrous in all parts, f-1 ft. high ; stem slender, racemosely 
branched towards the top ; branches short, ascending f-1 in. long. 
Leaves more or less papery, entire or minutely denticulate, densely 
ciliate : Eadical leaves 5-12, rosulate, patent, subpetiolate ; blade 
1-lf in. long, 3-6 lines broad, elliptic or cuneate-obovate, apex obtuse 
or rounded, cilia unequal, close, 2-6 lines long, dark brown ; cauline 
adpressed, imbricate or distant, amplexicaul, slightly auriculate, acu- 
minate with long prominent marginal bristles, the bracteal leaves more 
or less laciniately bristled. Flower-heads few, 12-flowered, J— J- in. in 
diameter. Involucral segments usually 5. Calyx-teeth line long, 
acute. Styles ^-^ line long. Fruit not seen. 
South Africa. Natal : Inanda, Wood in Herb. Keiv, 251 partly ! 
This species approximates most closely to A. natalensis, Wood and 
Evans, from which, however, it differs in the smaller, more compact 
inflorescence, the entire densely ciliate leaves, and minute calyx-teeth. 
22. A. PEDUNCULARis, Steud. PL Schimp. Abyss. II. 559 (1842). 
Plant ^-3 ft. high, entirely glabrous, with a slender or lax stem, 
slightly angular below, terete and grooved above, leafy, corymbosely 
branched ; branches ^-A in. long, spreading, slender but rigid. Leaves 
thin, pale green, crenate-dentate or crenate- serrate, teeth tipped with fine 
awn-like points 1-3 lines long ; radical laxly spreading, petiolate ; petiole 
1-4 in. long, flattened, and membranous ; blade 6-9 in. long, f-1 in. 
broad, narrowly oblong, rounded or obtuse at the apex, tapering or 
rounded at the base ; cauline imbricate or distant, ascending or spreading 
amplexicaul, broadly auricled, but scarcely clasping, oblong, rounded, 
acute or acuminate at the apex. Flower-heads few, large, f or exceed- 
ing 1 in. in diameter, 10-15-flowered. Involucral segments subcoriaceous, 
varying in number and size, the larger 5 lines long, 1 line broad, acu- 
minate and prominently nervate. Calyx-teeth large, ^ line long, broadly 
ovate, mucronate or acute. Styles capitate or truncate. Fruit compressed, 
