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obtuse, or apiculate, tapering to the base ; margin entire or obscurely 
denticulate, ciliate, the hairs distant or close, unequal, 1-3 hnes long, 
light brown ; cauline leaves inconspicuous, few, distant, adpressed, 
amplexicaul, acute, the upper bracteal leaves laciniate. Flower-heads few. 
Involucre of 5 subequal segments, 2 lines long, 1 line broad, rarely with 
alternating smaller segments, obtuse or apiculate, nerved. Calyx-teeth 
narrow, ^ line long. Fruit with muricate ribs. 
South Africa. Tembuland : Bazeia, 2,500 ft., Baur, 116! Natal: 
Inanda, Wood, 251 partly! Amawahgua Mountain, 6,000-7,000 ft., 
Wood, 4587 ! 
Wood's specimens from the Amawahgua Mountain are exceedingly 
small, the smallest scarcely measuring 1^ inches, and thus present a 
distinct appearance. Despite this, I can only regard them as environ- 
mental forms of the above, as in their floral characters they appear to be 
identical. 
Var. LANCEOLATA, Dummer, comb. nov. 
Eadical leaves 6-10, petiolate ; petiole 1-3 in. long, flattened, irregu- 
larly ciliate ; blade 2-6 in. long, ^-1 in. broad, lanceolate or oblanceolate- 
cuneate, obtuse, narrowing to the base, obscurely denticulate, irregularly 
ciliate, with hairs 2-3 lines long, pale brown. Segments of the involucre 
5, 2-|- lines long, 1^ lines broad, acute or obtuse. Alepida lanceolata, 0. 
Kuntze Eev. Gen. III. ii. Ill (1898). 
South Africa. Griqualand East : On the slopes of Mount Currie, 
5,000 ft., Tyson in Herb. Keiv, 1375! 
The longer petiolate leaves distinguish the variety from the type. 
20. A. NATALENSis, Wood and Evans in Jour. Bot. 255 (1899). 
Glabrous, 5-14 in. high. Stem slender, subnude, sparsely or profusely 
racemosely branched, the branches ascending and spreading, 1-3 in. long. 
Leaves coriaceous, conspicuously veined beneath, margin serrulate-setose 
or denticulate, ciliate : radical 4-10, rosulate, more or less spreading, 
petiolate or subpetiolate ; petiole ^-1 in. long, flattened with ciliate edges ; 
blade f-2 in. long, 5-12 lines broad, obovate-cuneate or oblanceolate- 
cuneate, rounded or obtuse at the apex, tapering to the base ; cilia 
rigid, ^-3 lines long ; cauline obsolete, distant, amplexicaul, adpressed. 
Flower-heads few or rarely many, 10-14 flowered, J— |- in. in diameter. 
Involucral segments usually 5, large, equal, coriaceous, obtuse or acute, 
often coloured deep red within. Calyx-teeth J-f line long, subulate. 
Fruit entirely muricate or tuberculate at the apex. 
South Africa. Pondoland : Faku's Territory, Sutherland I Natal : 
Mount Gilboa, 3,000-4,000 ft., Wylie in Herb. Wood, 6243 ! Orange 
River Colony : Harrismith, 7,000 ft., Sankey, 62 ! 
