A Bevision of the Genus Alepidea. 
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with stout rigid crowded bristles, 1-3 lines long, pale ochre or ashy 
grey. Stem-leaves inconspicuous, remote, adpressed, amplexicaul, slightly 
auriculate, acuminate. Flower-heads large, ^-f in. in diam., 12-14 
flowered. Segments of the involucre 10, equal, broad, cuspidate, keeled 
and veined. Calyx-teeth broad, mucronate. Fruit muricate. 
South Africa. Transvaal: between Middleburg and the Crocodile 
Eiver. Wilms in Herb. Kew, 567 ! 
18. A. Wyliei, Diimmer, sp. nov. 
Glabra, circiter 40-45 cm. alta ; caulis tenuis, subnudus, apicem versus 
corymboso-vel paniculato-ramosus, ramis paucis patentibus aut ascenden- 
tibus 5-7*5 cm. longis. Folia coriacea, serrata vel crenato-serrata setosa, 
setis rigidis : radicalia 4-6, rosulata, patentia, petiolata ; petioli 6-12 mm. 
longi, complanati vel sulcati ; lamina 5-7*5 cm. longa, 1-8-2-5 cm. lata, 
ovata vel obovata, utrinque rotundata, setis marginalibus remotis 
4-6 mm. longis. Folia caulina minora, 1-2-2-5 cm. longa, amplexicaulia, 
remota, adpressa. Capitula pauca, l-2-l'8 cm. diametre, 10-14-flora. 
Involucri segmenta 10, subaequalia, rigida, acuta, exteriora pallide- 
lilacina. Calycis dentes 0*5 mm. longae. Fructus muricatus. 
Plant IJ-lf ft. high, glabrous. Stem slender, subnude, corymbosely 
or paniculately branched towards the apex ; branches few, 2-3 in. long 
stiffly ascending and spreading. Leaves coriaceous, obscurely reticulated 
on both surfaces, serrate or crenate-serrate setose, serrations distant : 
radical 4-6, rosulate, patent, petiolate ; petiole J-J in. long, flattened ; 
blade 2-3 in. long, |-1 in. broad, ovate or obovate, rounded or obtuse at 
the apex, rounded at the base. Cauline small, ^-1 in. long, 2-4 lines 
broad; amplexicaul remote or occasionally imbricate, adpressed, acuminate. 
Flower-heads few, |~J in. diam., 10-14 flowered, borne on slender but 
rigid bracteate stalks 1-2 in. long. Segments of the involucre 10, the 
alternate segments smaller, rigid, spreading, acute, externally pale-lilac 
in colour. Calyx-teeth J line long. Styles truncate. Fruit muricate. 
South Africa. Zululand: 4,000-5,000 ft., Wylie in Herb. Wood and 
Keiu, 9015 ! 
19. Alepidea (by error Alepida) Baurii, 0. Kuntze Eev. Gen. III. ii. 
110 (1898). 
A glabrous plant 1-1 J ft. high. Stem subnude, slender, terete, 
grooved, racemosely or paniculately branched ; branches usually ebrac- 
teate, few, distant, ascending, slender, 2-4 in. long. Eadical leaves 4-8, 
rosulate, spreading, petiolate or subpetiolate, somewhat herbaceous ; 
petiole J-f in. long, membranous and partly ciliate ; blade 2-3|- in. 
long, 1- f in. broad, elliptic, ovate-lanceolate or oblanceolate, rounded, 
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