A Bevision of the Genus Alepidea. 
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8. A. GRACILIS, Diimmer, sp. nov. 
Planta glabra, 15-23 cm. alta, caule gracillimo folioso paucicephalo 
apicem versus racemoso-ramoso, rarais paucis 1-2-2-5 cm. longis. Folia 
leviter rigida, serrato-setosa : radicalia 5-10, rosulata, patentia vel 
ascendentia, petiolata vel subpetiolata ; petiolum 6-9 mm. loDgum, com- 
planatum vel sulcatum; lamina 2-5-4 cm. longa, 6-9 mm. lata, lineare- 
lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa basi sublonge cuneata, 
margine serrato-setosa, setis distantibus 2-6 mm. longis fuscis ; caulina 
minora, amplexicaulia, remota vel imbricata, ascendentia. Capitula pauca, 
8-12 mm. diametro ; involucri segmenta 10, rigida, acuminata. Calycis 
dentes 0-7 mm. longge. Fructus ignotus. 
A glabrous herb, f-J ft. high, with a slender leafy sparingly racemosely- 
branched stem ; branches ^-f in. long, spreading or ascending. Leaves 
somev^hat rigid, serrate-setose : radical 5-10, rosulate, spreading or 
ascending, petiolate or subpetiolate ; petiole 3-9 lines long, flattened or 
grooved, dilated at the base ; blade 1-lf in. long, J- J in. broad, linear- 
lanceolate or lanceolate, acute or obtuse, tapering to the base with the 
marginal setae distant or close, 1-3 lines long ; cauline imbricate or 
distant, adpressed or ascending, amplexicaul, acuminate. Flower-heads 
few, ^-^ in. in diameter, with 10 narrow rigid acuminate involucral 
segments. Calyx-teeth ^ line long. Fruit not seen. 
South Africa. Delagoa Bay Eegion : Eocks of Marovougne, Jwiod 
in Herh. Keio, 922 ! 
9. A. WooDii, Oliver, in Hook. Ic. PI. 42, t. 1452 (1883). 
Plant f-2 ft., entirely glabrous ; stem stout or slender, divaricately 
branched, branching from below the middle ; branches few or many, 
ascending, spreading. Eadical leaves 8-10, rosulate, laxly spreading, 
petiolate ; petiole ^-3 in. long, 3 lines broad, usually clasping the stem 
throughout its entire length ; blade 3-6 in. long, ^-1 J in. broad, ob- 
lanceolate, oblong-spathulate to obovate-cuneate, obtuse or rounded at the 
apex, tapering from the middle to the base ; margin coarsely dentate or 
serrate-setose with triangular stiff teeth ; cauline leaves usually small, 
distant, adpressed or ascending, amplexicaul, auriculate, the lower ovate 
and acute. Flower-heads few, J-J in, in diameter. Involucral segments 
5-10, obtuse or subacute, scarcely keeled or veined. Calyx-teeth minute 
^ line long, obtuse. Styles short, stout, truncate. Fruit muricate or 
muricately ridged. 
South Africa. Natal : Near Byrne, 3,000 ft.. Wood, 1845 ! Cedara, 
Wylie in Natal Government Herb., 12153 ! 
