A Bevision of the Genus Alepidea. 
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ramulis ultimis scaberulis vel laevibus. Folia radicalia pauca, petiolata ; 
petioli 5 cm. longi, lamina 5-7-5 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, oblonga, apice 
rotundata, basi subcordata, margine obscure serrato-setosa ; caulina 
conferta, imbricata, amplexicaulia, glabra (5-7*5 cm. longa, 6-12 mm. 
lata, ovato-lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, acuta vel cuspidata, basi 
auriculata, margine grosse serrato-setosa, setis rigidis 6-8 mm. longis, 
flavis. Involucri segmenta 6-10, ssepe 8 mm. longa, rigida, acuta vel 
acuminata, carinata et nervata, aliquando scaberula. Calycis dentes 
minutae. Styli 0*5 mm. longi, capitati vel truncati. Fructus dense- 
muricatus, aliquando muricato-costatus. 
Stem approximately 2 ft. high, erect, angular at the base, densely 
leafy, branching from near or below the middle into a narrow, more or less 
cylindrical panicle ; branches 1-2 in. long, horizontal or ascending with 
the ultimate branchlets often scabemlous. Eadical leaves few, petiolate ; 
petiole 2 in. long, entire; blade 2-3 in. long, f in. broad, oblong, rounded 
above, slightly tapering or cordate at the base, obscurely serrate-setose, 
the setae 1 line long, rigid; cauline numerous, imbricate, adpressed or 
ascending, 2-3 in. long, 3-6 lines broad, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, 
acute or acuminate, auriculate at the base ; margin serrate-setose ; setae 
awn-like, rigid, 3-4 line long, ochreous. Flower-heads numerous, ^-f in. 
in diam. Involucral segments 6-10, occasionally more, rigid, acute or 
acuminate, with cartilaginous margins, keeled and veined. Calyx-teeth 
minute. Styles capitate or truncate at the apex. Fruit densely muricate 
or often muricately ridged. Alepidea, sp.. Wood, Handb. Fl. Natal, 57, 
1907; in Trans. South Afr. Phil. Soc, XVIII. pt. 2, 161, 1908. 
South Africa. Orange River Colony : Bester's Vallei, Witzie's Hoek, 
5,400 ft., Miss Jacohsz in Herb. Bolus, 6344 ! Harrismith, Sankey, 73 ! 
Natal: Near Hoffenthal, 4,000 ft. Weenen County, Wood, 3502! 
The large, narrow, paniculately-branched densely leafy stem and 
numerous flower-heads distinguish this species from A. setifera, N. E. 
Brown. 
4. A. SETiFEEA, N. E. Brown in Kew Bull. 161 (1896). 
Stem erect, slender 1-1^ ft., densely leafy, corymbosely branched ; 
branches few, 1-2 in. long, distinctly scaberulous or occasionally smooth. 
Eadical leaves few, petiolate, spreading ; petiole flattened or channelled, 
J-1 in. long, clasping the base of the stem ; blade l-lf in. long, J-f in. 
broad, linear-oblong or elliptic, acute or obtuse ; margin dentate or serrate- 
setose ; stem-leaves numerous, imbricate, more or less adpressed, am- 
plexicaul, auriculate, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous with 
dentate-setose margins ; setae rigid. Flower-heads few, 13-15 flowered. 
Involucre of 8-10 irregular rigid acuminate keeled smooth or scaberulous 
segments, -|— J in. long. Calyx-teeth minute. Fruit muricate or rarely 
