Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
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setis longis, rigidis. Capitula minora, 6-9 mm. diametro, 15-flores. Tn- 
volucri segmenta 10, inaequalia, rigida, acuminata, glabra, carinata, 
interiora alba. Calycis-dentes minuti, mucronati, styli calycis dentibus 
majores. Fructus muricatus. 
Stem erect, f-lj ft. high, angular, distinctly scaberulous, thinly leafy, 
nude at the base, usually for J— J of its length, corymbosely branched 
towards the apex ; branches few, ascending, distinctly scaberulous, 1-lf in. 
long. Radical leaves 5-7, glabrous, spreading, petiolate; petiole flattened, 
J-f in. long, clasping the base of the stem ; blade elliptic, obtuse or sub- 
acute, 1-1J in. long, J-f in. broad ; margin dentate or serrate-setose. 
Stem-leaves distant, mostly shorter than the internodes, ascending, glabrous, 
ovate-lanceolate, amplexicaul, auriculate, dentate-setose ; setae long, rigid. 
Flowerheads small, 15-flowered, Involucre of 10 rigid, acuminate, keeled, 
smooth segments, alternately J-j- in. long, white, greenish on the back. 
Calyx-teeth minute, mucronate. Styles exceeding the calyx-teeth. Fruit 
muricate. 
Transvaal : on open grassy veld, Woodbush, Jenkins in Transvaal 
Museum Herbarium, 7443 ; Haenertsburg, Mrs. Pott, 4656. Flowering 
November. 
The stem, nude at the base, the thinly scattered cauline leaves and 
the basal leaves, longer in proportion to their breadth, distinguish this 
species from A. setifera N. E. Br., to which it is closely allied. 
The type is in the herbarium of the Transvaal Museum. 
