NOVITATES AFRICANAE 
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inaequalibus, 0-7 — 1-3 cm. longis, vel longioribus interdum accrescentibus, 
ad 2-5 cm. longis, fructu marcescentibus, tribus anguste membranaceo- 
marginatis; petala pluri-seriata linearia obtusa, interdum obscure 2-den- 
tata, ad basin baud, vel vix, atteuuata, pallide straminea vel viridi- 
straminea, ad 1-2 cm. longa, 0-1 cm. lata; staminodia numerosa, apicem 
versus patentia, ad 1 cm. longa; stamina conferta, 0-2 cm. diam. metientia, 
filamentis pallidis ebarbatis, 0-2 — 0-7 cm. longis, antheris pollineque 
luteis; receptaculum in tubum petala, staminodia, staminaque ferentem 
productum; nectarium e 5 foveolis compositum; ovarium conico-con- 
vexum, stigmatibus crassis subovatis obtusis, vix 0-2 cm. longis. 
Cape Province: Western Region; Namaqualand, Mrs Breach (National 
Botanic Gardens, No. -Vr)- 
Described from living specimens which flowered freely at Kirstenbosch 
during the summer of 1923 and autumn of 1924. 
Cenia Duckittiae, L. Bolus (Compositae-Senecionideae). Caulis erectus pube- 
scens, pilis sparsis adpressis; folia adscendentia, superne 2 — 3-pinnatisecta 
vel multi-secta, lobis linearibus setaceo-apiculatis, ad 0-7 cm. longis, 
0-1 cm. latis, inferne indivisa, praeter basin utrinque 2 — 3-lobatum, lobis 
lineari-hliformibus, parce adpresseque pubescentia, inferiora circa 5 cm. 
longa, rarissime ad 7-5 cm., saepius 1 — 2 cm., lata; pedunculus apice tur- 
binatus inflatusque, 11 — 15 cm. longus; capitula 2 — 4-9 cm. diametro; 
involucri squamae 2 — 3-seriatae, extimae late ovatae, acutae vel acumi- 
natae, anguste albo-marginatae, 5 — 7-nervatae, ad 0-8 cm. longae, basi 
0-6 cm. latae; flores saturate aurei, radiales in flores tubiformes gradatim 
abeuntes, ad 1-5 cm. longi, ligulis integris, 1-3 cm. longis, 0-3— 0-5 cm. 
latis, labio superiore 0-2 cm. longo, segmentis 3, 0-1 cm. longis, flores disci 
veri 0-3 cm. longi, tubo inferne gracili, e medio ampliato subangulato, 
lobis ovatis acutis, vix tertium tubi aequantibus; achaenia (fere matura) 
subobovata vel fere ovalia, apice emarginata, ubique, praecipue margini- 
bus, papillata, 0-25 cm. longa. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Darling Div., Wild-Flower 
Show, Darling, Sept. 1922, Mrs C. J . DucJcitt (Bolus Herbarium, No. 
17184). 
This handsome species may be distinguished by the large size of the 
heads and the well-developed ligules of the ray florets. The dried specimens 
do not show the deep gold, or orange, colour of the flowers. 
Gazania Pottsii, L. Bolus (Compositae-Cynareae). Acaulescens, radice tuberosa 
elongata, saepe 8 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. diam., in exemplis cultis ad 16 cm. 
longa, ramos brevissimos, dense foliatos, emittente; folia erecta, superne 
patentia, lineari- vel lanceolato-spathulata vel oblonga, acuta vel obtusa, 
in petiolum 2 — 6 cm., in cultis ad 12 cm., longum, gradatim angustata, 
rarissime 1 — 6-partita, segmentis saepius suborbicularibus, marginibus 
