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in M. Phillipsii they are remarkably glabrous. The localities of the two 
species are wide apart. 
Metalasia Barnardii, L. Bolus (Eu-Metalasia. § Glomeratae). Fruticulus 
robustus, ut videtur ca. 25 cm. altus vel ultra, ramis erectis vel adscenden- 
tibus, dense foliosis, albo lanato-tomentosis, ad 5 mm. diam. ; folia fere 
erecta vel patentia, plus niinusve torta, rarius stricta, linearia acuminata 
pungenti-mucronata, dorsaliter demum glabrescentia, nervo medio 
prominente, ad 1-5 cm., saepius 1 — 1-2 cm., longa, axillis saepius gemmi- 
feris; capitula 5-fL, ca. 6 mm. longa, arete conferta in capita globosa 
speciosa, foliis longis involucrata, basi dense lanato-tomentosa, 2 — 3 cm. 
diam. ; involucri squamae petaloideae 2 — 3-seriatae subplicatae, exteriores 
pallide, interiores laete, roseae, obtusissimae vel rotundatae, marginibus 
subundulatis, in genere latae, ad 2 mm. latae, squamae calycinae paucis- 
simae; pappi setae superne conspicue ampliatae. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Paarl Div., Wellington 
Sneeuwkop, alt. 5000 ft., K. H. Barnard (South African Museum Herb., 
No. 28035). 
This is the handsomest of the Metalasiae known to me. The densely 
massed heads with their involucral scales of varying shades of delicate 
pink are in pleasing contrast with the grey- woolly leaves on the flowering 
branchlets. Each head with its broad, slightly folded, and closely im- 
bricating, scales looks like a tiny opening rose-bud. The affinity is with 
M. Cephalotes, Less. 
Metalasia Bolusii, L. Bolus (Eu-Metalasia. § Glomeratae). Fruticulus sat 
rigidus ; folia patentia vel reflexa vel, prope capitula, erecta, plus minusve 
torta, linearia mucronata glabrescentia, ad 7 mm. longa, axillis gemmi- 
feris, superioribus exceptis; capitula 3-fl., 5 mm. longa, capitato-conferta, 
“capita” globosa, griseo lanato-tomentosa, foliis paucis longis involu- 
crata, ad 1-8 cm. diam.; involucri squamae ca. 3-seriatae, saepius inter se 
subaequilongae, petaloideae 2-seriatae obtusae, minute apiculatae vel 
emarginatae, vel subcrenulatae, candidissimae ; pappi setae superne 
clavato-ampliatae acutae, inferne serrulatae; corolla 3 mm. longa vel 
parum ultra, segmentis acutis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Malmesbury Div., in sandy 
dunes near Hopefield, alt. 100 ft., fl. September 1905, H. Bolus, 12715. 
Metalasia decora, L. Bolus (Eu-Metalasia. § Fastigiatae). Fruticulus erectus, 
30 cm. altus vel ultra, ramis ad 20 cm. longis, vix ad 3 mm. diam.; folia 
aut erecta adpressa stricta, axillis baud gemmiferis, aut plus minusve 
adscendentia, basi subtorta, axillis gemmiferis, oblonga vel lineari- 
oblonga, convexa, basin versus angustata, acuta mucronata, vel superiora 
cymbiformia, dorsaliter tomentosa, mox glaberrima nitentiaque, olivaceo- 
viridia, ad 9 mm., saepius 5 mm., longa; capitula 3-fl., subsessilia, in 
