. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 380 Annals of the South African Museum. 5. Metalasia speciosa, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ffig. 2); affinis M. nitklulae, Harv., sed robustior, foliis fasciculatis, pedunculis multo longioribus differt. Frutex circitor 0*75 m. altus; rami ascendentes, dense foliati, minute adpresse pubescentes. Folia hnbricata, patula, acicularia, spiraliter torta, acutissima, 1 cm. longa, 15 mm. lata, supra glabra et subnitida. infra cano-tomentosa, marginibus valde recurvatis, in. Fig. 2.—Metalasia speciosa, Hutchinson, n
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 380 Annals of the South African Museum. 5. Metalasia speciosa, Hutchinson, sp. nov. ffig. 2); affinis M. nitklulae, Harv., sed robustior, foliis fasciculatis, pedunculis multo longioribus differt. Frutex circitor 0*75 m. altus; rami ascendentes, dense foliati, minute adpresse pubescentes. Folia hnbricata, patula, acicularia, spiraliter torta, acutissima, 1 cm. longa, 15 mm. lata, supra glabra et subnitida. infra cano-tomentosa, marginibus valde recurvatis, in. Fig. 2.—Metalasia speciosa, Hutchinson, n. sp. A, upper portion of flowering shoot, nat. size ; B, single flower head, x 7; (J. flower, x 11. axillis foliis minoribus fasciculatis instructa. Capitula circiter 5-flora, terminalia, dense corymboso-glomerata, glomerulis breviter pedun- culatis confertis ; pedunculi primarii 0-5-1 cm. longi, albo-tomentosi, ultimi vix 1 mm. longi. Involucra anguste cylindrica, 5 mm. longa ; bracteae inferiores cano-pubescentes, superiores glabrescentes, roseae. Corollae tubus cylindricus, 2 mm. longus, glaber, vix lobatus, apice truncatus. Achaenia glabra. Pappi setae albae, 2 mm. longae, obtusae, planae, minute barbellatae. Cape: Southern side of slopes of mountain above Kradouw Krantz,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum; South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Cape Town [etc. , South African Museum, etc. ]
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