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OTHONNA chemfolia. 

 Stock-leaved Harhary Ragwort 



SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIC SUPERFLVA. 



Nat. ord. Corymbifer^. J jissieu ^ert* 177* £>iv, IL Receptaculum 



nudum, Sem, papposum, Flores radiati- 

 OTHONNA. Supra voL ^.JbL 108. 



* Div* Foliis divists dentatis integer rimisve* 

 O. cheirifolla, foliis lanceolatis trinerviis integerrirais, caule suffruticoso 



repente- Linn. sp.pL 2, 1310. 

 Othonna cheirifolia, Gouan kort, 46*, Dtiham, arb. 2. 94. t. 17- Hort, 



Keiv. 3- 277. ed. 2- 5, 176- Wilid. sp, pL 3. 2376- Desfonl. atL 2. 306. 

 Othonoa foliis cuneiformibus integerrimis sessilibus, caule fruticoso pro- 



cumbente, pedunculis longissimis- Mill, diet* ed, 7. n* 6, 

 Othonna foliis cuneiformibus integerrimis sessilibus. MilL ic, 2* 163. tah^ 



2.45-/^. I. 



Siiffrutex sempervirens glaucus, suhbipedalis, caules ckeiranthoidi'Ugnes* 

 centesy radicantes^ aespitoso-procumbentes^ pallid^ Jitscescentes, ramis herbal' 

 ceisy crasnsy assnr genii bus ^ axillts Jbliorum proltferis* FoL attema^ disticha^ 

 •semiamplexicauliay tntervallis brevibus distincia, erecta^ carnosula^ trinervia^ 

 spaihutata v, cuneata, elongnto-obhnga, S-uncialta v. ultrh^ ad maximum 

 latitudine \ partinm uncics^Jine rotundata cttm patDO acumine^ margine in aciem 

 cartilagineam tenuem albidam attenuata : floralia 5ttmmff Uneari-oblongay quorum 

 -unum ih et alterum nunc brevissimum atgue subovatum. Pedunculi unifiori^ 

 terminates^ solitariitlongioresfoliisy erecliy crnssiusculij ieretes^ glauciy propi 

 calycem incrassati* Cal. campanulatus, sub'S^dust glaber, glaucuSf sub^ 

 semuticialisj segmentis acuniinatis apice, vzihso-ciliatisy membranosO'fnarginatism 

 Cow avrea, diametro itnciam excedente, radiata; Gosc, radii Jieminei, JerttleSy 

 (12-13?) y longiores cal^cey lamina latius ligulata, obovato^oblonga ^ 5-nervi^ 

 lateribus involutisy dorso biplicata, S-denticulataj glabra, iuho gracili glabra 

 Jiii/ormi pallide virente; stig.Jlavo bifidoy longius exseriOy lobis linear i^oblongisp 

 patnlisy laferibus in longum rejlexis; germ, albo, duplo breviore papnOy tereti- 

 tnrbinafOy glabra; p^ppo alba plumoso numeroso^ £equa ate tubum: flosc. radii 

 kermaphrodiii steriles, elongatO'inJundibuliJbrmeSy glahri lutein limbo erecto 

 acuminata cum fauce simui a:quante iubum Jiliformem : anlh^ Jlavis parum 

 exsertisy actais': stij;, clavatOy subexserio, erecto, viridiusctdo^ pubescente: 

 germ^ Ji/j'formi, longitudine tubi neque crassiore; pappoywiwco, raro. Recept. 

 nudum^ conicum. 



Of the thirty-five species which have been recorded of 

 this genus, the present is the only one that is not indigenous 

 of tlie Cape of Good Hope; though by an oversight it is 

 stated to be so in the last edition of the Hortus Kewensis. 

 It was found by Dr. Shaw near Tunis, and cultivated by 

 Miller at Chelsea, in 1752- Professor Desfontaines has 

 recently observed it in the same place where it was seen by 



