442 LXXIII. COMPOSITE (OLIVER AND HIERN). [Hrythrocephalum. 
4. BE. minus, Oliv. in Trans. inn. Soc. Lond. xxix. p. 108. Root 
tuberous fusiform, 8 in. long, 10 in. in circumference. Stem bifid near 
the base, 4 in. high, leafy. Leaves elliptical, obtuse or apiculate, sessile, 
amplexicaul, repand-denticulate, white-cottony below, subglabrescent 
above, 1-2 by 8-8 in. Capitula 2 in. long, solitary, terminal, erect, 
shortly pedunculate. Involucral bracts cottony; tips reddish, fim- 
briate-denticulate. Ligule 1 in. long; the inner lip bipartite, $ in. 
long, the partitions narrowly linear. Ovary puberulous.—Composita 
dubia, T. Thoms. in Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 
Mozamb. Distr. Mihonyera, “flowers yellow,” Speke and Grant! 
103. PHYLLACTINIA, Benth.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
. Pl. ii. p. 488. 
Capitula heterogamous radiate, ray-florets ligulate neuter, disk- 
florets short, campanulate and 5-partite above. Involucre hemi- 
spherical or broadly campanulate, bracts pluriseriate narrow long-acu- 
- minate recurved arachnoid closely sheathed by leafy bracts overtopp!Dg 
the head. Receptacle alveolate with membranous teeth. Anther-cells 
sagittate with acute retrorse-setose tails. Style minutely 2-dentate. 
Achenes 10-costate with intermediate sete ; pappus pluriseriate, palew 
linear, the inner acute, coriaceous.—Annual branching tomentose herb 
with alternate leaves and terminal solitary (purple-rayed ?) capitula 
about 1 in. diameter. 
A monotypic genus. 
1. P. Grantii, Benth. ; Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xx1x. P- 
102, t. 68. A viscid subtomentose diffusely branched leafy sonnel 
6-9 in. high. Leaves elliptical, obtuse or cuspidate, minutely an 
acutely dentate, narrowed at the base into a short petiole, subglabrous 
above, subtomentose below, 14-21 by 2-2 in. Capitula solitary, ter- 
minal, sessile, nearly 1 In. diameter. Involucral bracts arching out- 
wards, elongate subulate-acuminate. Ligule 4 in. long or rather 
more.—Cullumia, n. 3, T, Thoms. in Speke, Journ., App. p. 638. 
Wile Land. Mininga, 4° 18’ 8. Lat., in cornfields, Speke and Grant! 
104. DICOMA, Cass.; Benth. et Hook. f, Gen. Pl. ii. p. 492. 
Capitula homogamons, florets all tubular 8 (or occasionally with 
an outer row imperfect or subligulate @). Involucre more or less 
campanulate or subglobose ; bracts oo-seriate, imbricate, ovate to linear, 
rigid, usually spinescent-acuminate. Receptacle naked smooth of 
foveolate. Anther-base sagittate, tails barbellate. Style-branches very 
short. Achenes setose or villous, pappus pluriseriate, paleaceous or 
setaceous, barbellate or plumose.—Herbs or frutescent with alternate 
linear and elliptical more or less tomentose leaves and capitula termina 
and solitary or in corymbose cymes or racemose, on short late 
branches. 
The rest of the species belong to the Cape Flora. 
