( 3967 ) 

 Othonna frutescens. Shrubby Othonna. 



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Class and Order. 

 Syngenesia Necessaria. 



( Nat. Ord. — Composite. ) 



Generic Character. 



Capitulum radiatum., fl. radii ligulatis foemineis, radii 

 masculis tubulosis 5-denticulatis. Receptaculum convexum 

 subconicumve foveolatum, interdum pilosiusculum. Invol. 

 squama? uniseriales inter se lateribus plus minus concretae 

 ante explic. eximie valvatae. Styli fl. masc. apice stigma- 

 tibus in cornu eoncretis. Achenia radii fertilia ovalia hirta 

 aut glabra papillosa pappo piloso multiseriali dense coro- 

 nata; disci abortiva cylindracea glabriuscula, pappo 1- 

 seriali depauperato. — Frutices aut herbae capenses. Folia 

 varie incisa aut Integra, carnosa aut membranacea. Capi- 

 tula ad apices pedunculorum solitaria, flava aut in paucissi- 

 mis cyanea. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Othonna * frutescens; fruticosa glabra erecta cicatricibus 

 fol. glabris, foliis subpetiolatis crassiusculis aveniis 

 glaucescentibus integerrimis dentatisve, infer, obovatis 

 ovalibusve, super, oblongis, summis ovatis grosse den- 

 tatis, pedunculis nudis aut foliola I — 2 gerentibus 

 erectis folio multo longioribus., involucro cylindraceo, 

 squamis circ. 8 eoncretis, ligulis 8 invol. duplo fere 

 longioribus., achaeniis glabris. D C. 



Othonna frutescens. Linn. Mant. p. 288. Willd. Sp. PL 

 v. 3. p. 2381. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 3. p. 625. De 

 Cand. Prod. v. 6. p. 478. 



Cineraria Othonnites. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. p. 1244. 



Jacobs Africana frutescens, crassis et succulentis foliis. 

 CommeL Hort. 2. p. 147. t. 76. 



A 



°So*»), a linen cloth or napkin ; so called from the cottony clothing of 

 some of the species. 



