Tab. 541?. 



WEBBIA PINIFOLIA, 



Pine-leaved Webbia. 



Nat. Ord. Composite (Vernoniace^e). — Syngenesia iEQUALis. 



Gen. Char. Capitula pluriflora, discoidea, dioica ! Eeceptaculum alveolatura, 

 alveolorum marginibus subexsertis erosis. Involucrum imbricatum, 3-5-seriale, 

 disco brevius. $ Corolla tubulosae, breviter 5-dentatse. Anthera inclusae, lineares. 

 Stylus indivisus aut apice subfissus. Ovarium extus villosum, abortivum. Pappus 

 pauciserialis, setis vix dentatis. $ Corolla tubulosse, in lobos 5 elongatos an- 

 gustos crassiusculos divisse. Antherce nulla?, aut effetse. Stylus e tubo exsertus, 

 lobis corolla? brevior, ramis 2 elongatis crassiusculis extus et styli parte indivisa 

 supi-ema pilosiusculis. Achanium teres seu turbinatum, pluricostatum, erostre, 

 costis villosissimis, sulcis glandulosis. Pappus pluriserialis, setis crassiusculis 

 dense barbellatis, exterioribus brevioribus. — Herbse suffrutkosa Africans?, caule 

 erecto basi simplici apice corymboso. Folia sparsa, linearia, parce revoluta, supra 

 c/labriuscula, subtus cum caule involucro^e canescentia. Flores purpurei, in capi- 

 tulo 8-10. Pollen flavum. Stigmata purpurea. De Cand. 



Webbia pinifolia ; caule herbaceo simplici striato subcanescente, foliis sessilibus 

 confertis uniuerviis linearibus margine revolutis supra glabris subtus sericeo- 

 incanis, corymbo polycephalo fastigiato, involucri squamis oblongo-ovatis 

 subcanescentibus, achsenio sericeo-piloso, pappi serie externa dimidio infe- 

 riore breviore. De Cand. 



Webbia pinifolia. Be Cand. Prodr. v. 5. p. 72. 



Conyza canescens. Tkunb. PI. Cap. p. 665. 



Conyza pinifolia. Lam. Diet. v. 2. p. 86. excl. Syn. Seb. 



Erigeron Capense. Houtt. Pfl. Syst. X pi. 609. t. 69. /. 2 {ex. Herb. DeUss.). 



Vernonia pinifolia. Less, in Linniza, 1829, p. 257, and 1831, p. 639. 



Our herbarium contains copious specimens of this species of 

 Webbia, collected from the close vicinity of Cape Town and all 

 along eastward to Natal ; but the rich colour of the numerous 

 heads of corymbiferous flowers can only be seen in the living 

 plant, and these quite compensate for the unattractive appearance 

 of the foliage, which, however, is often quite satiny from the 

 copious silky hairs which are close-pressed to the surface. Seeds 



NOVEMBER 1ST, 1863. 



