Tas. 8291. 
EUCRYOPS VIRGINEUs. 
South Africa, 
ComposiTak. Tribe SENECIONIDEAR. 
Evryoprs, Cass.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii, p. 452. 
Euryops virgineus, Less. Syn. Comp. p. 394; DC. Prodr. vol. vi. p. 445; 
Harv. in Harv. et Sond, Fl. Cap. vol. iii. p. 411; affinis #. algoensi, DC., sed 
capitulis minoribus achacniisque glabris differt. 
Frutex virgatus, 30-60 em. altus, ramis terctibus glabris flavo-viridibus; ramuli 
floriferi circiter 10 cm. longi. Folia viridia, cuneata, alte 3—5-lubulata, 
0-5-1 em. longa, ad 0°5 em, usque lata, coriacea, glabra. Capitulu solitaria, 
axillaria, subeorymbosa, post anthesin racemosa, 1°5 em, diametro; 
pedunculi erecti, graciles, ai 2°5 em. usque longi, glabri ; involucri bracteae 
basi connatae, ovato-lanceolatae, acutae, 2-4 mm. longae, membranaveae, 
glabrae, trinerviae. flores :adii 6, flavi; tubus 1 mm. longus, glaber ; 
limbus ob'ongus, 6 mm. longus, 2-2°5 mm. latus, apice tridentatus. Fores 
disci superne campanulati, lobis triangularibus obtusis. Antherae appen- 
diculataue, 1 mm. longae. <Achaenia subteretia, glabra; pappi setae albae, 
patentes; styli rami 1 mm. longi.—/’. flabelliformis, Cass. in Dict. Se. Nat. 
vol. xvi. p. 51. Othonna virgines, Linn. f. Suppl. p. 309; Thunb. Prod. Pl. 
Cap. p. 168.—J. Huroxwinson. 
The genus Ewryops includes, so far as it is at present 
known, some 40 species, all of which are confined to the 
African Continent and the island of Socotra. It is nearly 
allied to the genera Senecio, Linn., and Othonna, Linn. ; 
from the former Euryops only differs in having connate 
involucral bracts which are not provided with caleycine 
_ appendages; from the latter it is distinguished by the fact 
that the florets of the disk are fertile. Most of the species 
of Euryops have thick fleshy leaves. The species now 
figured is a native of the coast region of Cape Colony, 
where it is found on stony veldt from Knysna to Albany. 
It is nearly allied to E. algoensis, DC., a native of the 
same region which has larger leaves, villous achenes and 
fewer but larger flower-heads. £. virgineus was first intro- 
duced to English gardens about 1821, and can be success- 
fully grown in sheltered situations in the south-western 
parts of Britain. The material from which our plate has 
DeceMBeER, 1909, 
