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lanats. Folia radicalia v. alterna, integra sinuato-dentata v. pinnatim. dissecta. Capi- 
tula majuscula, longe pedunculata.  Corollz disci flavze aurantiacee v. purpurascentes ; 
radii concolores v. interdum rose: v. albz. 
Species 30, Afrieze australis incolze, eum una Abyssiniea. Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 448. — Walp. 
Anu. ii.992. Jacq. Hort. Schembr. 1. 158 ad 177, 307, 378 ad. 382; Fragm.t. 47. Jacq. Fil. Ecl. 
1.51, 02. ..Bot. Mag. (. 2182. — Bot. Reg. t. 32, 34, 122, 130, 131. Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 397. 
OnoxToPrTERA et SrkGANOTUS, Cass. Dict. xxxv. 390, genera sunt ab auctore proposita ad species 
. Quo. genuinas Arcotidis, quarum achzmnia a Geertnero Fruct. ii. t. 172. depicta, Cassinio anomala 
videbantur. : 
611. Venidium, Less inm Limwea, vi 91. (Cleitria, Schrad. Ind. Sem. Hort. Gotting. 
1831, ex .Linncea, viii. Litt. Ber. 23.)— Capitula heterogama, ratliata, floribus radii 9 1- 
seriatis diseique 7 fertilibus.  Involucrum hemisphzericum, bracteis cc-seriatis imbricatis, 
interioribus apice late scariosis, exterioribus brevioribus v. membranaceo-acuminatis. 
Receptaculum planum v. conyexiusculum, alveolatum.  Corolle $9 ligulate, lamina 
patente integra v. vix dentata; 0 regulares, tubuloscw, limbo plus minus ampliato v. 
campanulato 5-fido. Antherz basi integrz v. auriculis minutis obtusis sagibtatzs. Styli 
fl. j rami ultra medium v, ad apicem concreti, apice rotundati. Achnia ovoidea, 
glabra, calva v. paleis minutis paucis coronata, facie interiore ecostata, dorso 3—5-costata, 
costis 2-3 in alas crassas elevatas sspe inflexas productis.—Herb:e perennes, cano- 
iomentosze v. lanats. Folia alterna, integra sinuato-dentata v. pinnatim dissecta. 
Capitula majuscula, longe pedunculata. Corollw flavze ? ; 
Species 18, Afriez australis incole. — Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii, 459. 
AxrRosPERMUM, Sch. Bip. in Flora, 1844, 773, ex charactere dato a Venidio nequaquam differt. 
77612, Gorteria, Linn. Gen. n. 982, ex. parte; Gertn. Fr. ii. 497, t. 171. (Personaria, 
Lam. Illustr. t. 716.)—Capitula heterogama, radiata, floribus radii l-seriatis sterilibus, 
disci $ fertilibus v. intimis sterilibus. Involucrum ovoideum v. demum globosum, 
fructiferum induratum clausum, bracteis oc-seriatis imbricatis basi concretis apice 
liberis linearibus aeutissimis v. spinescentibus. Receptaculum planum, nudum v. 
alveolis brevibus hyalino-dentatis v. paleis longe setiformibus onustum, —Corolle radii 
ligulatz, lamina subintegra patente; |j regulares, tubulosse, limbo parum ampliato 
profunde 5-fido, lobis erectis.  Anther: basi auriculis brevibus sagittatze. Stylus fl. 
fertilium ramis linearibus obtusis, sterilium indivisus,' Achcwnia obovoidea v. fere fusi- 
formia, pericarpio laxo tenuiter membranaceo ecostato apicem versus piloso, calva v. 
paleis brevibus coronata.—Herb:w annus, diffuse, ramos:e, hispidz. ^ Folia alterna, 
integra v. dentata, supra scabro-hispida, subtus incana. Capitula mediocria, ad apices | 
ramorum inter folia sessilia v. breviter pedunculata. Corolle flavze v. radii dorso 
purpurascentes. 
Species 4, Africze australis incole. —Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. iii. 470. Jacq. Collect. iv, 1. 21. 
Ierixus, Cass, Dict, xxii. 059, genus a Candolleo et Harveio przetermissum, videtur ex ebaraetere 
dato Gorteria diffusa, Thunb. 
$13, Gazania, Guerin, Fruct. ii. 451, t. 173; (Mussinia, Willd. Spec. Pl. iii. 2263. 
Mohnia, Neck. Elem. i. 9. Melanchrysum, Cass, 4n Bull; Philom. 1817 ; Dict. xxix. 441). 
—JQCapitula heterogama, radiata, floribus radii l-seriatis neutris, disci tj exterioribus 
fertilibus, intimis s»pius sterilibus.  Involuerum urceolatum v. rarius latum, bracteis 
c&-seriàtis imbricatis a]te concretis, apicibus liberis linearibus v. lanceolatis acutis inermi- 
bus. Receptaculum planum v. convexum, breviter alveolatum. Corollze radii ligulatze, 
lamina elongata patente integra v. minute 2-3-dentata ; Ó regulares, tubulosz, limbo 
parum amplia£o 5-fido, lobis erectis. Anthersm basi sagittatz, auriculis brevibus mucro- 
nato-acumimatis. Stylus fl. jj fertilium ramis linearibus obtusis v. acutiuseulis, ste- 
rilium indivisus. Achswnia .obovoidea v, turbinata, dense longeque villosa, pericarpio 
miembranaceo v. subchartaceo tenuiter v, obscure co-costato. Pappi pale: co, 1-serjato, 
lineares, anguste setaceo-acuminatze, hyalinze, 1-nerviz, interdum diflicile a villis achzenii, 
