50 COMPOSITA (Harv.) [ Vernon. 
striate ; leaves shortly petiolate, cuneate at base, deltoid-ovate, acute, 
with prominent lateral angles, or shortly 3-lobed or coarsely toothed, 
3—5-nerved at base; panicle terminal, compound, leafy, its branches 
loosely corymbose ; invol. scales ovate-oblong, obtuse, nerve-keeled, 
minutely scurfy, membrane-edged; heads 6-9-flowered ; pappus white. 
Has. Near D’Urban, Natal, Drege, Krauss 223, Gueinzius 587, Plant 40, Gerr. § 
MWK. 334. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
Much branched and tall, imperfectly woody (7), drying blackish. Leaves mem: 
branous, 1-14 inches long, t-14 wide, the upper ones trowel-shaped, the lower more — 
or less toothed or lobed. Scales of the invol. pale horn-coloured, with a dark, cen- 
tral line, under a lens minutely rough. Fl. purple. Achenes thinly silky. 
3. V. mespilifolia (Less. in Linn. 1831, p. 641); shrubby, the young 
branches, inflorescence, and foliage minutely puberulous ; branches 
round, striate ; leaves shortly petioled, much attenuated at base, broadly 
obovate, coarsely 3-7 or several-toothed, or angularly lobulate at the 
summit; panicle terminal, compound, its branches densely corymbose ; 
invol. scales ovate oblong, obtuse, round-backed, glabrous, ciliolate; — 
heads 3~5-flowered ; pappus fulvous. DO. J. ¢. 29. 
Has. Swellendam, £. Z. Forests of Uitenhage, Burchell, Zeyher / Common in 
Albany and Kaffirland, and at Natal, Z, Z., Drege, Bowker, &c, (Hb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
A half-climbing shrub, drying dark. Leaves membranous, 2-3 inches long, 2 ™- 
wide, thinly puberulous, minutely gland-dotted beneath. Invol. scales pale-horny, 
neither keeled nor nerved, very obtuse or subacute, either quite glabrous or downy 
at top. Achenes with silky strie. Outer pappus very narrow. 
4, V. corymbosa (Less. 1. c. p. 647); shrubby, the branches, inflores- 
cence, and under sides of leaves hoary or tomentose ; branches rodlike, 
rigid, angularly striate; leaves scarcely petioled, cuneate-oblong or obo- 
vate, coarsely few-toothed at the summit or beyond the middle, coria- 
ceous, tomentose beneath, the older ones becoming glabrate above; pani- 
cle terminal, leafy, corymbose ; invol. scales oblong, obtuse, round-— 
backed, tomentose; heads 4—5-flowered; pappus fulvous. DOC.1. c. 29- 
Stehelina corymbosa, Th. ! Cap. 628. 
Var. 8, mespilioides (DC.); leaves larger, sharply 7-9-toothed, less hoary be 
neath. £. Z. 269; Drege, 5036; Gerr. G M’K. 344. 
Has. From Uitenhage to Natal, Burchell, E. Z. Drege, Gerr. § MK. &. (Herb. 
Th., D., Sd., Hk.) ‘ 
A large, much branched shrub. Twigs straight. Leaves very variable in size 
and shape; sometimes narrow-cuneate, subentire, 1} in. long, $ in. wide; sometimes 
broadly cuneate, 14 inch long, 1 inch. wide; and in var. 6 2-24 in. long, 14 in. wide. 
Invol. scales rufous brown, not keeled. Achenes with pubescent strie. Outer 
pappus narrow, brittle. 
5. V.Senegalensis (Less. in Linn, 1829, p. 265); shrubby, the branches, 
infl., and under sides of leaves tomentose; branches flexuous, round, 
striate, sprinkled with glands; leaves on longish petioles, slightly cune 
ate at base, broadly ovate or oblong, obtuse, subentire, undulate, sca 
brous above ; panicle terminal, leafy, compound, its branches widely 
spreading, loosely corymbose ; inv. scales broadly ovate, mucronulate, 
round-backed, glabrous, ciliolate ; heads 15~20-flowered ; pappus ful- 
vous. Decaneurum Senegalense, DC. l. c. 68. Eupat. coloratum, Willd. 
