76 COMPOSIT# (Harv.) [ Aster. 
15. A. discoideus (Sond.); shrubby, rigid, divaricately much-branched ; 
twigs closely leafy, viscidulous ; leaves linear-spathulate, flat, obtuse, 
nerveless, glabrous ; heads shortly pedunculate, discoid; invol. scales 
loosely imbricate, linear-lanceolate, glabrous, acuminate, at length squar- 
rose and reflexed ; achenes puberulous. : 
Has. Cape, Ecklon and Zeyher! (Herb. Sond.) 
A very rigid, depressed shrub, the old twigs hardening and almost spiny. Leaves 
2-3 lines long, 4 line wide, sensibly narrowed to the base. Peduncles very short, 
or almost none. Heads globose, This is readily known by its discoid flowers. 
16. A. rufibarbis (Harv.) ; shrubby, much-branched, slender, glaucous, 
sparsely setose ; leaves filiform, slender, scattered, spinoso-ciliate, pale ; 
heads on slender peduncles ; invol. scales linear, acute, triseriate, gla- 
brous ; achenes densely silky ; pappus copious, rusty-reddish ; rays 
scarcely longer than the pappus. Felicia, 103, 4, in Hb. Eek. 
Has. Cape, Ecklon! (Herb. Sond.) 
A slender, pale shrub, 6-8 inches high. Branches striate, straw-colour, erect. 
Leaves 5-7 lines long, 4 line in diameter, margined with stiff bristles, otherwise 
glabrous. Peduncles 3 inches long. Heads small. Pappus a bright brick-dust 
colour, serrulate. -Achenes clothed with long, silky, white hairs. A very distinct 
species, but apparently allied to the following. 
17. A. lasiocarpus (Harv.); “stem shrubby, dwarf, glabrous, glan- 
duloso-puberulent in the upper parts ; leaves linear, very entire, acute, 
tapering at base and semi-amplexicaul, the lower ones glabrous, the 
upper with the stem and involucres glandular; achenes densely silky, 
with appressed hairs.” —DC. Felicia lasiocarpa, DC. 1. c. 221. 
Has. Between Hexrivier and the Bokkefeld, 3000-4000 feet, Drege. 
“Stem 4 inches high. Leaves uncial, aline wide. Pappus rufous, d serru- 
late. Heads g-10 lines in diameter.” This I have not seen. A specimen from 
Drege in Herb. Sond. marked “ F. lasiocarpa, DC.” is merely a fragment of Mairea 
taxifolia ! 
18. A. Burkei (Harv.); rigidly shrubby, divaricate; twigs glabrous, 
the older spinescent; leaves narrow-linear, flattish or channelled, thick, 
obtuse, scattered, glabrous or sparsely setose ; heads on short, pubescent 
peduncles; invol. scales oblong-linear, acute, keeled, 3-seriate, glabrous, 
subciliate ; achenes clothed with long hairs; pappus rufous, barbellate ; 
rays not much longer than the pappus, Zey./ 784. 
Has. Gamke river, Burke § Zey./ (Herb. Hk., 8d., D.) 
A rigid, scrubby, thick-stemmed bush, 6-8inches high, divaricately much-branched. 
Leaves 45 lines long, 4 line wide, slightly tapering to the base. Peduncles 2 inches 
long. Possibly only a scrubby, starved state of A. rujibarbis, but the habit is some- 
what different. 
19. A. ficoideus (Harv.); quite glabrous, stem decumbent, rooting ; 
leaves opposite, fleshy, linear-semiterete, obtuse, quite entire, slightly 
narrowed at base; peduncles terminal, not much longer than the leaves; 
invol.-scales oblong, obtuse ; pappus fugacious, of 5-6 sete. Burch. 
Cat. n. 5311. Fel. ficoidea, DC. l. c, 221. 
Has. Eastern Districts, Burchell. Wet spots near the mouth of the Zwartkops 
on site flesh os ha 9) Stems striate, 1} 
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lines in diam. Leaves 1-14 in, long, 14 line wide. Fl. 4~5 lines across ; rays white! 
