78 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) [ Aster. 
or shortly pedunculate, pedune. sparsely leafy, hispid; invol.-scales 
oblong, subacute, glabrous or with a few dorsal, toothlike bristles. Andr. 
Rep. t. 93. Bot. Mag. t. 884. Thunb. Cap. 689. Chrysocoma scabra, Th.! 
Cap. 627. C. Wright, 335. Felicia reflera, DC.1.¢.222. Steb. FL, 27. 
Var. f. brachyphyllus (Sond.) ; slender, with very small and nearly entire lvs. 
Has, Mts. round Capetown, common. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
Very variable in pubescence and in the marginal teeth of leaves, &c. A straggling 
under shrub. Stems and branches curving. Leaves 2-4, rarely 6-9 lines long, 
1-14 lines wide. Rays white, purple on underside. 
Sect. 2. AcaTH#a. (Sp. 25-45). 
25. A. Bergerianus (Harv.); annual; stem and branches densely 
hairy with long, spreading hairs; leaves opposite or alternate, obovate- 
oblong, denticulate, subacute, 1-nerved on both sides, hairy with long, 
sparse hairs; peduncles long, pubescent; invol. scales wnisertate, linear- 
oblong, obtuse, with a hairy keel and membranous margins; dise jl. ste- 
rule; achenes of ray whiteish-hairy, 2-ribbed, obovate, flattish. Elphegea 
Bergiana, Less.! Syn. 182. Cineraria Bergeriana, Spreng.! Agathea 
Bergeriana, DC. 1. ¢. p. 223. 
Var. £, alternifolia; leaves mostly alternate. 
Has. Lion’s Mt., Capetown, Eckl.! Pappe! B, Cape, Vilette! (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) 
An upright annual, simple or branched, 3-8 inches high, very hairy, with long 
hairs. Leaves 1-13 inch long, 3-5 lines wide, not much narrowed at base. Heads 
smaller than in A. adjinis; the disc sterile—Var. 8 (in Herb. Hook.) differs merely 
by its alternate leaves. ; 
26. A. annectens (Harv.); annual, slender; stem and branches 
pilose with long, spreading hairs; leaves mostly alternate, oblong- 
obovate or oblongo-lanceolate, denticulate, subacute, tapering at base, 
1-nerved, on both sides hairy ; pedunc. long, pubescent ; invol. scales 
uniseriate, broadly-oblong, obtuse, quite glabrous, with wide, membran- 
ous margins ; disc. fl. mostly sterile ; achenes of ray pilose, wide-mar- 
gined ; pappus scanty, barbellate. 
Has. Groenekloof, Thunberg ! at the Paarl, W. H. H.,1838; Riv. Zonder Ende, 
Zey.! 2759, in part. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A small annual, 3-6 inches high. Leaves tapering much at base, 1-14 inch long, 
2-3 lines wide. Pedunc. 2-4 inches long, naked or unibracteate. Inv. scales with 
a green dorsal line and pinkish or silvery, scarious, slightly jagged margins, about 
twice as long as broad. Rays strongly revolute. Readily known from A. Berger- 
ianus by its involucre. It is also allied to Charieis heterophylla, with which it is 
confounded in Herb. Thunb., and its pappus is of intermediate character. 
27. A. adfinis (Less.! Syn. p. 174); annual, with a slender root ; 
stem and branches pubescent and pilose with long, spreading hairs ; 
leaves mostly alternate, obovate-oblong, tapering at base, subacute, 1- 
nerved, entire, on both sides hairy with long and short hairs, the lower 
leaves opposite ; peduncles long, pubescent; invol. pluriseriate, the 
outer seales keeled, hairy, acute, the inner flattish, glabrous, membran- 
ous ; achenes pubescent, 2-ribbed, oval, brown. Felicia adfinis, Nees. 
DC. 1. ¢. 219. Charieis heterophylla, Drege! Herb. (ex pte.) 
Van. 8, strictus ; stem panicled; leaves obovato-lanceolate, oblongo-lanceolate, 
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or linear-lanceolate, tely subdenticulate. Agatha stricta, DU. 1. c. 224. 
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