80 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [A ster. 
$1. A. tener (Harv.); annual; stem erect, simple below, oppositely 
or alternately branched above, sparsely pilose ; leaves, save the upper- 
most, opposite, remote, sessile, 3-nerved, oblong or lancevlate-oblong, dis- 
tantly callous-serrate, membranaceous, thinly hispid; pedunce. elongate, 
shortly hairy and scabrous; invol. scales lanceolate, the outer hispid, 
inner membranous, glabrous. Agatha tenera, DC. /. c. 224. 
Has. Cape, Th / near the Gariep, Drege! Groenekloof, Pappe! (Hb. D., Th., Hk., Sd.) 
12-15 inches high, sometimes much-branched, leaves 14-2 inches long, half- 
clasping, 3-5 lines wide. Pedunc. 3-6 inches long, pale. Heads 4-6 lines across. 
Rays blue. Confounded, in Herb. Thunb. with Amellus strigosus (Aster. strigosus, 
Th., ex pte.). Dr. Pappe’s specimens are much stronger and more branched than 
Drege’s; their branches and upper leaves frequently alternate. Root much branched. 
32. A. hirsutus (Vent.); shrubby, with decumbent branches ; leaves 
petiolate, ovate, sparingly sinuate-toothed, hispidulous ; invol. 2-3 
seriate; disc. fl. fertile, rays deeply 3-toothed at the point. Munychia 
hirsuta, DC., l. c 222. Cineraria hirsuta, Vent. Malm. t. 95. 
Has. Cultivated from the Cape. (Unknown to us). 
33. A. Cymbalarie (Thunb.! Cap. 689); herbaceous or suffruticose, 
diffuse, pubescent or hairy ; leaves opposite, long-petioled, ovate or 
oblong, 3—5-crenate or toothed ; peduncles lateral and terminal, elon- 
gate, 1-headed, hairy; invol. scales 1-2-seriate, linear-acute; achenes 
sparsely hispid. Munychia Cymb. Nees, Ast. 218. DC. Prod. 5, p. 223. 
Var. 8. Ionops; pubescence shorter and rougher ; dise-fl, violet-purple. — 
Has. Among stones about Table Mt., near the summit, Thunb., Mundt, Ecklon, 
Drege, &c.; B. Mitchell's Pass, A. Wyley? (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
Old stems woody at base, much-branched, 2-12 inches long or more. All parts 
clothed with spreading, long or short hairs. Peduncles 4-1} inch long. Leaf like 
that of Veronica hederefolia, 4-8 lines long and wide, sometimes cordate at base. 
Pedune. 3-5 inches long. 
34. A. petiolatus (Harv. Thes. t. 154); many-stemmed, procumbent 
or pendulous; stems very long, subsimple, pubescent ; leaves alternate, 
sub-distant, petiolate, ovate, coarsely 3~5-toothed, membranous, veiny, 
dotted; pedunc. terminal, naked, 1-headed; invol. scales sub-biseriate, 
equal, pilose, lanceolate ; ovary puberulous ; pappus rough. 
Has. District of Albert, and in Basutuland, hanging over precipitous rocks, 
T. Cooper! 658 and 727. (Herb. D., Hk.) 
Stems 1-2 feet or more long. slender, terete, simple, with or without a few short, 
lateral ramuli, ending in a naked, t-headed peduncle. Leaves {-1 inch long, 4-6 
lines wide, on each side 2-toothed, with a deltoid, terminal tooth, the teeth mucronu- 
late. An interesting species, with the general aspect of A. Cymbalaria, but with 
alternate, distant leaves. : a ee : 
35. A. Candollei (Harv.); perennial, many-stemmed ; stems ascen- 
ding, subsimple, closely leafy at base, hairy with long, soft hairs ; leaves 
lanceolate-oblong, acute, tapering much at base, denticulate beyond 
the middle, thinly-membranous, hairy and ciliate with long, soft hairs, 
3-nerved at base ; peduncles long (scapelike) pubescent ; invol.-scales 
subuniseriate, keeled and hairy-backed, acute ; achenes obovate, black, 
sparsely hispidulous, and with a hairy margin. Munychia Cymbalari- 
odes, DO. 4. 6: PROM 
