84 COMPOSITA (Harv.) [ Diplopappus. 
E.Z.! Zuureberg, Drege / Uitenhage, Zey.! Albany, Burchell. 8, Hemel and Arde, 
Zey.! 2760. (Herb. Sd., Hk., D.) : ? 
A slender shrub, 1-2 ft. high. Lvs. 6-8 lines long, 2-3 lines wide, in B, 1 line 
wide. Stem either glabrous, pubescent, hispid or glandular. Achenes always gla- 
brous and very smooth.—Often cultivated in England for A. Capensis. 
46. A. leiocarpus (Harv.); suffruticose at base; stems diffuse, much 
branched below (often trailing), roughly pubescent ; leaves alternate, 
oblong-cuneate or spathulate, sharply 3-5 toothed at the apex or entire, 
sessile, on both sides hairy, ciliate below; pedunce. slender, puberulous, 
elongate; invol. scales 2—3-seriate, lin.-lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved, pu- 
berulent, ciliate, the outer shorter; ripe achenes quite glabrous. Agatha 
leiocarpa, DC. l. c. 225. 
Has. Drakensteenberg, Drege! W. H. H. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Slender, the diffuse branches 12-15 inches long, sparsely leafy. Lvs. 3-14 inch 
long, 1~24 lines wide, the lateral teeth-lobes spreading. Heads small, the disc-fl. 
sterile, downy. Ray achenes dark brown, soon calyous, glossy, and quite glabrous. 
Doubtful Species. 
A. tricolor (Agathea tricolor, Nees. Ast. 267); “shrubby? leaves 
opposite, oblong-lanceolate, entire, on both sides patently hirsute; inv. 
scales narrow, I-nerved ; achenes setulose ; rays 2-coloured.” (Perhaps 
a var. of A. elongatus ? ) 
A. amoenus (Agatha, Sch. B.) ; “root annual; stem branched, 4 
span long ; leaves cuneate, linear, ciliate chiefly below, glabrous, with 
axillary tufts, of shorter, linear leaves; pedunc. long, naked, as well as 
the wniseriate, 21-leaved invol., densely pubescent ; disc fl. mostly fer- 
tile ; achenes pubescent; pappus of 20 bristles. Walp. Rep. 2, 956. 
Has. Sandy shore at Hout Bay, Krauss. 
A. Kraussii (Agathza, Sch. B.); “shrubby; leaves opposite, oblong, 
acute, sessile, very entire, as well as the invol., densely covered with 
short, glandular hairs ; achenes quite glabrous, black. Walp. Rep. 2, 956. 
Has. Near Constantia, Krauss. (Probably a var. of A. dithiopicus.) 
XVIII. DIPLOPAPPUS, DC. ~~ 
Heads many flowered, radiate ; ray fl. in one row, female ; dise-/l. 
hermaphrodite, 5-toothed. ecept. flat, somewhat honeycombed. Jnvol. 
imbricate. Achenes oblong, compressed. Pappus of disc and ray double, 
the outer of short, the inner of long, rough bristles, DC. Prod. 5 p. 175: 
Shrubs or herbs, natives of both hemispheres, various in habit. Leaves alternate 
or fascicled. Ray fl. blue or white ; disc yellow, Name, from dirAcos, double and 
TANTUS, pappus. 
Sect. 1. Fruricos#. Much branched, glabrous shrubs, with linear or filiform, 
mostly tufted leaves. 
Leaves flat or flattish, basally attenuated... ... ... ... (1) fruticulosus. 
Leaves linear-filiform, somewhat channelled ... ... ... (2) filifolius. 
Sect. 1. Herpacew. Simple-stemmed, perennial herbs, with 3-5-nerved, scat- 
tered leaves. 
RON A NEY i ase ok ne a ee ee 
Glabrous : edges of the oblong leaves perfectly smooth ... (4) levigatus. 
Glabrous; edges of the lanceolate leaves cartilagineo-serrulate (5) serrulatus. 
