Diplopappus.] COMPOSITE (Harv.) 85 
Sect. 1. Froricos#. Glabrous shrubs, with narrow, tufted leaves. (Sp. 1~2). 
1. D. fruticulosus (Less.); a much branched shrub ; leaves Jinear, 
basally attenuate, flat, quite entire, r-nerved, gland-dotted, glabrous ; 
lateral ramuli short, peduncular, r-headed; inyol. scales glabrous, 
1-nerved, the nerve ending in an oblong gland. DC. Ul. ¢. p. 275. 
Aster fruticosus, Linn. Th. Cap. 687. A, fruticulosus, Willd. Bot. 
Mag. t. 2286, Also D. extenuatus, Nees. DC. 1. c., and D. obtusatus, 
Less. DC. 1. c, Aster obtusatus, Willd. A. rosmarinifolius, Spr. 
Has. Very common round Capetown, and throughout the W, districts. (Herb. 
D., Sd., Hk. &c.) 
A bush, 2-3 feet high and across, densely branched and twiggy. Flowering twigs 
very numerous and closely set, lateral, the leafy part }-1} inch long, the peduncle 
1-3 inches. Rays blue. Achenes villous. 
2. D. filifolius (DC. 1. c. 276); similar to D. fruticulosus except that ( 
the leaves are linear-filiform, very narrow, channelled. Aster filifolius, .)~ 
Vent. Malm, t, 82. Duplostephium fil. Nees. Ast. 197. Diplopappus tereti-. 
folius, Less. Syn. 165. < Hg 
Var. 8. elongatus (DC.) ; leaves not tufted, uncial, without glands ; peduncles | 
longer, D. elongatus, DC. l. c. : 
Has. Throughout the Colony. Tulbagh, Pappe. Uitenhage, Zey’ Albany, 
Williamson. Natal, Miss Owen, &c. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 6 
Only known from the precedingby its narrow leaves. The peduncles are most 
variable in length. Zey. 794, from Groot-valleyberg (Hb. Sond.); seems to be a bad 
specimen of this species. 
Sect. 2. Herpace#, Simple stemmed herbs, with 3~5-nerved leaves. (Sp. 3-5). 
3. D. asper (Less.); stem herbaceous, ascending-erect, simple, scabrous 
or rigidly-setose, ending in a long or short, 1-headed, leafless peduncle ; 
leaves ovate-oblong, oblongo-lanceolate or broadly linear, 3—5-nerved, 
sessile, entire or coarsely few-toothed, on both sides scabrous, hispid and 
ciliate ; invol.-scales acuminate, flat, dorsally pubescent, margined. DC. 
lc. 276. Calendula hispida, Th./ Cap. 704. Dipl. Natalensis, Sch. 
Bip. in Hb. Krauss, 399! Zey. | 2763. 
Var. 8, pleiocephalus ; heads sometimes several ; rays white or pale ; invol.-scales 
nearly glabrous. i , 
Has. Throughout the Eastern Districts, Caffraria and at Natal. 8, near Ladysmith 
and Greytown, Natal, Gerr. and M‘K., 340,1009. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk., &c.) 
Stems 6~12 inches high. Leaves very variable in length, breadth and shape, always 
harsh to the touch, 2-5 inches long, 3 lines to an inch or more wide. Peduncle 2-12 
inches long. Heads an inch or more across ; the rays uncial, bright blue. D. Nata- 
lensis, Sch. B., which I have from Dr Sutherland, and Mess. Gerr. and M‘K., as 
well as from Arauss, varies in all its attributed characters. 
4, D. levigatus (Sond.); stem herbaceous, ascending-erect, glabrous, 
rib-striate, ending in a 1-headed, leafless, 1-2 bracteate peduncle ; leaves 
ovate-oblong or obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, 3-nerved, half- 
amplexicaul, very entire, with a thickened, perfectly smooth margin, 
glabrous ; invol.-scales acuminate, flat, glabrous ; achenes densely silky. 
Has. Vanstaadensberg, Uit., Zey.! 2764. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) - 
