Pteronia.] COMPOSIT (Harv.) 101 
12. P. glomerata (Linn. f. Suppl. 356); glabrous, leaves very short, 
opposite, sessile, subconnate, thick, oblong-carinate, obtuse, usually with 
axillary leaf-tufts ; heads 10-12-fl, terminal, solitary, sessile, oboval, 
viscid ; invol.-scales ciliolate, appressed, the outer short, ovate, the 
inner oblong, nearly equalling the disc, obtuse, rigid ; achenes rigidly 
hairy. DC.l.c. 359. Pt. microphylla, DC. l. ¢. 359. 
Hap. Inthe Karroo, 7h./ Drege! Wallich / Zwarteberge, and Camisberge, &c., 
Drege ! Stellenbosch, E. Z. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A strong, rigid, scrubby bush, 6-12 in. high. Lys. 1-2 lines long, 1 line wide, 
erecto-patent. Heads 8-9 lines long, very clammy. DQC.’s “ P. microphylla,’ of 
ieee S- have seen Lcklon’s specimen in Hb, Sd., scarcely differs by any tangible 
c. cter. 
13. P. pallens (Linn. f. Suppl. 357); glabrous, much-branched; lvs. 
opposite, linear-trigonous, elongate, obtuse ; heads 12-15-f1,, solitary 
or in threes at the ends of the branches, shortly pedunculate, ovate- 
turbinate ; inv. clammy, its scales close-pressed, oblong, obtuse, ciliolate, 
the inner with lacerate-membranous edges ; achenes rigidly hairy. DC. 
L.c.359. Thunb. Fl. Cap. 630. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg / In the Karroo, FE. Z. (Herb. Sd., Th.) 
Robust, densely much-branched, corymbose, 6-12 inches high, with pale twigs, 
leaves and involucres. Lys. t inch long, 4 line wide. Heads 4-5 lines long, acute 
or conical at base. Inv.-scales very blunt. 
14. P. tricephala (DC. 1. c. 359); glabrous, somewhat viscid, much- 
branched ; leaves opposite, linear-trigonous, hook-pointed, subconnate ; 
heads 4—5-flowered, sessile in threes at the ends of the twigs, oblong ; 
invol. scales shorter than the disc, narrow, acute, ciliolate ; achenes 
densely hairy. 
Has. Nieuweveld, Drege/ (Herb. D., Sd.) 
A small scrub, 5-6 inches high. Leaves 5-6 lines long, 3 line wide, scarcely so 
hooked as those of P. uncinata. Invol. and pappus pale. 
15. P. beckioides Aas lc. 359); young twigs and leaves minutely 
pulverulent ; twigs slender ; leaves opposite (small), linear, subacute, 
thickish, somewhat keeled, entire, powdery ; heads terminal, solitary, 
sessile, oblong-turbinate, conical at base, glabrous; invol. scales ovato- 
lanceolate, acute or acuminate, with membranous and torn edges, the 
outer short ; achenes densely hairy. 
Has. Swellendam, Drege! (Herb. Sd.) ; 
A slender, twiggy shrub; the older twigs quite glabrous. Leaves 1—2 lines long, 
3 line wide. Heads 8-10 lines long; the invol. scales in many rows, glaucous-green 
' when dry, with pale edges. Pappus foxy. 
16. P. gymnocline (DC. 1. c. 359); glabrous; twigs slender, striate, 
pale; lower leaves opposite, upper alternate, sessile, linear-spathulate, 
obtuse, thickish, narrowed at base, nerveless, minutely punctulate ; 
heads terminal, solitary, sessile, oblong, obtuse at base, 12-1 5-flowered ; 
invol. scales appressed, the outer oblong, obtuse, the inner oblongo- 
lanceolate, subacute, glabrous and glossy, quite entire ; recept. naked ; 
achenes densely hairy. P. calvescens, Drege in Herb. ! 
Has. Near the Gariep, in Little Namaqualand, Drege? (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
