112 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [Conyza. 
Stem herbaceous, simple or branched; heads laxly corymbose or subsolitary. 
Lys. sub-glabrous, clasping, oblong, remotely denticulate (1) Caffra. 
Lvs. scabrid, obovate-cuneate, coarsely toothed ; pedunc. 
ESS See ey et er eee ae ee ee eee podocephala. 
Lvs. (cauline) sessile, pinnatifid: the lobes shortly oblong: : 
Pubescence scanty; stems weak and laxly leafy ... (3) pinnatilobata. 
Pubescence copious; stems robust... ......--. (4) obscura. 
Lys. pinnati-partite, hairy, lobes lanceol.-linear ... ... (5) pinnatifida. 
Lvs. (cauline) petioled, eared at base, ovate, toothed, : 
gland-pabesatns < oo oS was re ee ee ee (0) incisa. 
Lys. sessile, oval, mucronate, entire, hispid-villous ... (7) pusilla. 
Stem shrubby, with rodlike branches ; heads densely corymbose. 
Lys. petiolate, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, serrate : 
Leaves glabrous, and exuding gum copiously ..._ (8) iveefolia. 
Lys. scabrido-puberulous, scarcely gummy ... ... (9) ivefolia £. 
Lys. (and stems) glabrous, subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, 
with the midrib beneath prominent and pale .., ... (9) costata, 
1. C. Caffra (DC.1. c. 381); stem herbaceous, erect, glabrous or his- 
pidulous; leaves half-clasping, oblong tongue-shaped, subobtuse, mucro- 
nulate, remotely calloso-denticulate, membranaceous, glabrous on both 
sides or scaberulous ; pedune. loosely corymbose, softly hairy ; invol.- 
scales linear-subulate, softly pubescent, equalling the disc; male fl. 
about 25, hairy at the summit, fem. innumerable, filiform; recept. flat, 
naked. C. (Blumea) Natalensis, Sch. Bip.! in Wal. Rep. 2, p.971- 
Has. Near the Key R., Drege / Natal, 7. Williamson! Krauss! 227. Gerr. and 
M‘K. 313. Namaqualand, A. Wyley! (Herb. D., Hk, Sd.) 
One and a half to 2 f. high: stems simple below, corymbose above. Leaves 
13-2} inches long, 4-6 lines wide, the teeth minute or obsolete. Heads 5-8 in each 
, 5-6 lines across. : 
2. C. podocephala (DC. 1. c. 387); stem scarcely woody at base, erect 
or ascending, herbaceous, sparsely setose; leaves obovate, cuneate at base, 
the lower ones tapering into a petiole, coarsely toothed above the middle, 
sparsely scabrido-hispid, the uppermost depauperated ; branches naked 
at the summit, 1-headed, thinly hispid ; invol.-scales linear-subulate, 
glabrescent, equalling the disc ; male fl. numerous, glabrous, fem. in- 
numerable ; recept. honeycombed and toothed. 
Has. At Zw. S i O7» 
essere ol te and Witbergen, Drege! Caledon R., Burke and Zey.! 807 
Many-stemmed, diffuse, 1-2 f. high, harsh to the touch. Lower leaves 2}, uppeT 
1-14 inches long, 3-6 lines wide, the teeth broad and shallow, blunt or sharp. 
Pedunc. 3-8 inches long, with 2-3 distant bracts. 
3. C. pinnatilobata (DC. 1.c. 387); stem erect or diffuse, herbaceous, 
weak, sparsely setulose or glabrous ; radical and lower leaves petioled, 
cauline sessile, half-clasping, all scaberulous, sparsely-hispidulous or 
subglabrous, pinnatifid, the lobes shortly oblong or cultrate, toothed 
or entire, subacute, scabrous on the edge and nerves ; heads loosely 
corymbulose, pedunc. pubescent ; invol.-scales glabrescent; male fl. 
30-40, glabrous, fem. innumerable; recept. honeycombed and toothed. 
pinnatum, L.f. Thunb.! Cap. 666. Baccharis leucanthemifolia, 
Burm. C. obscura, 8. calvescens, DC. 1. ¢. 387 (ex pte.) 
Has. Cape, Thunb., Burchell, gc. Kochmans Kloof, Mundt! Zwartkops R., 
