116 COMPOSIT# (Harv.) [| Brachylena. 
Adult leaves glabrous on both sides or nearly so : Bee 
Leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate ... ... ... ... --- (1) nereifolia. 
Lvs. oblong or lanceol.-oblong, cuneate at base, subacute... (2) dentata. 
Adult leaves above glabrous, beneath densely tomentose : 
Lys. oval or oblong, subentire, mucronate; infl. axillary ... (3) racemosa. 
Lys. oblong or cuneate-oblong, toothed, simple or lobulate ; ae 
male infl. panicled, the inv.-scales glabrous, in few rows (4) elliptica. 
Lys. oval-obovate, obtuse, repand or denticulate; male infl. : 
panicled, the inv.-scales woolly-edged in many rows... (5) discolor. 
1. B. nereifolia (R. Br.); leaves lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute 
or acuminate, very entire (or sharply few-toothed near the apex), the 
young ones rusty beneath, the adult quite glabrous. DC. /. ¢. 430. 
Baccharis nereifolia, Linn. Tarchonanthus lanceolatus, Th.! Cap. 638. 
T. dentatus, Eckl. Zey.! 2784. 
Has. Western Districts generally. Swellendam, Mundt, and Plettenberg’s Bay, 
Pappe! (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
A large, leafy shrub, with leaves like those of Oleander. Leaves 4-§ inches long, 
3 in. to Z in. wide, mostly quite entire. Young leaves and inflorescence rusty with 
minute powder. Invol.-scales broadly ovate, longitudinally striate. 
2. B. dentata (Less.! non DC.); leaves oblong or lanceol.-oblong, 
cuneate at base, subacute, very entire or sinuate-toothed near the apex, 
the young ones rusty beneath, the adult at length nearly glabrate. 
Tarch. dentatus, Thunbd.! Cap. 638. Br. grandifolia, DC.! 1. ¢. 430°. 
. Has. Eastern Districts. Zuureberg, Alexandria, Drege! Vanstaadensberg, Uit., 
Zey.! 2785. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Very similar to B. nereifolia but with much broader, proportionably shorter and 
blunter leaves, and (apparently) quite an eastern plant. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 
1-1} in. wide. FI. heads similar to those of B. nereifolia. 
3. B. racemosa (Less.! Syn. 208) ; leaves elliptical or oblong, entire 
- or denticulate, mucronate, glabrous and netted above, tomentose beneath; 
racemes axillary and terminal, shorter than the leaves, few-headed ; 
invol, nearly glabrous. DC. l.c. 430. Tarchon. racemosus, Thunb. ! Cap. 
638. Zey./ 2787. 
Has. Distr. of Uitenhage and Albany, Thunb., Drege, E. Z., &c. Weenen Country, 
Natal, Dr. Sutherland! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A rigid, divaricately branched shrub. Leaves 1-1} inches long, 4-7 lines wide. 
Invol.-scales varying from ovate to oblong, blunt. The tomentum on the under 
sides of the leaves varies from whitish, to fulvous or ferruginous. 
4. B. elliptica (Less. Syn. 208); leaves oblong, linear-oblong or 
cuneate-oblong, mostly cuneate at base, often shortly 3-lobed at the 
summit, denticulate, sinuato-dentate or subentire at the margin, gla- 
brous and netted above, whitish tomentose beneath, undulate; racemes 
of both sexes in a terminal thyrsus; male invol. nearly glabrous, the 
scales in few rows, broadly ovate. arch. ellipticus, Thunb.! Cap. 638. 
Zey.! 2786. Br. dentata, DC. 1. ¢. 430 (non Less.!) 
Vaz. , salicina (DC. 1. c.) ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate, ly denticulate, 
evidently penninerved beneath. ae ie < 
Has. Districts of Uitenhage, Albany and Br. Kaffraria, Thund., E.Z.! Drege! 
§c. Olifant’s Hoek, Pappe! Natal, Gerr. and M‘Ken, . Br. Kaffraria, Ecklon! 
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A much-branched shrub. Leaves very variable in shape and comparative width ; 
