Gdera.| cOMPOSITZ (Harv.) 135 
several minute or longish, equal or unequal, semi-lanceolate scales, or 
crown-like, toothed. Gderia, DC. Prodr. 6, p, 1. 
_ Small, densely leafy, slightly branched, rigid, S. African shrubs. Leaves oppo- 
site or ternate, or spirally imbricate, rough-edged. Glomerules or head-clusters 
terminal, sessile. Flowers yellow. Named in honour of Professor Geo. (der, of 
Copenhagen, author of Flora Danica. : 
1, Ev-GiperA: Glomerule of heads sessile : 
Leaves on both sides clothed with rigid, gland-tipped, short 
Leaves glabrous, ciliate-serrate or entire : 
Lys. ovate or ovato-lanceolate ; fl. leaves broad... ... (2) latifolia. 
Lvs. linear-lanceolate or subulate ; fl. leaves narrow... (3) prolifera. 
2. Ertopopa (DC.): Glomerule on a woolly peduncle; ray-fl. 
PUR MUM ees sie = 5, ec iee van ape ee A) OE 
1. &. hirta (Thunb.! Cap. 725); leaves broadly ovate or ovato- 
lanceolate, flat, on both sides densely clothed with rigid, gland-tipped 
short, spreading hairs. Less. / Syn. 248, DC. 1. ¢. p. 2. 
Has..8. Africa, Thunb! E. Z.! (Herb. Th., Sd.) 
All parts clothed with short, very rigid, glandular hairs. Stems a foot long, 
slightly branched, imbricated with spreading leaves. Leaves ? inch long, 4-5 lines 
wide, thick, obscurely midribbed. Pappus of several unequal scales. 
2, &. latifolia (Less. Syn. 247); leaves either roundish-cordate, ovate, » 
or ovato-lanceolate, or lanceolate, spreading or reflexed, flat, glabrous, the 
margin (and midrib) calloso-serrate ; outer floral leaves broadly-ovate, 
many-nerved, inner ovato-lanceolate or lanceolate, on both sides villous 
below; inv. scales linear, entire or lacerate. DC./ 1. c. 2. G. prolifera, 
y. Hb. Th.! G. imbricata, Lam. Dict. 2, 345. Gi. obtusifolia, Cass, Gi. 
intermedia, DC. 1. ¢. 
Has. Cape, Thunb.! Muysenberg, Eckl.! W.H.H.! C. Wright, 378; Groenekloof 
and Frenchhoek, and Zwarteberg, Drege / Stellenbosch and. Caledon, #. Z./ near 
Grahamstown, 7. Williamson, Genl. Bolton! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stem robust, 1-2 feet high. Leaves very variable in shape, sometimes as broad 
as long, 5-6 lines each way ; again 5-6 lines long, 2~3 lines wide, in one var. 14 in. 
long, 2-3 lines wide! mostly recurved. I find the invol. scales as often fimbriate- 
een ee marked by Lessing in 
erb, Thunb. ! 
8. C. prolifera (Linn. f. Suppl. 391) ; leaves linear-lanceolate or sub- '.... 
ulate, spreading, subconcave or channelled, glabrous, the margin ciliato-\\_.... 
serrate (or entire and softly ciliate !); floral leaves oblong-lanceolate or |, ( 
lanceolate, calloso-serrate or ciliate, more or less villous below; invol. 
scales lacerate. Thunb.! Cap. 724. Less.! Syn.247. DC. 1. ¢, 2. 
Van. A, integrifolia; leaves subulate, channelled, quite entire, softly ciliolate. 
Has. Cape, Burm., Thunb.! Groenekloof, Drege! Caledon and Stellenbosch, E. Z./ 
about Capetown, W.H.H. 8, Steendal, Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe! (Hb. Th., D., Hk.,Sd.) 
About a foot high, ascending or decumbent, branched from below. Lvs. spread- 
ing or recurved or arcuate, 7-10 lines long, 1-2 lines wide. Floral leaves more gla- 
brous than in C. latifolia. Var. 8. has the leaves narrower, more channelled than 
usual, and quite entire, though fringed with soft, minute, white hairs; but there are 
intermediate stages connecting it with the normal form. 
4. &, levis (DC. lc. 2); “leaves spirally disposed, lanceolate-linear, 
