138 cOMPOSIT (Harv.) [Sphenogyne. 
Lvs. pinnate throughout their wholelength (17) scapiformis. 
Rays discoloured : : : 
Lvs. pinnate throughout their whole length (18) chamomilleefolia, 
Lvs. pinnate beyond their middle ..._... (19) Natalensis. 
Stems erect, branching, suffruticose or shrubby : 
Rays concolourous : 
Leaves 1-2 inches long; lobes filiform : 
Lvs, pinnate throughout, lobes 6-8 
POI 35 sid sis eer eds Pop ese 4) eaten. 
Lys. pinnate above, infew pair or trifid (22) erithmifolia. 
Leaves 3 inch long or less; lobes very short : 
Leaf-lobes several, the upper 2—3-fid (23) punctata. 
Leaf-lobes few, entire, subobtuse ... (24) pauciloba. 
Rays discoloured : 
Pedune. one-headed, elongate, erect : 
Outer inv. scales broad-based, oblong or acuminate : 
Inv. scales acuminate: leaf-lobes 
Wi gpk: cans: mgs ast csee  14O) Spetaitolis, 
Iny. scls. aristate; leaf-lobes lin. (27) chamemeloides. 
Iny. scales oval-oblong, obtuse : 
Glabrous. Leaf-lobes6-8 pair (25) rigidula. 
Cobwebby. Lf.-lobes2—3 pair (26) discolor. 
Outer inv. scales very narrow-linear, 
acuminate ... .... ... “s+. (28) paleacea, 
Pedune, panicled, spreading or divaricate (29) pinnata. 
(d) Leaves nearly glabrous, 3-5-lobed or parted : 
Virgate shrubs, with straight, densely leafy branches : heads subsessile. 
Leaves 5-parted nearly to base vss vee eee (30) quinquepartita. 
Leaves 3-parted nearly to base eee es (ga): teapattita. 
Diffusely branched: heads pedunculate : 
Lys. 3-5 lines long, shortly 3-lobed; lobes blunt (32) trifida, — 
Lys. 4 inch long, unequally 3-lobed; lobesacute (33) heterodonta. 
Lys. 1-14 inch long, ciliate below ; lobes long, 
PWOUUS nas, sis eh ES (34) trifurca, 
(e) Leaves quite entire, glabrous or nearly so: 
Heads subsessile. fon 5 lines long, linear ... ... (37) leptoglossa. 
Heads pedunculate. Lvs. 1~3 inches long, linear: 
Lys. rigidly ciliate in their lower half ... ... (35) ciliaris. 
Lys. quite smooth-edged, very long ... ... (36) tenuifolia, 
Heads pedune. Lvs. lanceolate, t-3-nerved.,. ... (38) Eckloniana. 
Div. 2. Xerotepis. All the involucral scales with broadly membranous edges 
and membranous expanded apices. (Sp. 39-44). 
Leaves serrate or pinnatifid. Rays concolourous : 
Lys. oblong, coarsely serrate; serratures deltoid (39) serrata. 
Lys, oblong, inciso-serrate; serratures acuminate (40) incisa, 
Lvs. oblong, pinnatifid, lobes 2-3-toothed ... ... (41) tridentata. 
Leaves inciso-pinnatifid. Rays discoloured ... ... (42) odorata, 
Leaves pinnati-partite, slender. Rays discoloured : 
Thinly pilose. Lf.-lobes 7-12 pairs, bristle-pointed (43) pilifera. 
Glabrous. Leaf-lobes simple, mucronulate ... (44) 
Div. 1. THELYTHAMNOS (Sp. 1-38). 
1. S. anthemoides (R. Br.); annual, erect, glabrous or puberulous; 
leaves either pinnati-partite or sub-bipinnati-partite, the lobes linear- 
filiform, acute or mucronate, the lower shorter or very small, the upper 
bi-trifid or pinnulate, ing; pedune. long, naked, cernuous; outer 
inv. seales ovate or o subacute, glabrous or puberulous; palez 
