Sphenogyne. | COMPOSITE (Harv.) 139 
uniform, sheathing, truncate; rays discoloured; achenes scaberulous. 
Less, Syn.p, 242, DC. 1, c, 681. Arctotis pinnata,and A.cernua,Th.! Cap. 
711-712. Arct. anthemoides, L, Bot. Mag. t.544. Zey. ! 2787, 2788, 2791. 
Var. 8. versicolor; glabrescent; leaves mostly simply pinnate; rays purple at 
base, pale above, at length becoming purple. SS. versicolor, DC. 1. c. 681. 
Var. y. adonidifolia; glabrous or nearly so; leaves multijugate, the lower lobes 
eg the upper long and compound ; palew golden yellow. S. adonidifolia, DC, l. . 
2. 
Var. 5. microcephala; leaves sub-simply pinnate ; fl. heads half the usual size; the 
whole plant starved. 8S. microcephala, DC. l.c. 682. Drege, 9101. 
Has. Western and N. Western districts, common. Zwartkops R., Uit. Zey./ 
2788. £., Camiesberg, Drege! ‘y, Paarl, Drege! Lion’s Mt., Capetown, Ecklon.! 
Tulbagh, Pappe! 5, Berg River, Drege. (Herb. Th., D., Sd. Hk.) 
Stems 3-12 inches high, branched from near the base, the branches mostly straight 
and erect. Leaves variable in section, even in the same plant. Palez of the fruit 
twice as long as the involucre, either dirty straw colour or golden. Var. 8 looks 
like a starved plant. I find no permanent marks between any of the above varieties ; 
the inv. scales are identical in form in all, but variable in colour. 
2. S. calenduleflora (DC. 1. c. 682); herbaceous, annual, branching, 
glabrous ; leaves bipinnati-partite, lobes linear, flattish, divaricate, 
subacute; pedunce. long, naked ; outer inv. scales oblong, obtuse, mem- 
brane-edged, and tipped with small scales; rays concolourous, at least 
four times as long as the involucre; pales uniform, truncate. 
Has. Silverfontein and Knakarberg, N. W. coast, Drege! (Hb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
A much branched annual, 4-10 inches high, the branches ending in peduncles 
4-5 inches long. Rays bright orange yellow, about an inch long: by which character 
and that of the inv. scales this species is well marked. 
3. S. foeniculacea (Less. Syn. 242); herbaceous, nearly glabrous, 
erect ; leaves bipinnati-partite, the lobes linear, acute; pedunc. elongate, 
naked ; outer inv. scales ovate,acute, glabrous ; paleze uniform, sheathing, 
truncate; raysconcolourous. DC.l.c.p. 682. <Arctotis feniculacea, Jacq. 
Schoenb. t. 156. 
Van. £. pallida; slender ; leaves either pinnati-partite or sub-bipin. ; inv. scalespale. 
Sph. pallida, DC. : 
Has. Cape, Burch. Cat. 6166 (fide DC.). Eckl./ 8. near Clan- William, Ecki./ 
Camiesberg, Drege. (Herb., Sd., D., Hk.) 
Except for its concolourous rays, I fear a character of little value, this scarcely 
differs from S. anthemoides. I can by no means distinguish S. pallida specifically. 
4. S. pusilla (DC. 1. c. 682); “herbaceous, branched, glabrous ; leaves 
thickish, pinnate-parted, the lobes linear, sub-obtuse, either entire or 
2-3 parted; pedicels numerous, one-headed, sub-corymbose, nearly as 
long as the stem; outer inv. scales lanceolate, subacute; rays con- 
colourous; pales truncate; achenes scaberulous.” DC. 
Has. Olifant River, Drege! (Hb. Sond.). 
Only known to me by a very imperfect specimen. 
5. S. filipes (E. Mey.!); herbaceous, (annual?) tall, branching, 
glabrous; leaves sessile, oblong, tongue-shaped, one nerved, acutely 
and deeply inciso-serrate or pinnatifid, the marginal lobes subulate, the 
three terminal bifid or trifid ; pedunc. axillary and terminal, very long 
