142 COMPOSIT# (Harv.) [Sphenogyne. 
Has. Near Swellendam, Mundt! Ecklon! Grootvadersbosch, Zey./ 2800. Riv. 
Zondereinde, Zey./ 2801, Baviaan’s R., Gnadendahl, Dr. Pappe/ (Hb. Hk., Sd., DZ 
A shrub, 1-2 f. high. Leaves 2 inches long, 1 inch wide; the lower lobes (pinne), 
2-3 lines long, the upper 6-8 lines, 4 line to 1 line diam. Pedune. 3-4 inches long. 
Near S. abrotanifolia, but much less hairy, with differently cut leaves, and a very 
different involucre; the outer scales have a narrow membranous border as well as 
expanded apex, but the membrane varies much in different specimens, as does also 
the breadth of the leaf-lobes. Zey./ 2800 has broader leaf-lobes and more mem- 
branous scales than the other specimens seen. Zey.! 2802 partly belongs to this, 
partly to S. grandiflora, DC. 
14, §. dentata (R. Br.) ; shrubby, much-branched, nearly glabrous ; 
leaves (short) pinnati-partite, the lobes short, entire or trifid, the teeth 
tipped with a bristle; peduncles elongate, one-headed ; heads rather 
small, outer inv.-scales ovate, subacute or obtuse ; rays coppery under- 
neath, DC. l.¢. 684. Arctotis dentata, Linn. (non Thunb.) Arct. 
pectinata, Thunb.! Cap. 710. Arct. piligera, Berg. 
Var. B. setigera; stem slightly villous; pedunc. with a few, distant, simple, 
depauperated leaves ; inv.-scales dark-edged, ovato-lanceolate, some of them mem- 
brane-tipped. Sph. setigera, DC. 1. c. (Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
Has. On Table Mt., Capetown and near Simon’s Bay, common. Var. f. at 
Cape L’Agulhas, Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
A slender shrub, 1-2 f. high, with curved, closely leafy branches, ending in naked 
peduncles, 6-9 inches long. Leaves 4-7 inch long, the lobes 2-3 lines long, rachis 
broadly linear, all conspicuously gland-dotted and mostly quite glabrous. Outer 
iny.-scales generally with a few dorsal hairs below the tip, sometimes quite obtuse 
with a dark border. Invol. } inch diameter; rays twice as long: £. scarcely differs 
from the state of S. dentata with dark-edged inv.-scales, which often has scattered 
leaves on the peduncle, puberulous stems and equally long bristles to the leaves. 
15. §. concolor (Harv.); suffruticose, much-branched ; branches 
roughly setose; leaves (short) pinnati-partite, the lobes dilated, broadly 
linear, short, the lower 2—3-toothed or lobed, the upper 5—7-lobed, all 
the teeth and lobes tipped with a bristle, otherwise quite glabrous ; 
pedune. elongate, one-headed ; heads rather small, outer inv.-scales 
ovate, acute, pale ; rays concolourous. 
Has. Sneewekop, Dr. Wallich? (Herb. D.) 
Allied to S. dentata which it much resembles in aspect, but from which it differs 
in the concolourous (pale yellow) rays, more compound leaves, with thinner and 
broader lobes and hirsute stem. Leaves pale green, }-1 inch long, gland-dotted. 
Pedune. 4-6 inches long. Heads 3-4 lines diameter. 
16. S. nudicaulis (Less.! Syn. 243); glabrous; stems very short, 
tufted, simple, densely leafy ; leaves sub-radical or cauline, petiolate, 
pinnate-partite beyond the middle, the segments 5-7 pair, alternate, 
erecto-patent, simple or the uppermost rarely 2-3-fid, apices obtuse or 
subacute; peduncles very long, one-headed, nude or with 1-2 minute 
bracts ; outer inv.-scales lanceolate, acute, puberulous, medial ovate ; 
rays concolourous. DC.l.¢. Arctotis nudicaulis, Thunb.! Cap. 711. 
Van. 8. gracilior ; leaves twice as long, their lobes acute. (Hb. Thunb., Sd., D. 
Var. y. alpina; dwarf; stems procumbent, throwing up many short, crowded, 
leafy branches, prolonged into sparsely leafy peduncles; leaves small (-inch long) ; 
iny.-scales ovate ; rays concolourous ? 
Has. Summit of Table Mt., common, Th., Burch, E.Z.! W.H.H., &c. Ware 
