Sphenogyne. | COMPOSIT (Harv.) 143 
8, Lambert’s Kloof, Dr. Wallich ; Cape, Thunb.! Var. y, Summit of Sneewekop, 
Dr. Wallich! (Herb. D., Sd., Th.) 
Stems decumbent at base, ascending, densely tufted, the leafy portion 1-2 inches 
long: an underground or trailing leafless trunk, sometimes 6-8 inches. Leaves 14-2 
inches, in 8. 3-4 inches long, the lobes }-4 inch. Peduncles 8-10 inches long, with 
a few slender, filiform, scattered bracts. Iny.-scales rigid, dark coloured. Rays 
a isbn as long as the inv. Var. y. may be aspecies, Its achenes are powdery 
and shortish. 
17. S. scapiformis (DC. 1. c. 684, ex pte.) ; glabrous or nearly so; 
stems short, tufted, simple, densely leafy; leaves subradical and cauline, 
pinnati-partite throughout their whole length, segments 10-12 pair, 
the lowest short, subulate, acuminate, the upper longer, mostly 2—-3-lobed, 
mucronate ; pedune, very long, slender, one-headed, nude ; outer inv.- 
scales ovate or oblong, obtuse or subacute; rays concolourous, not much 
longer than the inv. 
Hap. Langekloof, Drege! DescentfromSneewekop, Dr. Wallich! (Hb. Sd., Hk., D.) 
A smaller and slenderer plant than S. nudicaulis (to which it is closely allied); 
with more numerous and taper-pointed leaflobes, and much smaller flower-heads~ 
It differs from the following by the concolourous rays, &c. 
18. S. chamomillefolia (DC. 1. c. 684); glabrous or thinly downy 
on the young parts ; stems decumbent or ascending, shortish, simple 
(or branched) ; leaves scattered, pinnati-partite throughout the segments, 
in 8-10 pairs, the lowest short and subulate, acuminate, the upper 
longer, 2—3-lobed, mucronaté ; pedune. mostly very long, slender, one- 
headed; outer inv.-scales ovato-lanceolate, acute, dark-edged; rays dark 
coppery beneath, twice as long as the involucre. Also S. scapiformis, 
DC. quoad Sp. Eckl.! 
Var. f. elongata; stems 1 foot long, branched, suberect ; pedunc. 4-6 uncial. 
S. chamomillefolia, Herb. Eckl.! 
Has. Tulbagh and Worcester, Eck./ Waterfall, Talbagh, Dr. Pappe! B. Wor- 
cester, Ack. / (Hb. Sd., Hk., D.) 
Stems 4-6 inches long ; in 8. much longer and more erect, spare leafy. Leaves 
13-2 inches long, the upper lobes 3-4, the lower 1~2 lines long. Pedunce. (save in 
8.) 6-12 inches long. This chiefly differs from 5S. seapiformis by its discoloured rays 
and longer and less glabrous stems. 
19. 8S. Natalensis (Sch.! B. in Walp. Rep. 6, p. 182); suffruticose, 
glabrous or nearly so; stems decumbent or ascending, short, subsimple ; _ 
leaves pinnati-partite beyond the middle, the segments in 3-4 pairs, 
elongate, linear, apiculate, the upper sometimes 2-lobed; pedune. elon- 
gate, nude, outer inv.-scales ovate, subacute, dark-edged ; rays dis- 
coloured, twice as long as the involucre. 
Has. Port Natal, Krauss! 446. Gueinzius, 335, Dr. Sutherland! (Hb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Very near S. chamomillefolia from which it chiefly differs in its less compound 
foliage. Stems 3-4 inches long, closely below, ending in a 3-5 inch long pe- 
duncle. Lvs. 14—2 inches long, the lobes 4~6 lines long, mostly simple, rarely bifid. 
20. S. anethifolia (Less. Syn. 243); erect or ascending, shrubby, 
glabrous or nearly so; leaves pinnati-partite, the lobes linear-filiform, 
acute, the lower ones short (or obsolete), entire, the upper often 2-3 fid; 
pedune. long, one-headed; outer inv. scales from a broad base, linear- 
acuminate, herbaceous ; ligules discoloured, 1-2ce as long as involuere. 
DC. 1. c. p. 684. 
