144 COMPOSITE (Harv.) [ Sphenogyne.- 
Var. a; leaves from the base pinnati-lobed ; upper lobes mostly entire. 
Var. 8; leaves pinnati-lobed beyond the middle only ; lobes long and often 2-3 fid. 
Has. Var. a, Zwarteberge, Zey.! 2804. Caledon, Dr. Pappe! Simon's Bay, 
C. Wright! 399. Var. B. Cape, Verreaux! Thom! Sweet Valley, Wallich! (Herb. 
5 oy a.) 
A more robust, more woody, taller and more erect plant than S. chamomillefolia, 
to which it is closely allied; it may also be compared with S. anethoides and 8. 
crithmifolia, from which its discoloured rays separate it. Leaves 14-2 inches long, 
the lobes 3-1 inch; in var. 8. many of the leaves are only 3-forked, the lower lobes 
disappearing; Mr. Wright's specimen connects a and p. 
21, S. anethoides (DC. 1. c. 685); shrubby, erect, branched, glabrous 
or thinly cob-webby; leaves pinnati-partite throughout, the lobes 6-8 
pair linear-filiform, mucronate, the lowest short, entire, the upper 
frequently 2-3 fid; pedune. long or shortish, one-headed; outer inv. 
scales lanceolate, acute, medial oblong, obtuse, membrane-tipped; rays 
concolourous, about twice as long as the invol.; palez truncate. 
Var. 8, brachyglossa (DC.); rays not much longer than involucre. 
Var. y. ramosissima (DC.); slender, all parts smaller; leaves short; stem much 
branched. 
_ Var. 5. brevipes; pedunc. short (1-3-uncial) ; leaves closely set, mostly simply 
pinnate. : 
Has. Breede River and Drachenstein, Drege! Worcester, Ecklon’ Tulbagh and 
Caledon, and Gnadendahl, Dr. Pappe/ Witsenberg, Zeyher! 826. f. Piquetberg, 
Drege! -y, Giftberg, Drege! Tzitsikamma, Dr, Pappe/ 5, Albany, 7. Williamson! 
T. Cooper! 1558. Grahamstown, Genl. Bolton! New Year's River; Mrs. Barber 
257. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
An erect shrub, 1-2 f. high or more, rather robust, the young branches mostly cob- 
webby. Leaves rather,;crowded 1-1} inches long, the upper lobes 4—6 lines long, (except 
in B. and y.), semiterete, channelled above, the lower much shorter. Pedunc. com- 
monly 6-8 inches long, sometimes 4-2 inches, erect, sometimes minutely bracteate. 
Inner invol. scales with a very ample, silvery-membr. apex. Ray bright golden yellow. 
Variable in size, the heads in y. very small; in a, nearly an inch in diameter. Var, 8 
has uniformly much shorter peduncles and closer leaves ; the latter 3 inch long. 
22. S. crithmifolia (R. Br.); shrubby, glabrous or nearly so, erect, 
branched ; leaves pinnati-partite (or trifid), the lobes linear-filiform, 
semi-terete, acute, the lower lobes short or obsolete, the rest elongate ; 
pedunc. unusually elongate, bearing a few, simple, erect, scattered 
leaves below ; outer invol. linear, acute, or subacute, or obtuse, the 
medial lanceolate, the inner amply membrane-tipped ; rays concolourous ; 
_ truncate. Less, Syn.244. DC. l,c.686. Arctotis crithmifolia, Berg. 
ap. 326. 
Var. f, grandiflora; more luxuriant; larger in all parts, especially the fl. heads, 
leaf-lobes more numerous, scarcely otherwise different. S. Dronditare: DOC.! 1.¢.685- 
Zey.! 2802 (ex pte.), 2803. S. nudicaulis, Hb. Eckl.! 1706. 
Var. y., trifureata (DC.); leaves (mostly) trifureate, petiolate. Arctotis trifur- 
cata, Burm. 
Has. Mountains near Capetown and Simon’s Bay, FE. ¢ Z. Drege! W.H.H. S¢- 
Gnadendahl, Pappe! 8. Hott. Hott.-berg, Herb. Deless. Draakensteenberg, 
Drege! Stellenb., W.H.H. -y., Capetown, W.H.H., MGillivray, (Hb. D., Hk., Sd-) 
A stout shrub, 1-2 ft. high, densely leafy. Leaves 1}-2 inches long, the upper 
lobes q-1 inch long, 4 line diameter, the lower lobes in y obsolete or wanting, in B 
5-7 pair, in @ 2-4 pair, always much shorter than the upper. Pedune. 3-8-10 
inches long. Heads 1-14 diam., with long, bright-yellow, gland-dotted rays—A 
variable plant, but I cannot draw a line between var. a and A. 
