Sphenogyne. | COMPOSITZ (Harv.) 145 
23. S. punctata (Less.! Syn. 243); shrubby, slender, erect, virgate, 
nearly glabrous ; leaves (small) pinnati-partite, the lower and medial 
throughout their whole length, the lower lobes simple, upper bifid or 
trifid, all mucronate and very short; upper leaves lobed beyond the 
middle only, pinnate or trifid; pedune. elongate, slender; heads small ; 
outermost inv.-scales very few, small, acute, the medial oblong, obtuse, 
broad ; rays concolourous, short ; pales truncate. D0. U. ¢. p. 685. 
Also S. gracilis, DC. 1. c. 684. Arctotis punctata, Thunb. ! Cap. 711. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Zeederberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk., Sd.) 
A slender shrub, 1-1} ft. high; branches rodlike, 6-8 inches long, ending in 
pedune. 4-6 inches long. Leaves about 4 inch long, the lobes 1-2 lines long; all 
the upper leaves are petioled, or nude in their lower half and mostly trifid at the 
apex. Heads few-fi., 3-4 lines across. Leaves gland-dotted as in other species, I 
—— find any difference between Thunberg’s original specimens and Drege’s * S. 
gracilis. 
24, S, pauciloba (DC.1.c.686); “shrubby, branched, erect, glabrous; 
leaves (short) coriaceous-fleshy, pinnatisect, the lobes mostly 5, subobtuse, 
entire, the 3-terminal near together, the uppermost linear, undivided ; 
the moderately-elongate pedunc. and the young branches somewhat 
cobwebby ; outer iny.-scales subobtuse, dark-edged; rays concolourous, 
not much longer than the invol.; pales truncate.” DC. 
Has. Swellendam, on the Mountain, 4-500 f., Drege. (Hb. Sond., sine fl.) 
Judging by ascrap, without flowers, in Hb. Sond., this seems near S. punctata. 
The leaves are 4—-} inch long, the lobes 2-3 lines long, mucronate. 
25. S. rigidula (DC. 1. c. 685); suffruticose, erect or ascending, gla- 
brous or nearly so; leaves pinnati-partite, rigid, the lobes short, 6-8 
pair, rigidly mucronate, the lowest shortest, entire, the upper either 
entire or 2—3-fid ; pedunc. elongate, naked ; outer inv.-scales oval-ob- 
long, obtuse, with a narrow scarious edge and small membr.-tip, obtuse ; 
rays discoloured. 
Has. Piquetberg, Drege. Hassaquaskloof and Buffeljads R., Zey./2799. (Hb. Sd.) 
Of Drege’s plant I have only seen a scrap without flowers. Zeyher’s i 
which seems the same, is diffusely branched, with subdistant leaves, the leafy portion 
of the branches 6-8 inches long, the pedunec. about 6 inches. Leaves 1-14 inch 
long, the upper lobes 3—4 lines long, the lower 1-2 lines, each pair 2~3 lines apart. 
Inv.-seales glabrous, brown, with a narrow, white border. Pappus not seen, the 
dise-fl. having been insect-eaten; the genus therefore uncertain. 
26. S. discolor (Less.! Syn. 243); suffruticose, diffusely branched, 
thinly cobwebby, becoming glabrescent ; leaves (small) pinnati-partite, 
glaucous, the lobes in 2-3 pairs mucronate, lowest lobes very short (or 
none), upper longer; some leaves simply trifid; pedunce. elongate, often 
with a few linear, entire, appressed leaves at base ; heads small; outer 
iny.-scales oval-oblong, somewhat membrane-edged and tipped, obtuse ; 
rays coppery beneath ; pales truncate. DC. /.¢. 685. Also S. brevifolia, 
DC.! 1. c. Arctotis dentata, Thunb. !non L. Sph. pilifera, y. sub-canescens, 
DC. / in Hb. Drege, Prodr. 5, p. 688. : 
Has. Cape, Thunb./ Uitenhage and Caledon, Ecklon! Swellendam, Dr. Pappe! 
Drege! Zey.! 2795. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A diffuse or divaricate, much-branched half-shrub, 1-13 ft. long, all the younger 
parts covered with prostrate, deciduous, cobwebby hairs. Leaves 4~{ inch long, 
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