146 COMPOSITA (Harv.) [ Sphenogyne. 
the upper ones often only 3-fid, the lobes often hook-pointed. Heads 4-5 lines 
diam., the inv.-scales reddish-brown, with scabrous spots under the membranous 
tip, and a very narrow membr.-edge. Rays twice as long as the invol. 
27. S. chamemeloides (DC. 1. c. 685); “ suffruticose, glabrous ; 
leaves pinnatisect, the lobes linear, acute, the (lower) entire, the (upper) 
mostly trifid; outer inv.-scales triangular, acuminate-aristate ; rays dis- 
coloured.” DC. J. ¢. 
Has. Algoa Bay, Forbes (fide DC.) S 
“‘ Fl. branches sparingly leafy, 1-2 inches long. Most of the inv.-scales scarious- 
membranous. Ligules 5-7-nerved,” DC. In translating the specific char. from 
DC. I have ventured to transpose the words “ upper” and “lower,” which seem to 
be accidentally misplaced in the Prodr. text. Possibly an Ursinea ; and if so, it 
may be a mere variety of U. chrysanthemoides ? 
28. S. paleacea (Less. Syn. 244) ; shrubby, nearly glabrous; branches 
slender, virgate; leaves somewhat fleshy, filiform, the lowest pinnate- 
partite, 2-jugate, the medial trifid at the apex, the uppermost linear, 
quite entire; apices bluntish; pedunce. long, t-headed, with a few scat- 
tered, linear leaves at base, outer and medial invol. scales very narrow, 
linear-acuminate or subulate, rigid, innermost with a very small, mem- 
branons tip; rays discoloured, scarcely as long as the involucre; pales 
truncate, subdenticulate. DC. 1. c. 685. S. subflosculosa, E. Mey.! DC. 
Lc. 686. Aretotis paleacea, Th.! Cap. 712. 
Has, Cape, Thunb./ Cederberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Sd. Hk.) 
A slender shrub, 1-2 feet high. Leaves laxly set, 4-3? inch long, the lobes 2-3 
lines long, mostly blunt. Pedunc. 3-4 inches long, erect. Heads 4-6 lines in dia- 
meter, the rays scarcely as long as the small-topped inner scales. Thunberg’s speci- 
mens precisely accord with Drege’s. 
29. S. pinnata (Less.! Syn. 243); shrubby, glabrous, much branched ; 
branches virgate, spreading ; leaves (small) sessile, half-clasping, pinnati- 
partite, the lobes linear-filiform, mucronate, in 2-4 pair ; upper leaves 
tri-partite or simple ; inflorescence panicled, the fi, branches rigid, spread- 
ing, sprinkled with a few linear, simple leaves; heads small; outer 
invol. scales linear-oblong, obtuse ; rays very short, discoloured; palez 
obtuse. DC. 1. c.686. Relhania pinnata, Thunb.! Cap. 641. Aretotis 
pinnata, Thundb.! ex pte. Thelythamnos filiformis, Spr. f. Suppl. 25. 
Has. Cape, Thunb./ Drachensteinberg and Giftberg, Drege / Caledon, £. & Z./ 
Baviaan’s Riv., Pappe! Cape, Wallich! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
2-3 feet high, the stout main trunk breaking into many spreading, rodlike, simple 
or again divi rigid branches, which are closely covered with leaves in their lower 
half, ing nearly naked or with a few distant, depauperated leaves upwards 
for 8-10 inches below the summit, then panicled; the rigid, divaricating arms of 
the panicle t-headed. Leaves 4~—} inch long, the lobes 4-6 lines long, slender.— 
This is readily known by its panicled inflorescence. 
30. S. quinquepartita (DC. 1. c. 686); shrubby, becoming nearly 
glabrous, the straight, rodlike branches closely covered with leaves to 
the very apex; leaves half-clasping, pinnately 5-partite nearly to the 
base, the lobes linear-filiform, erect, acute, the undivided part broadish, 
flattened, persistent on the older branches; heads terminal, solitary, 
subsessile ; outer inv. scales ovato-lanceolate, subacute ; rays discoloured. 
Chronobasis quinquepartita, Hb. Eckl. 
