Sphenogyne.] COMPOSIT& (Harv.) 147 
Has. Stellenbosch, F.¢ Z./ (Herb, Sond.) 
2-3 feet high, rigid, with very straight stem and erect branches, imbricated with 
leaves. Leaves }-1 inch long, the lobes 8-9 lines long, the 3 terminal slightly re- 
moved from the basal pair. Heads 5-6 lines diameter, the rays about twice as long 
as the invol., dark-coloured beneath. Young branches and leaves pubescent. 
31. S. tripartita (DC. 1. c. 686); shrubby, at first pubescent, be- 
coming nearly glabrous, the straight, rod-like branches leafy to the 
apex ; leaves half-clasping, 3-parted nearly to the base, the lobes linear- 
filiform, erect, acute, the undivided part broadish, flattened, persistent 
as a scale on the old branches; heads terminal, solitary, subsessile ; 
outer inv. scales oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse, puberulous ; rays disco- 
loured. Chronobasis tripartita, Hb. Eckl. 
Has. Cape, Hb. Lambert (fide DC.) ; Swell., Z. Z.! Hott-holl., Drege! (Hb. Sd.) 
_ Precisely like S. quinquepartita, save that the leaves are tripartite. The pubescence 
is either a little more copious or more persistent. 
32. S. trifida (Less.! Syn. 244); shrubby, slender, much-branched ; 
leaves linear-cuneate, either all shortly three-lobed at apex or some quite 
entire, the lobes flat, bisuleate beneath, obtuse, much shorter than the 
undivided portion ; peduncles short, slender; heads small ; outer inv. 
scales linear-oblong or lanceolate, acute or obtuse ; rays concolourous. 
DC. 1. c. 687. Also S. triloba, DC. l.c. Arctotis trifida, Th.! Cap. 711. 
Var. 8. gracilis ; more slender, many of the leaves simple ; inv.-scales narrower 
and more acute. 
Has. Cape, Thunb.! Bowie! Swellendam, Burchell, E. Z.! Voormansbosch, Zey.! 
2797. B., Cape, Bowie! in Hb. D. (Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
1-2 feet high, distinctly woody, though slender, the old branches bare of leaves. 
Leaves 3-5 lines long, either all shortly trifid, or trifid and simple intermixed, con- 
Spicuously dotted. Pedunc. 1-14 inch long. Heads 3-4 lines diam. The rays in 
Thunberg’s specimen, though some are faded, do not appear to have been originally 
discoloured—on one or two flowers they still retain their yellow. There seems there- 
fore no reason for keeping S. triloba, DC. apart, on account of a supposed difference 
in colour of ray. 
33. S. heterodonta (DC. |. c. 687); suffruticose, glabrous (or cob- 
webby), laxly leafy; leaves mostly trifid at top, petiolate, the two lateral 
lobes usually longest, linear-filiform, acute, the medial lobes short, tooth- 
like and somewhat hooked ; rarely all three nearly equal, often the 
upper leaves simple, entire, or with toothlike lateral lobes ; pedunc. 
elongate, one-headed ; outer inv.-scales acuminate, medial membrane- 
tipped ; rays discoloured. 
Has. Eastern Districts, Burchell, Verreaux! Uitenhage, E.Z.! Zey.! 2795 B- 
(Herb, D., Sd., Hk.) 
About a foot in height, slender, laxly leafy. Leaves }-} inch long, the lower and 
medial ones mostly trifid, the uncleft portion twice as long as the lobes, the medial 
lobe mostly very short. Heads many-fl., 4-} inch across. 
34. S. trifurca .); suffruticose, glabrous; stems decumbent, 
subsimple; leaves half-clasping at base, thickish, mostly 3-forked, the 
uppermost simple, rigidly ciliate in the lower half, the lobes subequal, 
linear terete, acute; pedunc. terminal, elongate, with a few scattered, 
small leaves ; outer inv.-scales linear-oblong, brownish, medial slightly 
membr. tipped ; rays discoloured, 
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