148 coMPosIT& (Harv.) [ Sphenogyne. 
Has. Near the mouth of the Potrivier, Zey.! 2805. (Hb. Hook., Sd.) 
Stems 3-8 inches long, prostrate, except at the upturned extremity, densely leafy. 
Leaves 3 inches long, curved upwards. Rays yolk-yellow, brownish beneath. 
With the habit of S. nudicaulis, this chiefly differs from S. ciliaris by the 3-forked 
leaves ; it may perhaps be a variety ? Ps 
35. 8. ciliaris (DC. 1. c. 687); suffruticose, glabrous ; stems erect 
or ascending, subsimple (tufted ?) ; leaves half-clasping at base, linear- 
subulate, elongate, thickish, glaucous, acute, rigidly ciliate in the lower 
half, entire above ; pedune. terminal, elongate, nude or with 2-3 scat- 
tered, small leaves, one-headed ; outer inv.-scales linear-oblong, brown- 
edged, medial membr. tipped ; rays elongate, discoloured. 
Has. At Cape L’Agulhas, near the sea, Drege! (Herb. Hook., Sd.) 
Stems 6-8 inches long, closely leafy. Leaves very erect, rigid when dry, 1} inch 
long. Pedune. 8-10 inches long, scapelike. Heads { inch diam., the rays at least 
twice as long, golden-yellow above, dark coppery beneath. 
36. S. tenuifolia (DC. 1. c. 687); suffruticose, many-stemmed, tufted ; 
stems short, ascending, subsimple; leaves clasping at base, very long 
(2-3 inches), narrow-linear, flattish, acute, glabrous ; pedune. elongate, 
one-headed ; outer inv.-scales narrow, medial ovate-oblong, membrane- 
tipped, inner amply membranous; rays concolourous. Arctotis tenuifolia, 
Linn. Mant. 288. Ursinia tenuifolia, Poir. 
Var. 8. heterochroma; rays discoloured ! 
Has. Cape, Eckl.! Cape Flats, W. H. H. Witkamp, Zey./ 3112. 8. near Simons- 
town, C. Wright, 372. (Herb. D., Sd.) 
Stems numerous, 4-8 inches long, decumbent at base, closely leafy. Leaves 2-3 
inches long, }-§ line wide, almost always quite simple, very rarely a pinnati-parted 
leaf occurs intermixed. Pedunc. 6—10 inches long, naked. Rays in a, pale golden 
yellow on both sides; in 8, which in other respects is identical, orange-yellow above, 
coppery beneath. The habit is that of S. nudicaulis. 
37. 8. leptoglossa (DC.1.c.687); “suffruticose, slender, erect, branch- 
ed; branches sub-dichotomous, glabrescent; leaves linear, acute, punc- 
tate, glabrous, quite entire (5 lines long, 4 line wide); heads terminal, 
subsessile, small ; outer inv. scales oblongo-linear ; rays very narrow, 
subentire, sparingly glandular.” D0. /. c. 
Has. District of Swellendam, Burchell, No. 6897 (fide DC.) 
38. 8. Eckloniana (Sond.! in Linn. 23, p. 64); shrubby, robust, erect, 
densely leafy; leaves sub-imbricating, linear-lanceolate, acute, flat, quite 
entire, 3—nerved, sessile, or both sides impressed-dotted, minutely downy 
beneath; pedune. 2—4 times longer than the leaves, one-headed, pilose ; 
outer inv. scales lanceolate, acute, hispidulous; rays concolourous. 
Has. Kleinriviersberge, 4th height, Ecklon! (Herb. Sond. D 
Stems 2-4 ft. high, branches as thick asa goose quill, the young parts pubescent. 
Leaves 14-2 inches long, 3~5 lines wide, broad and half clasping at base. Pedunc. 
2-4 inches long; outer inv. scales herbaceous, brownish-edged, achene cylindrical, 
glabrous, furrowed, girt with soft, white hairs at base, Pappus of 5-6 obovate, 
obtuse, white scales.—A remarkable species, with the habit of S. serrata, but very 
different involucre and foliage. 
Se Div. 2, KEROLEPIS (Sp. 39-44). 
39. 8. serrata (DC.!1.c.688) ; suffruticose, robust, puberulous, becom- 
