158 COMPOSIT& (Harv.) [Gamolepis. 
4-6 inches high, sparsely leafy below, closely leafy above. Leaves uncial, the lobes 
4-5 lines long, 4 line wide. Pedune. 3-4 inches long. Heads small. Fi. yellow. 
6. G. laxa (Harv.); glabrous; stems slender, subsimple, erect, laxly 
leafy ; leaves thickish, linear, flat, trifid near the apex, the lateral lobes 
alternate, linear, nerved, acute, callous-tipped, straight-pointed ; pedune. 
very long, naked; inv. campanulate, its scales broad, oblong, acuminate, 
pluri-nerved ; achenes obovate, smooth. 
Has. Zululand, W. 7. Gerrard, 1015. (Herb. D.) 
Stems from a woody crown, several, 1-2 feet high, slender, simple or with few, 
very erect branches. Leaves 1} inch long, } line wide, the undivided portion an 
inch or more in length, the lobes 5-6 lines long. Pedunc. 8-12 inches long, term1- 
nal or pseudo-lateral. Inv. scales semi-connate, broader than in @. trifurcata, from 
which this is known by its erect habit, long, straight, laxly leafy branches, and much 
longer leaves. 
7. G. trifurcata (Less. Syn. 251); at first cobwebby, afterwards gla- 
brous; branches dichotomous, ramulous; leaves thickish, linear-terete, 
mostly trifid beyond the middle, sometimes 5-lobed, sub-pinnatisect, 
the lobes linear, mucronate, recurved at point ; ped. very long, naked ; 
invol. campanulate, its scales lanceolate, acuminate, 3-nerved; achenes 
obovate, bluntly 10-ribbed, smooth. DC. 1. ¢. 40. 
Has. Between Graaf Reynet and Kamdekaka, Burch. 2961 ; Zondags Riv. and 
Zuureberg, Drege! Uit. and Clanw., Z. Z.! Bushman’s R., Albany, Zey./ Koega 
Kamma Kloof, Zey./ 2808. (Herb. Hk., Sd., D.) 
A scrubby, much-branched bush, about a foot high, the lower branches nude. 
Leaves 4-9 lines long, the lobes 1-3 lines, generally much shorter than the undi- 
vided portion of the leaf. Pedune. 8-12 inches long, pale, 1-headed. Rays yellow, 
2-3 times as long as invol. Achenes pear-shaped, ribbed and furrowed. 
8. G. rs aa (DC. 1. c. 41); glabrous, erect; leaves crowded, 
mostly trifid to the middle, some entire, the rachis and lobes linear, 
concave, thickish, subacute; pedune. 2-4 times longer than the leaves ; 
iny. scales lanceolate-oblong, subacute; achenes obovate, 10-ribbed and 
furrowed, the ribs finely cross-striate. 
Has. Cape, Bowie/ Vanstaadenberg, Uit., H#. Z./ Zey./ 2810; Grahamstown, 
Sir. C.F. Bunbury! Genl. Bolton! Sandfontein, Burke! Port Elizabeth, Dr. Pappe / 
(Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
An erect, leafy bush, 2 feet high, with the aspect of Ewryops abrotanifolia, in all 
parts, even the young shoots, quite glabrous. Leaves 1-1} inch long, the lobes 
about 3 inch, 4-1 line wide. Pedunc. 2-4 inches long. Ripe achenes strongly 
ribbed and furrowed, 
9. G. hebecarpa (DC. 1.c. 41); stemshort, sub-simple, robust, ligneous ; 
leaves crowded, 3-forked or simple, the rachis and lobes linear, fleshy, 
sub-terete, rigid, mucronate, the younger ones pilose with long, white 
hairs, the older spreading or reflexed, glabrate; pedunc, elongate ; invol. 
flattish, the scales 20-24, lanceolate, ciliolate ; achenes turbinate, vel- 
vetty-canescent. 
Has. At Cape L’Agulhas, Drege! (Hb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stems 3-6 inches long, densely leafy, at length denuded below. Leaves 1-14 inches 
long, a line in diameter, the young softly pilose; perfectly simple and entire leaves 
occur here and there among the 3-forked. Pedunc. 12-14 inches long. Invol. 1 inch 
diameter; rays 1 inch long, bright yellow. The largest flowered species, and well 
marked by its velvetty fruit, &e. 
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