Brachymeris. | COMPOSITZ (Harv.) 163 
Var. 8, filifolium ; leaves uncial, almost «l/ of them quite entire, 1 or 2 occasion- 
ally 3-lobed. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! East of Capetown, Burchell / 6578 ; Karmelksriver, on 
hills, Swell., Drege/ Zey.! 2831; at Gauritz R., Swell, Dr. Pappe/ 8, Swellendam, 
Dr. Pappe! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
2 feet high, much-branched and twiggy, the branches woody, rigid, slender, angle- 
striate. Leaves about } inch long, the lobes 1 line long. Pedunc. 1-1} inch long 
or less. Heads } inch diameter. Var. 8. has terete leaves, an inch long, mostly 
quite simple ; but in one sp. (in Herb, D.) a few leaves are trifid, as in the ordi- 
nary state. 
5. C.? osmitoides (Harv. Thes. t. 152); stems erect, suffruticose at base, 
subsimple, rib-furrowed, puberulous, becoming glabrate, leafy; leaves 
alternate, sessile, lanceolate, acuminate, sharply serrate, glabrous, the 
uppermost reduced, subentire; heads shortly pedicellate, terminal, or 
3-subeorymbose, many-fl.; invol. pauciseriate, the scales with membra- 
nous, torn edges; rays numerous, creamy white; disc-fl. 5-toothed, 
subterete ; pappus none ; achenes (immature) of disc and ray obovate, 
compressed, 10-ribbed. 
Has. Omgati, Natal, W. T. Gerrard, 1026. (Herb. D.) 
Stems 2-3 feet high, several from the crown? simple, 1- or few-headed, leafy 
nearly to the summit. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 3-4 lines wide, coarsely and sharply 
serrate. Heads like those of Chrysanth. leucanthemum. Invol. scales 2-3-seriate, 
nearly equal, almost entirely scarious. Recept. flat and broad, quite naked. Corol- 
las of ray and disc continuous with the ovaries, strongly adnate. Ripe achenes not 
seen, Until the ripe fruit shall have been seen the genus must be doubtful. 
LX. BRACHYMERIS, DC. 
Heads 8-16-f1., homogamous. Jnvol. campanulate-ovate, imbricate, 
the scales appressed, oval-oblong. ecept. naked. Corolla pubescent 
externally, with short tube and 5-fid limb. Anth. not tailed. Style- 
branches bearded at summit, scarcely exserted. Achenes terete, sub- 
compressed, striate, beakless, scabrid, without pappus. DC. /.¢. 76. 
A very rigid, much-branched, scrubby bush, the younger parts thinly silky ; twigs 
ribbed and furrowed. Leaves very small, thick, oblong or linear, obtuse, entire, 
appressedly silky. Heads subsessile, from the upper axils, somewhat racemose, 
crowded. Name from Spaxus, short, and pepis, a part ; parts of the flower and the 
leaves very short. 
1. B. scoparia (E. Mey.); DC. 1. c.76. Brachystylis scoparia, E. Mey.! 
in Herb. Drege. 
Has. Winterfeld, near Limoenfontein and Groot-Tafelberg ; Zeekoe-river and 
Sneeuwberg, Drege / Klein Tafelberg, Burke § Zeyher! (Herb. Hk.,D., Sd.) _ 
1-2 feet high, densely much branched and twiggy. Leaves 2-3 lines long, 1 line 
wide, Heads about 2 lines diam. 
LXI. MATRICARIA, Linn. 
Heads many-fl., homogamous or heterogamous ; ray-f. ligulate, uni- 
seriate, female ; disc-fl. tubular, hermaphrodite, 4-5-toothed, with a 
terete tube. Jnvol. imbricate in few rows, the scales membrane-edged, 
subequal. Recept. ample, naked, globose or ovate-conical! Branches 
of the disc-style truncate. Achenes wingless, angular, glabrous, similar 
in disc and ray, with a large epigynous areole, either without pappus, 
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