172 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) [ Pentzva. 
Dwarf,fiexuous, much-branched. Pappusnone (10) tortuosa. 
Leaves pinnati-partite or trifid, 
Erect, with virgate branches: hds.verymany-fl. (6) spherocephala, 
Divaricately much-branched ; heads rather small. 
Lys. petioled ; inv.-scales obtuse, the 
outer keeled vis free = wea pea 
Lys. sessile; inv.-scales taper-pointed (8) globosa. 
1. P. Burchellii (Fenzl) ; shrubby, much-branched, spreading, thinly 
tomentulose ; leaves petiolate, glabrous or puberulous, punctate, in the 
upper half pinnatisect or bipinnatisect, the pinne in 2-3 pairs, either 
3-5-lobed or entire, linear, thickish, mucronulate; corymbs subsimple, 
few or several-headed, the pedicels twice as long as the leaves, tomen- 
tulose ; heads flattish, many-fl. ; inv.-scales oblong, obtuse, the outer 
herbaceous, keeled, puberulous, inner membranous ; pappus earshaped, 
irregularly torn or cut. Zanacetum Burchellii, DC. l. c. 132% Pentza 
punctata, Harv. (in Hb. Hk., D.) 
Has. Betw. Capetown and Zacksriver, Burchell; Graafreynet, Z.Z./ Zuureberg, 
Burke§ Zey.! Albany, Mrs. F. W. Barber. Sneeberg, Dr. Wallich. (Hb.Sd., D., Hk.) 
I adopt this sp. on the authority of Z. ¢ Z.’s specimens in Hb. Sond., which were 
seen and marked by De Candolle. Yet I can hardly persuade myself that DC.’s 
character, taken probably from Burchell’s plant, can refer to the same species. DC. 
expressly says that his “ Burchellii” has the aspect of a Matricaria, and is wholly 
without pappus (acheniis omnino calvis); Ecklon’s plant here described is a small 
shrub, with every character, including the conspicuous pappus and flat receptacle 
of Pentzia. In aspect and foliage it resembles P. elegans, but differs in the involucre 
and pappus. Leaves }-3 inch long; the uppermost sometimes subsimple ; some 
occasionally with basal, stipuloid lobes, Corymbs 8-12 or more headed ; heads 
3-4 lines wide. ae 
2. P. elegans (DC. 1. c. 136); shrubby, much branched, unarmed, 
minutely canescent; leaves at the apex shortly pinnatisect, or biternate, 
the lower pair of lobes either bifid or trifid or entire, the terminal always 
trifid, lobules linear, thick, obtuse; corymbs many-headed, heads on 
short pedicels, oblong; inv.-scales all shining, scarious, obtuse; pappus 
white, tubular, unequal-sided, toothed. 
Has. Kendo, in stony places, 3000-4000 f., Drege! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
A foot or more high, the older branches leafless, nodulose, twigs closely leafy. 
Leaves 3-5 lines long, the lobes 2 lines long, 4 line wide. All young parts, save 
the involucres, minutely and closely pubescent, with whitish or foxy hairs. Heads 
2 lines long, 1 line wide, 10-20 in a corymb, scarious. 
3. P. flabelliformis (Willd. Sp. 3, 1808); shrubby, much branched, 
greyish-canescent ; leaves petiolate, cuneate, tapering at base, truncate 
and toothed at the extremity, 3-nerved beneath ; corymbs many-headed, 
heads on short pedicels, obovate-oblong; inv.-scales oblong, obtuse, 
the outer dorsally pubescent, inner scarious, glabrous ; pappus white, 
tubular, unequal-sided, toothed. Gnaphalium dentatum, Linn. Tanace- 
tum flabelliforme, L’ Her. Sert. Angl. 21, t.27. Pentzia crenata, Th.! Cap. 
637. Balsamita flabelliforme, Pers. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Thom! Nieuweveld, betw. Brakriver and Uitvlugt, and 
betw. Zwarteberg and Kendo, Drege/ Fish River, Burke/ Zey./ 856, 855. (Herb. 
Th., D. HK, Sd.) 
1-2 f. high, erect. Leaves 3-6 lines long, 2-4 lines wide. Corymbs 10-20 
headed, 2} lines long, 14 wide, pale straw or buff colour. 
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