Adenosolen.] COMPOSIT (Harv.) 175 
LXVII. MARASMODES, DC. 
Heads several or many-fl., homogamous. Inv. ovate, imbricate, the 
outer scales scarious at apex. ecept. narrow, naked. Cor.-tube short, 
glandular, limb 5-toothed, not much dilated in the throat. Anthers not 
tailed. Style-branches capitellate. Achenes terete, beakless. Pappus 
of several separate, membranous, obtuse scales. DC. Prodr. 6, p. 136. 
Oligodorella, Turcz.? 
Rigid, branching, divaricate, glabrous half-shrubs. Leaves alternate, sessile, 
thickish, dry, small, quite entire, heathlike, mucronulate. Heads at the ends of 
the branches in clusters, sessile or pedicelled, solitary. Cor. yellow. Distinguished 
from Adenosolen and Penizia by the pappus. Name from papacyos, a wasting away ; 
because these plants look lean or ill-fed. 
Heads few-fl., several together at the ends of the branches ... (1) polycephala. 
Heads many-fl., solitary, peduncled ; lvs. hook-pointed... ... (2) Adenosolen. 
1, M. polycephalus (DC.! 1. ¢.); scrubby, much branched, leaves 
linear-terete, short, obtuse or mucronulate ; heads 5-7, crowded at the 
ends of the branches, few-flowered ; corolla with a glandular tube ; 
pappus of about 5, short, roundish, blunt, membranous scales. Oligo- 
dorella teretifolia, Turcz. ‘Mull. Mosc. XXIV. p. 187 ? 
wae B. ees heads 1-3 at the ends of the branches. M. oligocephalus, 
c. 13 
Has. Stellenbosch, Ecklon! 8., Groenekloof, Fklon. (Hb. Sd.) 
Root thick and woody. Stems much branched from the base, flexuous, 6-12 in. 
high, bushy. Leaves 2 lines long. Heads 5-8-fl. I have not seen var. B., but, by 
description, it can scarcely be different specifically. 
2. M. Adenosolen (Harv.); shrubby, much branched; leaves linear- 
terete, dotted, hook-pointed, calloso-mucronulate, glabrous ; heads ter- 
minating the upper ramuli, pedicellate, many-flowered ; recept. convex ; 
corolla cylindrical, very short, with a glandular tube ; pappus of about 
5 short, roundish, blunt, membranous scales. 
Has. Cape, Ecklon § Zeyher! (Herb. Sond.) 
long, solitary or few approximate, ending the up een vi soutien) tgs corymbulose. 
ng bake tenui- 
LXVIII.? ADENOSOLEN, DC. 
Heads many-fl., homogamous. Jv. imbricate, in about 3 rows. 
Recept. convex, naked. Cor. tube glanduliferous, dilated at base and 
closely adhering to the achene, the throat dilated, campanulate, limb 
5-fid. Anth. tailless, exserted in the sterile, sub-included in the fertile 
flowers. Style branches exserted, capitellate. Achene terete, without 
pappus. DC. Prodr. 6, p. 136. 
A glabrous, branching half-shrub. Leaves alternate, sessile, linear-subulate, acu- 
minate, quite entire. Heads subcorymbose at the ends of the branches, few, pedi- 
cellate. Name from adnv, a gland, and owaev, a tube. 
1, A. tenuifolius (DC. 1. c.) 
