180 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Cotula. 
8. C. sororia (DC. 1. c. 79); thinly pilose, slender, diffuse or erect ; 
leaves scarcely half-clasping at base, petiolate, the lower bi-pinnati- 
_ partite, the upper pinnatifid, lobes linear, mid-nerved, acute ; pedune. 
filiform, short or longish, appressedly bristly under the fl.-head ; inv. 
scales about 10, ovate-oblong, shorter than the disc, membr. edged ; 
ray-fl. uniseriate, stipitate, without corolla. 
Has. Graafreynet, 3-4000 ft., Drege! Uitenhage, EZ. Z./ (Herb. D., Sd.) 
A slender, weak-growing annual. Leaves conspicuously petiolate, pinnatisect 
above the middle, 14 inch long, the lobes scarcely 1 line wide. Heads 2~3 lines 
diam. or pedunc. 1-2 inches. The aspect is nearly that of C. australis (Hook. f. 
Fl. Tasm. t. 50, A.), but the female flowers are fewer. More hairy than C. axa, 
with narrower, more divided, and longer leaf-lobes: Fenzl suggests that it may be a 
mere variety of that species. 
9. C. leptalea (DC. 1. c. 80); minute, thinly pilose, slender, suberect ; 
leaves scarcely half-clasping at base, petiolate, bi-pinnati-partite, the 
lobes linear, mucronate, the lower undivided, the upper pinnate or 
ternately parted; pedunc. slender, filiform, appressedly bristly under 
the head; inv. scales about 10, oval-oblong, membr. edged ; “ ray-fruits 
flattened, winged, disc-fruits oblong, wingless.” DC. 
Has. Between Zilverfontein, Kooperberg and Kaus, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk.). 
To me this appears like a starved form of C. sororia. By DC. it is said to be 
very near “‘C’. tenella.” : 
10. C. multifida (DC. 1. c. 80); “glabrescent, ascending, branched ; 
leaves semi-amplexicaul at base, pinnati-partite, lobes on each side 2-3, 
linear [the medial* naked, undivided, the uppermost pinnate-parted |, 
the lobes trifid, the lobules linear, acute ; branches at the apex naked, 
one-headed ; inv. scales oblong, obtuse, membrane-edged.” DC. 
Has. Algoa Bay, Forbes. (Unknown to me). 
11. C. tenella (E. Mey.); annual, slender, erect, branching, sparsely 
pilose or glabrescent; leaves pinnate-parted from the half-clasping base, 
the lobes linear, acute, one-nerved, entire or occasionally 1-2-lobed ; 
peduncles terminal, filiform, with a few distant, simple leaves ; inv. 
scales oblong, glabrous, brown-edged ; ray-achenes flattened, winged, of 
the dise oblong, wingless. DC. 1. ¢. p. 80. 
Has. Roodesand, between Nieuwekloof and Schlangenheuvel, Drege! Brackfon- 
tein, £.g§ Z.! (Herb. Sond.) 
_Drege’s specimens marked “b,” from Ebenezer, Olifant R., belong to the very 
different C. bipinnata, Th. Root very slender. Stems pale straw-colour, weak, 
filiform. Leaves mostly quite simply pinnatisect, 4-3 inch long, the lobes thin, 
4 line diameter, Heads 3 lines across, globose. I have not seen ripe achenes. 
_ 12. C. Zeyheri (Fenzl! in Hb. Sond.); annual, slender, erect, branch- 
ing, variably pilose; leaves half-clasping at base, petiolate, pinnate- 
partite, the lobes narrow-linear, entire, callous-mucronate ; pedune. 
terminal, filiform, with a few distant, simple leaves; inv. scales oblong, 
glabrous, broadly membrane-edged ; ray-achenes with a very wide, 
_,* DO.s words are “ lobulis utrinqué 2-3 linearibus, medio subnudis indivisis apice 
pnnate-partitis:” I have ventured, in rendering them, to substitute mediis for 
medio,” and summis for “ apice ” whether advisedly or not, I cannot say. 
