Athanasia.] COMPOSIT (Harv.) 189 
Branches hairy; leaves ween: corymb i 
cled, branched .. . (22) crenata, 
Branches, leaves, ped., “and invol. glabrous ; co- 
rymb simple, many- “headed ct (25) trifureata, ¢. 
Branches pilose; leaves fleshy, wrinkled when 
' dry; heads solitary, sessile. (23) scabra. 
pe leaves, ated and invol. hairy; z “heads - 
subsolitary, pedicillate ... 24) pachycephala, 
Leaves obovate-cuneate, entire, glabrous, closely i im- — 
bricating . --. (27) imbricata, 
Leaves oblongo-cuneate, tapering at ‘base, "3+5- lobed 
or toothed ; invol. globose... ... (25) trifurcata. 
Leaves very short, recurved, 3- lobed or r toothed ; inv. 
tapering at base... ... (26) Mundtii. 
Leaves short, recurved, obovate- orbicular, entire or 
3-5-toothed ; invol. globose pies ... (28) quinquedentata, 
Lys. 3—5-lobed to the middle; the lobes long ‘and 1 narrow: 
Heads globose; inv. scales broad, obtuse, inner 
lacerate ... ... (25) trifurcata, B., 7. 
Heads ovoid; inv. se. narrow, acute, rigid, ‘entire (29) crithmifolia. 
Lys. palmatifid, the medial lobe entire, lateral deeply 
bifid; all parts of plant silky... ... ... . (30) palmatifida. 
IV. Morysta (Cass.). Jnvol. scales imbricated, scarious, the outer ones small. 
Pappus none. (Sp. 31-40.) 
Leaves linear, quite entire : 
All parts tomentose... ... (31) tomentosa, 
Glabr. Corymb densely much branched, ,many- -headed: 
Heads 7~9-fl. Leaves crowded, mucronulate ... (32) fasciculata. 
Heads 15-20-f1. Lys. scattered or close, acute, 
narrow... (33) linifolia, 
Heads 20-25-41. ‘Leaves distant, “broadly linear (34) juncea. | 
Glabr. Corymb simple, few-headed. Heads 2 5-40-fl. (35) longifolia. 
Leaves ovate or obovate, or oblong, toothed, or lobulate: 
Lys. half-clasping, broad-based, squarrose or reflexed (36) dentata. 
Lys. tapering at base; tube of corolla hairy! ... ... (37) spathulata, 
Leaves pinnati-partite (or some simple); lobes linear : 
Glabrous; leaf-lobes chasm’; invol. oe (38) pectinata, 
and unc, hairy; vs. glabrous, wi 
pee Seairetsosein: inv. scales very narrow, glandular (39) acerosa. 
All parts velvetty-tomentose, canescent ... ....... (40) pinnata. 
Sect. 1. Hymenoweris. (Sp. 1-8). 
1. A. parviflora (Linn. Sp. 1182); leaves from the middle pinnati- 
partite, lobes few, distant, linear, elongate, sub-acute ; corymb much- 
branched, spreading, very many-headed ; heads 3-4- fl. 5 inv.-scales 
glabrous, oblong, concave, sub-acute; pappus of several, unequal, nar- 
row, minute, flat scales. Thunb.! Cap. 636. Jacg. Schoenbr. t. 140. 
Burm. Afr. t. 68, f. 4. Hymenolepis parviflora, DC. l. ¢. 85. H. lepto- 
cephala, Cass. 
Has. Western Districts. Mts. round Capetown, common. Paarl, Drege! Tul- 
bagh, Dr. Pappe! Blandsberg, Dr. Wallick. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
A robust, densely leafy , 2-4 ft. high, corymbosely branched, the young 
branches and leaves flocculent, the old glabrous. Leaves 2-23 inches long, the 
lobes 1-14 inch long, 1 line wide. Inv. sulphur-yellow, glossy ; heads 1 line diam., 
2 lines long. Corymbs densely much-branched. 
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