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Has. Kochman’s Kloof, Mundt/ Between Bergevalei and Langevalei, near 
Zwartbastkraal, Drege’ (Herb. Hk., Sd.) 
Foliage nearly as in A. filiformis, 8; the older leaves partly glabrate ; fl. heads 
larger and fewer. 
14. A, rugulosa (E. Mey.!); much-branched ; branches and twigs 
densely hairy; leaves scattered, sessile, oblong or oblong-linear, acute, 
erect, thick, glabrous on the under, hairy on the upper surface, when 
dry rugulose, quite entire; corymb simple, few-headed ; heads oval- 
oblong on short, hairy pedicels, 20-2 5-fl.; inv. scales oblong, hairy, the 
outer subacute; achenes angled and furrowed, pappus of many-jointed, 
swollen hairs. DC./1.c.87. A. pubescens, Th. ! Cap. 635, non Linn. 
Has. Cape, Thunb.! Groenekloof, Drege/ Between Klipfontein and Predikstoel, 
Zey.! 844. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Much-branched and ramulous, 1-2 feet high. Leaves 3-6 lines long, 1-3 lines 
wide, varying from linear to oblong, slightly concave, the upper surface almost 
always hairy. Corymbs 4-12-headed, in the latter case slightly compound. 
15. A. microphylla (DC.1.c.87); twigs minutely tomentulose, other- 
wise glabrous; leaves crowded, sub-imbricate, short, sessile, ovate or 
oblong, entire or three-lobed, thick, subacute, glabrous; corymbs simple 
or slightly compound, few-headed, fastigiate ; heads oblong, 12-15 fL, 
inv. scales oblong, obtuse, glabrous ; achenes angled, pappus of many 
swollen hairs. A. eriopoda, Herb. Drege (in pluribus herbarus). 
Has. Honigvalei and Kaudeberg, and Ezelbank, Drege! (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
A rigid, erect, virgate shrub, 1-2 f. high. Leaves 2-3 lines long, 1-14 wide, on 
the same branch trifid and entire, sometimes all entire. Heads 6-15 in a corymb, 
2-3 lines long. All the specimens we have seen from Drege are by him marked 
‘* A. eriopoda,” but they agree (except as to the trifid leaves) with DC.’s description 
of A. microphylla, 
16. A. rotundifolia (DC. 1 c. 87. excl. sp. Eckl.); “leaves orbicular, 
entire, glabrous as the branches; corymb 7-8 headed, on downy pedicels ; 
heads about 15-fl.; inv. obovate; scales obtuse, sub-scarious, downy at 
back, the innermost a little shorter than the disc.” DC. 7. ¢. 
Has. Eastern Districts, Burchell, No. 6509. 
Unknown to us. Jcklon’s specimens referred to by DC. do not agree with the 
character given, and seem to belong to A. dimorpha. 
17. A. dimorpha (DC.! 1. c. 87); twigs and pedicels tomentulose ; 
leaves obovate or oblong, linear-oblong or cuneate, entire or shortly — 
3-toothed. at the apex; glabrous, the younger (fide DC.) often tomen- 
tulose ; corymbs simple or slightly branched, 10-20 or many headed ; 
heads obovate, 20-30-fl.; inv. scales glabrous, obtuse, the outer ones 
small, acute ; achenes wing-angled, pappus of swollen hairs. 
Var. f. obovata; leaves obovate, mostly entire. A. rotundifolia, Hb. Eckl./ 
Van. y. minor; leaves shortly obovate or cuneate, 3-toothed or entire. A. rotundif. 
var. minor, Pappe! ‘ : 
Has. Vanstaadens Riy., Uit., Drege! 8. Krakakamma Forest, Uit., £. ¢ Z./ 
Knysna, Dr. Pappe! y. Swellendam, Dr. Pappe. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
A small shrub, glabrous, except on the young parts. Leaves 4-6 lines long, 2-4 
lines wide, variable in form and margin, crowded, spreading, more or less concave 
above. Heads 3-4 lines long, the outer scales slightly scattered on the pedicel. 
Tnyol. pale yellow. 
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