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196 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Athanasia. 
Van. A. tricuspis (DC.) ; stellulate; leaf-lobes long, narrow, linear-acute. DC. l. ¢. 
Var. y. virgata; thinly stellulate or glabrescent; leaves 3—5-fid, lobes obl.-linear, 
acute. A. virgata, Jacq. Sch. t. 148. DC. 1. c.89. Th.! Cap. (ex pte. ) 
Var. 5. Thunbergii; glabrescent or minutely stellulate ; lvs. 3-4 lines long, ob- 
ovate or broadly cuneate, entire or bluntly 3-crenate. A. trifurcata, Th.! Hb.(ex pte.) 
Var. ¢. cuneiformis ; glabrescent ; leaves elongate-cuneate, eptire or sharply 
3-5-toothed. A. cuneiformis, DC./ lL. ¢. 
Var. ¢ glabra; quite glabrous; lvs. elongate-cuneate, acute, quite entire. A. 
glabra, Th.! Cap. 634. 
Has. On dry hills throughout the colony, common. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
2-3 f. high, robust. Exceedingly variable in pubescence and foliage, but more 
constant in the scarious and lacerate involucres. Leaves commonly }-1 inch long, 
in 8. 1-1} inch, in 8. very small. 
26, A. Mundtii (Harv.); young twigs and leaves minutely stellulate, 
older glabrous; leaves (very short), broadly cuneate, recurved or reflexed, 
3-lobed or 3-toothed, the lobes oblong or deltoid ; corymb simple, few- 
headed ; heads on bracteolate pedicels, many-fl. ; invol. obovate-turli- 
nate, tapering at base, scales obtuse, the innermost scarious and lacerate 
at margin ; pappus of many swollen hairs. 
Has. Grassy hills near Swellendam, Mundt! (Herb. Hook.) 
A diffusely branched, small shrub, with flexuous branches. Leaves 2 lines long, 
14 line wide, strongly recurved or squarrose, crowded. Heads 4-6 in a corymb, 
4-5 lines long, 2-3 lines wide. Distinguished from all forms of A. trifwrcata by the 
=e of the involucres and the strongly recurved leaves, scarcely at all narrowed at 
ase. 
27. A. imbricata (Harv.); glabrous or nearly so ; branches virgate ; 
leaves closely imbricating, erect, obovato-cuneate, entire, mucronulate, 
the apices sub-recurved ; corymb simple, racemulose, many-headed ; 
~ heads on long, bracteolate, stellulate pedicels, very many-flowered ; 
invol. globose, glabrous, the outer scales sub-acute, medial oblong, ob- 
tuse, serrulate, inner somewhat scarious-lacerate at the margin; pappus 
of many, long swollen hairs. Herb. Eckl. 89, 9. 
Has. Cape, Ecklon! (Herb. Sond.) 
Leaves 6-8 lines long, 3-4 lines wide. Pedicels 1-2 inches long, with several 
narrow linear bracts. Heads 15-20 or more, 4-5 lines diameter, among the largest 
of the genus, except (perhaps) A. pachycephala. 
28. A. quinquedentata (Thunb. ! Cap. 635); twigs and peduncles 
stellulate ; leaves crowded, shortly obovate-orbicular, squarrose or re- 
flexed, glabrous, entire or 3~5-toothed, the teeth short and broad ; co- 
rymb simple or sub-simple, many-headed ; heads on long, bracteolate 
or naked pedicels, many-fl.; invol. globose, glabrous, scales oblong, 
obtuse, the innermost scarious and lacerate at the margin ; pappus of 
many swollen hairs. DC. é. c. go. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Dr. Thom! Mundt/ E. § Z.! Rietkuil and Grootvaders- 
bosch, Zey./ 2827. (Herb. Th., Hk., Sd. 
Nearly related to some forms of A. tridentata, especially to our var. 8., but with 
much shorter and broader and more patent leaves. Zeyher’s specimens (2827) pre- 
agree with Thunberg’s; the others are of stronger growth, with larger heads 
and less scarious inv.-scales. Leaves 3-4 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, nerveless, when 
entire mucronulate, Pedicels 1-1} inch long; heads 3 lines diam. 
