198 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) [Athanasia. 
fleshy. Heads very small, like those of A. parviflora. Inv. scales very obtuse, not 
* acute,” asin DC. 
33, A. linifolia (Harv. non Linn.); glabrous, virgate ; leaves scattered 
or approximate, linear, thickish (when dry often channelled above), acute, 
callous-mucronate ; corymb. much branched, dense many headed ; heads 
15-20-flowered; inv. scales obtuse, oblong, in few rows; pappus none. 
Morysia pauciflora and M. microcephala, DC. l. ¢. 91. 
Har, Ezelbank ; and Pedroskloof to Leliefontein and Koussie, K1, Nam. ; also on 
Camdeboberg and Zwartberg, 46000 ft., Drege! Kamiesberg and near Worcester, 
E. § Z.! Camp-ground, near Rondebosch, W.H.H. (Herb. D., Sd., Hk.) 
1-2 f. high, with few rod-like branches, Leaves }-1 inch long, 4 line wide, erect 
or spreading or squarrose, callous-pointed; less terete, more acute-pointed and less 
crowded than in A, fasciculata, but otherwise very similar. Fl. heads according to 
DC. “ 5-7-flowered” but I find them in both Drege’s and Eckl. specimens at least 
15-fl. and often 20-fl, The heads are larger, and the fl. more numerous than in A. 
fasciculata ; hence I am compelled to reject both of DC.’s specific names. The only 
sp. I have seen of M. pawciflora has undeveloped fl,-heads, 
34. A. juncea (DC.); “ glabrous; branches terete, virgate; leaves dis- 
tant, sessile, broadly-linear, subacute, quite entire, not tapering at base ; 
corymb compound, fastigiate, dense; pedicels bracteolate ; inv. scales 
ae appressed, obtuse; heads oval-oblong, 20-2 5-f1.” Morysiajuncea, 
-Loogh 
Has. Betw. Breederiver and Gauritz R., Swell., Drege.—(Unknown to me). 
35. A. longifolia (Lam. dict. t. 326); “ glabrous; leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, erect, acuminate, broad-based, with a decurrent midrib; corymb 
simple, few-headed ; heads globose, glabrous, 25—40-fl. ; pappus none.” 
DC. Morysia longifolia, Less. Syn. 262. DC, l.c.g2. Ath. linifolia, Linn. 
F. Suppl. 361, fide Less. 
Has. Cape. (Unknown to us.) 
36. A. dentata (Linn. Sp. 1181); glabrous; leaves ovate or oblong, 
acute, half-clasping, squarrose or reflexed, more or less serrate, rarely 
subentire, teeth sharp ; corymb compound, densely many headed ; heads 
oblong, 15-20 fi.; inv. scales oblong, obtuse ; pappus none. Zhunb.! 
Fl:636. Morysia dentata, DC.1.c.91. M. diversifolia, Cass. Less. Syn. 
262. A. aspera, Th. ! Cap. 636. 
Var. 8. subintegrifolia ; leaves sub-entire, acute or acuminate, or lanceolate. 
VaR. y. lla; | i i i 1 Z 
phyla, Sop. Wale Pep Be Worgearinaaser entire obtuse. Morysia pachy 
Has, Dry rocky places throughout the colony, common. (Herb. Th., D., Hk. Sd.) 
2 feet or more high, laxly branched, the branches long, simple, closely set with 
short and broad reflexed leaves, Leaves 3~7 lines long, 3-4 lines wide, varying in 
shape and degree of serration; sometimes quite entire. Heads several flowered. 
unberg’s specimen marked “A. aspera” is not distinguishable even as a variety- 
Schultz’s (Bip.) M. pachyphylla seems to be a var. with entire leaves. _ 
37. A. spathulata (Harv.) ; quite glabrous; leaves cuneato-spathulate, 
tapering to the base, more or less sharply serrate or lobulate beyond 
the middle; corymb compound, many headed; bracts small, subulate ; 
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