Eriocephalus.| COMPOSIT (Harv.) 203 
11, E. eximius eg ak l. c. 147); twigs spinescent ; leaves opposite 
and alternate, closely imbricated on the twigs, entire, short, silky-silvery; 
heads terminal, sessile, solitary ; outer iny.-scales broadly ovate, flat, 
silky, with very long, straight, silky hairs from their axils, the inner 
invol. glabrescent, 3-lobed, septiferous within, the septa linear, alter- 
nating with the scales, free above ; rays broadly oblong, 3-toothed. 
Has. Sneeuwbergen, 4-5000 f., Drege! Stormberg, A. Wyley! 
Basutuland, 7. uae, Say vai: (Herb. D., Hk., Sd) odes eae 
A rigid, robust, scrubby bush, with very silvery leaves, and long, silky and silvery 
involucral wool. Leaves 2—3 lines long, mostly opposite, as I find them. 
12. E. spinescens (Burch. Trav. 1.272); divaricately much-branched, 
spinescent; leaves opposite and alternate, tufted and densely imbricated 
on the twigs, entire, linear-trigonous, short, closely silky or silvery ; 
heads at the ends of minute, lateral twigs solitary, sessile ; outer inv. 
scales oblong, silky (inner not septiferous ?) ; rays small, 3-toothed. 
Has. Near Karroo River, Burchell, No. 1419. Sneeuwberg, Drege! Sand River, 
Burke! 279. Zey.! 858. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
A rigid, robust, dwarf scrubby bush. Leaves less silvery than in £. eximius, 
2-3 lines long. Heads smaller, wanting the long, silky wool, with shorter and 
smaller rays, often disposed in a spurious spike towards the ends of the spinescent 
branches. Flowering twigs 2-3 lines long. 
§ 2. Cryprogyne, DC. (Sp. 13-17.) i 
13, E. racemosus (Linn. Sp. 1311) ; leaves opposite and alternate, 
often tufted, linear, entire, silky-villous; pedicels axillary; heads form- 
ing leafy racemes toward the ends of the branches, often unilateral and 
cernuous ; ray-fl. few, short, tubular. Zh./ Cap. p. 724 (ex pte.) DC. 
l.c. 147. E. spicatus, Burm. 
Van. 8. affinis; pedicels twice as long as the head; heads alittle larger. £. afinis, 
DO... 
Has. Cape, Thunberg, &c., Drege! (ex pte.) Langevalley, Zey./ 857. 8. on the 
Cape Flats, Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Less common than £. umbellulatus, which is often found mixed with it in Herbaria, 
and was by Thunberg and older authors confounded with it. Twigs somewhat vir- 
gate, often arching. Leaves 4-} inch long. Pedicels long or short, very variable. 
I cannot separate £. afinis, DC. by any valid character. 
14, E. aspalathoides (DC.! 1. c. 148); divaricately much-branched, 
sub-spinescent ; leaves opposite and alternate, crowded or tufted, linear- 
terete, short, entire, closely silky ; heads solitary at the ends of short, 
lateral twigs, shortly pedicellate ; outer inv.-scales silky, with a narrow 
membranous border; ray-fl. minute, obliquely truncate, shorter than 
the style. 
Has. Betw. Zwarteberg and Aasvogelberge, and near Mierenskasteel, Namaqua- 
land, Drege! (Herb. D., Hk.) : 
Very similar in aspect to E. spinescens, but the flower-heads are pedicellate and 
the rays minute, almost hidden. Leaves 2 lines long. Pedicels 2-3 lines. Drege’s 
specimens so marked in some Herbaria (as in Hb. Sond. !) belong to E. pubescens, 
which is a slenderer plant, with different inflorescence ; again, in Herb. D., one of 
Drege’s specimens marked “ pubescens” belongs to aspalathoides. 
15. E. pubescens (DC. 1. c. 148); divaricately much-branched, sub- 
