206 COMPOSIT (Harv.) [ Leontonye. 
Has, Cape-Flats and hills in dry ground; and similar situations, throughout the 
colony. Natal, Gueinzius/ Gerr, and M‘K./ 271. B, Natal, Gerr. and M‘K.! 272. 
(Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Perennial. Radical leaves numerous, 1-2} inches long, 3-3 inch wide. Cauline 
leaves smaller and narrower, sometimes densely, sometimes laxly set, membranous 
(when stripped of wool), in the weaker varieties spathulate. Stems 6-12 inches high, 
simple or corymbose. Heads glomerated in wool, a few fi. female. Inv. scales much 
acuminate and recurved, very variable in colour. Thunberg’s G. tinctum is very 
dwarf; DC.’s, at least Zckion’s quoted specimens, immature, but, as I think, other- 
wise undistinguishable. Our var. 8. looks much more like a species, all the heads 
being quite separate. But it grows with the ordinary form, and I have a nearly 
intermediate specimen from Mr, Hutton. 
2. L. glomeratus (DC.! 1. ¢. 168); closely or loosely woolly ; stems 
prostrate or diffuse, slender, much branched from the base, the branches 
decompound, laxly leafy throughout, white-woolly; leaves obovate or 
spathulate, narrowed to the base, obtuse ; heads 3—6 together, sessile 
on short lateral twigs, subtended by floral leaves, heterogamous ; inner 
inv. scales lanceolate, taper-pointed, reflexed, rufous or rosy, Gn. glome- 
ratum, Linn.— Th. ! Cap,656. Leont. coloratus, Cass.—L. col., var. gracilis, 
Less. ! Syn. 326. Leont. angustifol. var. diffusus, ex pte. DC. 
VaR. a, Verus; iny. scales narrow, much acuminate and strongly hooked, whitish 
or rosy. ‘ 
Var. §. intermedius; inv. scales broad, acute or sub-acute, spreading, scarcely 
recurved, 
Var. y? stramineus; leaves very woolly; inv. scales acuminate, hooked, straw- 
coloured. JZ. stramineus, DC.! l.c. 168. 
- Has. Mts. round Capetown, and on the flats. Uitenhage, Zeyher/ Olifants R., 
and near the Gariep, Drege! Swellendam, &c., E.§ Z./ Zey./ 2882. var. y. Piquet- 
berg, Drege! (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
Stems 6—12 inches long, the larger specimens prostrate, variably woolly. Leaves 
3-4 inch long, 2-4 lines wide, sometimes closely, sometimes loosely woolly or shaggy, 
white or whitish. Infl. mostly on short, lateral branchlets. Tips of the invol. varying 
much in degree of acumination, in breadth and in colour; sometimes barely acute, 
not acuminate. DC.’s L. stramineus, of which I have seen but imperfect speci- 
mens, seems chiefly to differ by its yellowish inv. scales. 
3. L. bicolor (DC.! 1. c. 168); white-woolly, dwarf; stems diffuse, 
branching, tufted, leafy throughout; leaves obovato-spathulate, concave, 
obtuse ; heads sub-solitary, sessile, subtended by floral leaves ; inner 
inv. scales very long, linear-lanceolate, acuminate, hooked, yellow, with 
a bright rosy spot in the middle. 
Has. Camiesberg, Drege! (Herb. Sond.) . 
Known by its long, distinctly 2-coloured inv. scales, and mostly solitary fl.-heads. 
4. L. angustifolius (DC.! l.c. 168); wholly covered with a snow-white, 
close toment. ; stems diffuse, slender, much branched, leafy throughout ; 
leaves linear-spathulate, obtuse, infolded, spreading, straight or recurved ; 
heads sub-solitary or 2-3 together, sessile on short lateral twigs, sub- 
tended by floral leaves ; inner inv. scales lanceolate, taper-pointed, 
straight, rufous. 
Bi a ; Capetown and at George, E.G Z./ Lange Valley, Drege! (Herb. 
Except by its whiter and closer indument, narrower leayes and straight inv. scales 
