Gnaphalium. | composiT# (Harv.)  ~ 261 
Cobwebby, or nude; Ivs. obovate-oblong ... (5) prostratum. 
Stems erect, or ascending: (annual). 
Tall; cauline leaves half-clasping ... ..._... (6) luteo-album. 
Minute annuals; cauline lys. not clasping : 
Leaves narrow-linear, or subspathulate: 
Lvs. thickish ; inv. scales subacute (7) pauciflorum. 
Lvs. thin; inv. scales emarginate... (8) glomerulatum, 
Leaves obovate or obovate-spathulate: 
Inv. scales oblong, very obtuse ... (9) parvulum, 
Inv. scales lanceolate, acute ... ... (10) confine, 
1, G. undulatum (Linn. Sp. 1197); stem herbaceous, tall, erect, 
branched above, cobwebbed ; leaves decwrrent, lance-linear, green and 
scabrous above, white-woolly beneath; heads tufted, sessile, the tufts 
numerous, in a much branched, corymbose panicle; heads 30-40-f1. ; 
inv. scales glabrous, pale yellowish, oblong, obtuse or subacute. Less. 
Syn. 331. DC.l.¢. 226. Dill. Elth. t. 108.7. 130. 
Has. Caledon, Swell., Uitenhage and Albany, #.g§ Z./ Paarl, Drege! Natal, 
Drege! Gerr. and M‘K, No, 260. Zwartkops R., Zey./ 2883. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.,Th.) 
Stem 1-2 ft. high, almost woody at base. Leaves 14 inch long, 2-3 lines wide, 
acute, their base decurrent as a wing to the stem. Panicle much branched. Heads 
2 lines long. Achenes minutely granulated. Female fl. numerous. 
2. G. candidissimum (Lamk.); very white, softly and closely silky- 
tomentose ; stems erect or diffuse, branched from the base, leafy through- 
out; leaves sessile, oblongo-lanceolate or spathulate, tapering much at 
base, obtuse, concolourous ; heads densely glomerate at the ends of the 
branches, sunk in wool, about 20-fl.; inv. scales linear, with spreading, 
short, obtuse, snow-white tips. Less. Syn. p. 328. DC./ 1. c. 229. G. 
dealbatum and G. maculatum, Thunb.! Cap. 652, 651. 
Has. Western and midland districts, Thunberg, Mundt, E. Z.! Drege! &c. Sandy 
Flats near Capetown and Simonstown ; Zwartkops R., Zey./ 2886. (Herb. Th., 
Hk., D., Sd.) 
Root fibrous, perennial (?). Stems 3-12 inches long or more, mostly decurrent at 
base, then eréct, simple or branched. Leaves 1-1} inch long, 2—3 lines wide. Heads 
small, like those of Helichr. declinatum. Female fl. numerous. Pappus serrulated. 
8. G. micranthum (Th.! Cap. 651); albo-tomentose ; stems sub-erect 
or diffuse, slender, branching, leafy throughout; leaves sessile, linear- 
lingulate or spathulate, mucronate, acute or subacute, concolourous ; 
heads glomerate at the ends of the branches, sessile, woolly at base ; 
inv. scales linear, with radiating, oblong, obtuse, snow-white tips. Zess./ 
Syn. p. 329 DC./ 1. ¢. 229. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ Plettenberg’s Bay, Mundt § Maire ; Worcester, Stellen- 
bosch, and Uitenhage, #. Z.! (Herb., Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
- Very near G. candidissimum, but more slender, with narrower leaves, and longer 
iny. scales, the radiating apex 2-3 times as long as broad. 
4. G. repens (Linn. Mant. 283); white-woolly ; stems many from the 
crown, slender, suffruticose, decumbent or prostrate, branching, leafy. 
throughout ; leaves sessile, crowded, short, linear-spathulate, mucro- 
nate; heads 2—5-together, in tufts at the ends of the twigs, sessile; 
invol. scales spreading, linear, elongate, horn-colour, opaque, obtuse or 
subacute. Zhunb./ Cap. p. 647. Less.! Syn, 330. DC. 1. c. 230. G. 
acilepis, DC. l. c. 230. 
