262 COMPOSIT# (Harv.) ([Gnaphaliwm. 
Has. Sea-shore near Capetown, Thunberg! about Port Elizabeth, Zeyher ! 2890, 
ex pte. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stems 6-12 inches long or more, trailing. Leaves close, 2-3 lines long, 1 line 
wide, slightly narrowed at base. Heads 2} lineslong. @. acilepis, DC., quite agrees 
with Thunberg’s (. repens. 
5. G. prostratum (Thunb.! Cap. 652); stems prostrate, slender, very 
much and closely branched, cobwebby, becoming nude, leafy throughout; 
leaves sessile, obovate-oblong, obtuse, thinly tomentose, becoming nude; 
heads 3-6, glomerate at the ends of the short branchlets, woolly at base, 
few-fl.; inv. scales linear, spreading, elongate, horn-colour, obtuse. 
Less.! Syn. 330, DC. l.c. 230. G. prostratum and G. debile, Th.! 
™ 8) the Carroo, Onder Bokkeveldt, Thunberg/ Cango, Mundt § Maire. (Hb. 
Root annual? Stems many from the crown, 3-6 inches long. Leaves 2-3 lines 
long, 1-1} line wide. Much less woolly than G. repens, much more branching, with 
broader and more obovate leaves. The root, too, is said to be annual. 
6. G. luteo-album (Linn. Sp. 1196); annual, herbaceous, variably 
woolly or cottony ; stem ¢a/, erect, subsimple or diffusely branched ; 
lower leaves obovate or oblongo-spathulate, tapering at base, obtuse, 
cauline half-clasping, linear or lance-linear, acute, with subrecurved 
margin ; heads tufted, the tufts either clustered at the ends of the 
branches or disposed in cymes or panicles; inv. scales scarious-hyaline, 
straw-colour, obtuse or subacute. DC.l.c. 230. #. Bot. t. 1002. 1. 
Dan. t. 1763. . 
Has. Eastern Districts and Natal, frequent. Zey/ 2885. (Hb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Very variable in size and woolliness. Stems 6 inches to 2 ft. high, the taller ones 
weak and . Leaves 1-1} inch long, 2-4 lines wide. Heads several in a 
tuft, each head 24 lines long. Inv. scales glossy and very thin. A widely dispersed 
plant, found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, St. Helena and Brazil. 
_ 7. G. pauciflorum (DC.! 1.c. 229); annual, stem very dwarf, branch- 
ing, woolly ; leaves narrow-linear, elongate, coriaceous, acute, white- 
woolly ; heads sessile in the upper axils and terminal, somewhat tufted ; 
Inv. scales horn-colour, hyaline, subacute. 
Has, Round Capetown, Ecklon! (Herb. Sond.) 
1-2 inches high, white-woolly, simple or branched, erect. Root small, fibrous. 
‘Leaves 4-3 inch long, 4 line wide, of thickish substance, opaque. Heads with very 
few perfect and many female flowers. Pappus white. 
8. G. glomerulatum (Sond.! MSS.); annual, many-stemmed ; stems 
erect, filiform, loosely woolly ; leaves linear or spathulate, membranous, 
4-nerved, subacute or obtuse, loosely woolly ; heads sessile in terminal 
clusters surrounded by many linear floral leaves (like those of the stem); 
inv. scales horn-colour, hyaline, lance-linear, emarginate, subuniseriate ; 
perfect fl. 6-8 ; females very numerous. 
Has. Cape, Ecklon & Zeyher! (Herb., Sd.) 
_ Asmall annual, with the habit of Lasiopogon micropicides. Stems 2-3 inches long. 
‘Leaves 4—6 lines long, } line wide, of thin subpellucid substance. Inv. scales flat, 
ribbed below, varying from linear to lance-linear, always minutely and bluntly bi- 
de at the apex. What seems a starved condition of this, scarcely an inch 
high and very slender in all parts, occurs also in Hb. Sond. 
9. G. parvulum (Harv.); annual, slender, erect or diffuse, branching, 
