264 comPosIT& (Harv.) [ Lasiopogon. 
subsimple, suffruticose, flexuous, thinly woolly, closely leafy throughout. Leaves 
sessile, oblongo-spathulate, mucronate, undulate, thinly silky-canescent or cobwebby, 
r-nerved. Heads shortly pedicelled, in terminal, close corymbs. Invol. campanu- 
late, glabrous, 2 lines long, the outer scales brownish, the inner milk-white, obtuse, 
LXXXIl. ERIOSPHARA, Less. 
Heads collected in globose, densely woolly glomerules, about ro-fl, 
homogamous, the fl. 5-toothed, terete, glabrous. Aecept. flat, naked. Inv. 
scales in few rows, linear, enveloped in wool. Achenes narrow-obovate, 
angular, minutely granulated. Pappus caducous, of few very slender, 
hair-like bristles, smooth below, toward the apex beaded with swollen. 
roundish cells. Less./ Syn. p.270 (non DC. Prod. 6, p. 166). 
Only one species. A small, many-stemmed herb. Name from epioy, wool, and 
cpaipa, a globe; woolly head. 
1. E. Oculus Cati (Less.! Syn. p. 270). Harv. Thes. Cap. t.149. Gn. 
Oculus Cati, Linn. Suppl. 364. Gn. Oculus, Thunb.! Cap. 657. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg/ (Herb. Thunb.) 
Root annual? Stems slender, filiform,,prostrate, dichotomous, cobwebby, at 
length glabrate. Leaves scattered, obovate, narrowed at base, membranous, obtuse, 
loosely woolly, the older becoming nearly nude. Glomerules sessile, surrounded by 
several floral leaves, similar in shape and size to the cauline, but more woolly. Heads 
from 12-20 in each cluster, their discs separated by broad rims of white wool. Inv. 
scales in I~2 rows, narrow-linear, acute or obtuse, sometimes toothed at the trun- 
cate apex. .Pappus of a very few, flexuous, slender hairs, quite naked for at least 
{ their length, near the summit on each side crenulated (or beaded) with opposite, 
swollen, pearly cells.—Of this curious little plant there are good specimens in Herb. 
Thunberg, from which ZLessing’s description is obviously taken. De Candolle’s ** E. 
Oculus-Cati” is quite different in habit, inflorescence, and pappus, and is, as well 
as the other species of Hriosphera, DC., not only a true Helichrysum, but identical 
with H. marifolium, DC.! 
LXXXII. LASIOPOGON, Cass. 
Heads glomerated, many-fl., heterogamous, the marginal-fl. filiform, 
females in one or more rows, disc-fl. 5-toothed, perfect. Recept. naked, 
flat. Jnv. in few rows, linear, scarious, immersed in wool. Achenes 
obovate, subcompressed, glabrous. Pappus in a single row, feathery, 
with very long pinnules. DC. Prodr.6. 246. 
Minute, woolly annuals, Heads in globose clusters at the ends of the branches. 
Leaves spathulate or obovate, alternate, variably woolly. Pappus with very long 
plumes to its bristles. Name from Aacws, woolly and mwywv, a beard. These little 
plants can only be known from Eriosphera Oculus Cati by the us and heteroga- 
mous heads; in all external characters they are almost Wate . 
1. L. micropoides (DC. 1. c. 246); heads with about 20-25 perfect, 
and 15-18 female flowers, Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 150. 
Var. a; copiously woolly ; leaves obovate or spathulate. L. micropoides, DC.! lc. 
Var. 8; cobwebby, the stems glabrate; leaves narrower. L.molluginoides, DO.1.c. 
_ Has. Betw. Zilverfontein, Kooper-bergen and Kaus, Drege! 8. near Verleptpram, 
on the Gariep, Drege. Modderfontein, Rev. H. Whitehead! (Herb. Hk., D., Sd.) 
Branched from the base, 1-3 inches high, suberect, the branches ending in globose, 
woolly glomerules of 8-12 heads. Leaves 3-5 lines long, 1-2 lines wide, thinly 
val Closely resembling Z. muscoides with larger fi,-heads, and fewer female 
flowers in proportion to the perfect ones, but more erect. 
