266 COMPOSITZ (Harv.) | Metalasia. 
Stems slender, diffuse, straggling ; iny. 
scales oblong, subacute ...  ... 0... 
Stems slender. erect ; lvs. bristle-shaped ; 
inv. scales lanceolate, acute ...... (12) seriphiifolia. 
Petaloid inv. scales sub-uniseriate : 
Has. 3-fl.; petaloid inv. sc. concave, erect (13) tenuifolia. 
Has. 5-fl.; pet. inv. scales acute, recurved (14) quinqueflora, 
Fastigiate ; Heads individually subsessile or pedicelled, arranged in a branch- 
ing, hemispherical, rather loose corymb :— 
Petaloid inv. scales uniseriate or sub-biseriate : 
Pet. inv. scales yellow, scarcely exserted ... (15) aurea. 
Pet. inv. scales white or tawny, much exserted : 
Lys. lanceolate, erect, straight, convex- 
Keoled, solitary... 211.3... 16) pulcherrima. 
Lys. mostly tufted, squarrose or spiral, various in shape : 
Inv. scales appressed, the outer blunt 
ormucronate,orawned,inner white (17) muricata. 
Inv. scales sguarrose, the outer taper- 
pointed, recurved, inner fulvous _—_ (18) stricta. 
Petaloid iny. scales imbricated in 3-4 rows ; 
Leaves 6-8 lines long, subulate, spreading ... (19) concinna. 
Lys, 1-3 lines long, linear, much tufted ... (20) fasciculata. 
{11) erubescens. 
Sub-genus 1. ErytHropocon. (Sp. 1-2.) 
1, M. imbricata (Harv.); leaves lanceolate, pungent-mucronate, 
straight, erect, close-set, convex-keeled and shining beneath, concave 
and woolly above, not gemmuliferous ; heads very many-fl., solitary or 
3-5 inacorymb, on longish, leafy, tomentose pedicels ; inv. campanulate, 
the outer scales cobwebbed, with glabrous, acuminate-pungent points ; 
the inner lanceolate, acute, radiating, mostly white. M. uniflora, Don. 
Less.! Syn. 334- Erythropogon imbricatum, DC. l.c.255. Staehelina im- 
bricata, Berg. Cap. 233. Th.! Cap. 628. Xeranth. imbricatum, Burm. 
Has. Cape, Bergius, Thunb.! Groenekloof, Drege! Stellenbosch and Swellendam, 
Ecklon, Zey.! goo. (Herb. Th., Hk., D., Sd.) 
1-2 f. high, slightly branched ; branches long and simple, erect, curved, woolly. 
Leaves 2-3 lines long, precisely similar to those of M. pulcherrima. Weads 5 lines 
long, 4-5 in diam., 200-fl. Pappus purple-red. 
2. M. umbellata (Don. 1. c. 556) ; leaves linear, mucronate, spirally 
twisted, spreading, with leaf-tufts ; heads very many-fl., umbellate, on 
longish, leafy pedicels; invol. campanulate, the outer scales cobwebbed, 
with glabrous, ovate, free points, the inner ovate-oblong, radiating, ob- 
tuse, rosy. Less.! Syn. p. 335. Erythropogon umbellatum, DC.! 1. c. 255: 
Gnaph. umbellatum, L. Th.! Cap. 643. Xeranth. squarrosum, Lam. Ill. 
t. 693, f. 3. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Caledon, Mundt! Ecklon. Baviansberg, Genadendahl, 
Pappe! Zey.! 2913. (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Erect, 12-18 inches high, simple or slightly branched, the branches long, curved 
and closely leafy throughout. Leaves 3-4 lines long, convolute, with crowded tufts 
in the axils. Umbel terminal, simple, the rays 4-1 inch long, with a few, leafy, 
Scattered bracts. Heads 4 lines long, 5 lines diam., with 100-200 fl. Pappus rufous. 
The foliage is very similar to that of M. fasciculata. 
Sub-genus 2. Ev-merazasia, (Sp. 3-20). 
3. M. Cephalotes (Less,! Syn. 338); suberect or diffuse, robust ; 
