278 composIt& (Harv.) [ Disparago. 
Ray-fl. neuter, without pappus : 
Leaves scattered ...... Seer ee (3) laxifolia, 
Leaves crowded ... ... cle ea a 
Achenes woolly or tomentose ; ray-fl. neuter : 3 fee 
Ray-fi. with 4 or 5 plumes; tubular-fl, with many plumes (4) seriphioides. 
Both ray and tubular-flowers with many plumes oe SERBS 
1. D. ericoides (Gaertn.) ; leaves crowded, spreading, aristate ; ray- 
flower female ; achene glabrous; pappus of both flowers 5-plumed ; palex 
between the flowers. Less./ Syn. p. 363. DC./l.¢. 257. 
Has. ern Districts, common. Zey./ 2919, 2921, 2922. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
A small, much branched, densely leafy shrub. Leaves 2-3 lines long, spirally 
twisted, closely set, involute, tipped with a longish bristle. Heads crowded, very 
many together in globose or oblong tufts or spikes. Inv. scales horny, taper-pointed. 
Ray-fl. shortly and broadly ligulate, purple. 
2. D. Kraussii (C. H. Sch. B. Flora, xxvii., 693); leaves crowded, 
spreading, obtuse-mucronulate ; ray-fl. neuter, without pappus, 3-lobed 
(white) ; tubular-fl. fertile with 5 plumes and a glabrous ovary. D. lasto- 
carpa, b. Herb. Drege! 
Has. Cape, Krauss, Drege! (Herb. Sond.) 
Confounded by Drege with D. lasiocarpa, of which it has the habit, but much 
more nearly related to D. lazifolia, though different in aspect. Leaves 4 a line 
apart, 2-3 lines long, broadly linear, spirally twisted, thinly canescent. Inv. scales 
yellowish horn-colour, much acuminate. 
3. D. laxifolia (DC. 1. c. 257); leaves distant, spreading, obtuse-mu- 
cronulate ; ray-fl. neuter, without pappus; tubular-fl. fertile, with five 
plumes, and a glabrous, angular achene. 
- Has. Zwarteberg, and Klyn-rivier’sberg, Caledon, Ecklon, Near Simon’s Bay, 
C. Wright, No. 353. (Herb. D.) 
A slender, straggling fruticulus, 6-8 inches long, with filiform glabrate branches. 
Leaves 2-3 lines apart, 2-3 lines long, either spirally involute or flattish, the younger 
= gp mucronate. Glomerules 3-4 lines diam. Rays pale, much smaller than in 
4. D. seriphioides (DC. 1 c. 257); “leaves scattered, mucronate ; ray- 
fl. neuter; achene tomentose ; pappus of the tubular, fertile-fl. of 15-20 
plumes, of the ray-fl. with 4-5 plumes.” D0. 1. ¢. 
Has. Cape, Burchell, No. 705. 
“ Very similar in aspect to D. ericoides, but the leaves are scarcely mucronate, not 
aristate ; the achene villous, not glabrous, and the ray-fl. neuter, not female.” DC. 
5. D. lasiocarpa (Cass.); leaves crowded, spreading, obtuse or mucro- 
nulate; ray-fl. neuter; achene densely woolly; pappus of the fertile fl. 
of many plumes, of the ray-fl.none. DC./1.c.258. Wigandia disparagt- 
noides, Less.! Syn. 362. 
Has, Cape Flats ; also in Worcester and Stellenbosch, Ecklon, Drege.! Hout Bay, 
W. H. H. Tulbagh, Dr. Pappe,! (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Much-branched, very ramulous, level-topped, about 1 foot high. Leaves 2 lines 
long, spirally twisted, slender. Heads in globose, terminal tufts. Inv. scales ta- 
per-pointed. Ray-fl. narrow-oblong, purple. 
