Stoebe. | COMPOSIT (Harv.) 281 
scales rufescent, acute ; achenes terete, narrowed at base, when mature 
minutely and appressedly canescent (ovaries almost glabrous) ; pappus 
of many plumes. Thwnb.! Cap. 725. Less.! Syn. 317. DO. 1. ¢. 260. 
Lam. Lil. t. 722. 
Has. About Capetown and in the Western Districts, common. Zey./ 2923. 
(Herb. Th., D., Sd., Hk.) 
Stems 1-2 feet high, diffusely branched or ascending, ramulous. Leaves half- 
spirally twisted, very rigid and pungent, 3-6 lines long, 1-14 line wide, the inflexed 
edges not covering the upper surface. Glomerules §-1 inch diam. Scales not very 
prominent, Flowers bright purple. The ovaries appear, even under a strong lens, 
glabrous ; the very minute and appressed pubescence is only obvious in advanced 
growth, after flowering. 
6. S. phylicoides (Thunb.! Cap. 726); shrubby, erect, with virgate 
branches ; twigs tomentulose, becoming glabrate ; leaves oblong or 
lance-oblong, pungent-mucronate, concave, woolly within, with inflexed 
edges, erecto-patent, straight; heads in a globose cluster ; inv. scales 
rufous, acuminate ; achenes terete, narrowed at base, when mature 
minutely and appressedly canescent (ovaries nearly glabrous). ess. / 
Syn. 346. DC./ 1. c. 260. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Betw. Grasbergriver and Waterval, and on the Giftberg, 
Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Sd.) 
Nearly related to S. @ethiopica, but much more erect and virgate, with broader, ' 
and straighter leaves, and tomentulose, not villous twigs. Leaves 4~5 lines long, 
1-2 lines wide. Heads 4-3? inch diameter. I find the achenes precisely similar to 
those of S. withiopica. Those authors who describe them as ‘“ glabrous” must have 
examined only half-grown fruits. 
7. 8. tortilis (DC. 1. c. 260); diffuse, straggling, irregularly branched, 
slender ; leaves linear-involute, mucronate, spirally twisted, close-set, 
glabrous externally ; heads in globose, terminal tufts, subtended by 
many leaves; inv. scales glabrous, mucronate ; achenes angular, gla- 
brous; pappus of 5-plumes ; annulus entire. 
Has. Uitenhage, Ecklon. Fissures of rocks on the Vanstaaden Mts., Zeyher! 
2920. (Herb. D., Hk., Sd.) 
Stems a foot long. Leaves 24-3 lines long. Glomerules small. This is readily 
known from its allies by the 5-pappus plumes. In aspect it resembles some states 
of Disparago ericoides. 
- 8. S. prostrata (Linn. Mant. 291); stems slender, flexuous, prostrate, 
cobwebbed; leaves linear-oblong, mucronate, flat, with subinflexed mar- 
gins, white woolly within, glabrous, glossy and one nerved beneath, 
spreading ; axils nude; heads in a hemispherical, simple glomerule, 
subtended by several leaves ; inv. scales scarious, taper-pointed ; fl. pur- 
ple; achene without annulus. Zhunb.! Cap. 726. Seriphium prostra- 
tum, Lam. Less. ! Syn. p. 351. DC. l.c. 263. 
Cape, Thunberg, Drege! Summit of Table Mt. W. H.H. (Herb. D., Hk. Sd.) 
Stems many from the crown, thread-like, distantly branched, trailing. Leaves 
3-4 lines long, nearly 1 line wide, white above, glossy-green beneath. Glomerules 
3-4 lines in diameter, their subtending leaves longer than the flowers. 
9. S. nervigera (Sch. Bip.); dwarf, much-branched and ramulous ; 
leaves imbricated, erect or recurved at the points, rigid, linear-subulate, 
pungent mucronate, glabrous externally, with a prominent midrib, and 
