286 COMPOSITA (Harv.) [ Trichogyne. 
Heads in short or long spikes. Lvs. spreading. 
ee WOME SOKY koe a. ees vee (2) Pe. 
Outer inv. scales herbaceous ; inner membranous : 
‘is Unarmed. Outerinv.scalesclose-lying. Hds. 7-8-fl. (3) seriphioides. 
‘Branches spine-tipped. Outer inv. scales spreading. 
Heads §-fls- 2... ee ey eS 
Stems simple, herbaceous ; root annual : 
Heads 3-5, axillary ; much shorter than the fl. leaf ... (5) verticillata. 
Heads in terminal tufts, subtended by many long leaves: eM 
Leaves very slender, terete-involute ... ... +. (6) paronychioides. 
Leaves linear, flat, or with sub-inflexed edges ... (7) glomerata. 
1, T. decumbens (Less.! Syn. 359); stem shrubby, depressed or pros- 
trate; leaves linear-terete, obtuse, imbricate, erect, thinly silvery; axils 
nude ; heads in terminal, globose tufts; inv. cylindrical, the scales 
membranous, the innermost white, obtuse, spreading ; pappus feathered 
for more than half its length, the plumes spreading or recurved. DC.! 
lc. 265. Gnaph. decumbens, Th.! Cap. 646. 
Has. Cape, Thunberg! Sneeuweberg, Drege! (Herb. Th., D., Hk., Sd.) 
Root woody. Stems 3-6 lines long, prone, densely ramulous ; the twigs short, 
erect, closely imbricate with leaves. Leaves 2-24 lines long, slightly whitish and 
glossy. Heads 3-8 in a tuft. Outer inv. scales brown. 
2. T. reflexa (Less.! Syn. 265); stem shrubby, procumbent or creep- 
ing ; leaves linear-terete, mucronulate or obtuse, slender, spreading, the 
adult externally glabrous; axils often gemmiferous ; heads either in 
oblong or cylindrical, dense or lax terminal spikes, or in small subses- 
sile tufts along the branches ; inv. cylindrical, all the scales membran- 
ous, rufous, obtuse, incurved ; pappus serrate below, barbato-plumose 
toward the apex, the plumes zery short, erecto-patent. DC./ 1. c. 265, 
also 7. radicans, DC.!1. c.. Stoebe reflexa, Linn. Th.! Cap. 727. Sert- 
phium reflecum, Pers. : 
Has. Cape Flats and Simon’s Bay, and in the W. districts, common. (Herb. 
Th., D., Hk. Sd.) 
Stems extensively creeping, 1 or more feet long. Leaves 2-4 lines long. Inv. 
scales foxy or pale-chesnut. “ Trichogyne seriphioides, litt. e,” Drege! belongs to 
this ; as does also the same collector’s specimens of 7’. radicans DC., which cer- 
tainly is not “‘erect.” The inflorescence varies greatly, not only in different speci- 
mens, but on different parts of the same specimen. 
3. T. seriphioides (Less.! Syn. 360); stem shrubby, erect or diffuse, 
the fl. branches long, curved; leaves minute or linear, squarrose or 
reflexed, woolly within, thinly cobwebbed without ; axils gemmuliferous; 
heads (not glomerate) in long, distichous spikes, 7—8-fl.; inv. cylin- 
drical, the outer scales leaf-like, short, obtuse, appressed ; inner mem- 
branous, horn-colour, obtuse, incurved ; pappus shortly plumose toward 
the apex. DC.! 1. c. 265. Gnaph. seriphioides, Berg. Cap. 267. Th. Cap. 
646. Metalasia seriphioides, Don. Seriphiwm distichum Lam. Stoebe dis- 
ticha, Linn. Th. Cap., 727. Also Stoebe fasciculata, Th. Cap. l. ¢. 
A ad a Capetown and Simonstown, and in the W. Districts. (Herb. Th., 
A straggling shrub, 2-3 ft. high. The leaves vary in size and shape, much as do 
poe ee ee: from eh ‘ins hing Oe larger more open. — 
heads inches long or more, head separate, laxly or densely set. Invo 
pale horn-colour. Male-fl. 6-7, female 1. dca : 
